TEGYKIUS. HERM^OPHAGA. 



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impunctate. Elytra broader than prothorax, humerus convex ; 

 surface very minutely and sparsely punctate, the punctures being 

 more or less regularly arranged in longitudinal rows. Underside : 

 the sides of the elytra extend vertically much beyond the level of 

 the abdomen, and consequently the latter looks deeply imbedded ; 

 the underside is sparsely covered with longish silvery hairs, which 

 are more numerous on the apical part of the surface and sides 

 of the abdomen. 

 Length, 2| mm. 



Ceylon: Bogawantalawa, 4900-5200 ft., 28. ii.-12. iii. 1882 

 (G. Lewis). 



Type in the British Museum. 



Genus HER1VLE0PHAGA, Foudras. 



Hermceophaga, Foudras, in Mulsant, Hist. Nat. Col. France, Altisides, 

 1860, p. 299 ; Chapuis, Gen. Col. xi, 1875, p. 125. 



Genotype, Haltica cicatrix, Illiger (Europe). 



Small, oval, convex beetles. Head: frontal tubercles andinter- 

 antennal carina developed. Antenuae about half the length of the 

 body, slender, somewhat thickened towards the apex ; the fourth 

 segment is the shortest. Prothorax broader than long, sides 

 gently rounded, anterior angles thickened ; surface uniformly 

 convex; an ante-basal transverse impression is present. Scutellum 

 triangular, with apex rounded. Elytra broader at base than pro- 

 thorax ; punctuation generally confused but sometimes irregularly 

 arranged in longitudinal rows. Underside : prosternal process 

 narrow; front coxal cavities open behind; posterior femora 

 moderately thickened ; tibia? subcylindrical ; tarsi short, first seg- 

 ment of the posterior pair hardly equal to the two following 

 together; claws appendiculate. 



Range. World-wide. 



332. Hermaeophaga indica, Jacob y. 



Hermceophaga indica, Jac., Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvii, 1903, 

 p. 105. 



Body ovate. Underside, legs and antennas blackish ; head, the 

 tw 7 o or three basal segments of the antennae, and the prothorax 

 brown ; elytra metallic blue ; coxae and the last segment of the 

 tarsi more or less brown ; scutellum black. 



Head, impunctate, frontal tubercles feebly indicated, inter- 

 antennal carina short and broad. Antennae rather slender; first 

 segment long and club-shaped, second thicker than, but equal 

 to, third, fourth shorter ; from the fifth the segments are slightly 

 elongate and thickened. Prothorax transverse, subquadrate, sides 

 nearly straight, anterior angles obliquely thickened, posterior 

 margin rounded and slightly produced at the middle ; seen under 



