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320. Sebsethe brevicollis, Jacoby. 



Sebcetlie brevicollis, Jac, Ann. Soc. Eat. Belg. xlvii, 1903, p. 106. 



Body oblong-ovate. Colour brown ; the three basal segments 

 of the antennae brown like the body, the rest black. 



Head impunctate, vertex sharply delimited from the front by a 

 deeply impressed transverse line, frontal elevations transversely 

 subquadrate, interantennal carina sharp. Antennae extending 

 beyond the middle of the elytra ; first segment club-shaped, 

 second small, third equal to fourth, the next and the following 

 segments somewhat shorter and about equal to each other* 



Fig. ISO. — Sebcethe brevicollis, Jac. 



Prothorax not more than twice as broad as long, sides rounded, 

 narrowly margined, margins reflexed, anterior angles oblique and 

 thickened; surface extremely minutely punctate. Scutellum tri- 

 angular, with apex rounded and surface impunctate. Elytra 

 broader at base than prothorax, lateral margins somewhat 

 explanate, the explanate margin being clearly delimited along 

 the inner side by a line; surface finely and rather; closely 

 punctate. 



Length, 5-6 mm. ; breadth, 3|-3f mm. 



South India : Anaimalai Hills (Andrewes^Coll.). 



Type in the British Museum. 



