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HALTICINjE 



Head broad with vertex im punctate ; eyes small ; frontal 

 elevations broad, interantennal carina well developed. Antennae 

 extending almost to the middle of the elytra, robust but thinner 

 towards the apex ; first segment long and club-shaped, second 

 small and globular, third to sixth thick and about equal in length, 

 seventh to eleventh progressively more slender. Prothorax broader 

 than long, sides diverging from the base to just beyond the middle, 

 thence rounded to the front angles, margins channelled, anterior 

 lateral angles rounded, posterior angles almost right angles ; 



Fig. 137. — Phygasia hoolceri, Baly. 



there is a shallow transverse depression along the basal margin ; 

 surface gently convex, sparsely and finely punctate. Scutellum 

 broad, triangular, with apex broadly rounded, surface smooth and 

 impunctate. Elytra broader at base than prothorax, humerus 

 convex, rounded ; surface confusedly punctate, the punctures 

 being much stronger than those on the pronotum. Underside 

 thinly covered with fine hairs. 

 Length, 6 mm. 



Assam: Khasi Hills (type-locality; Dr. Booker). Sikkim : 

 Gopaldhara, Eungbong Valley (H. Stevens). 

 Type in the British Museum. 



