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337. Phygasia unicolor, Olivier. 



Altica unicolor, 01., Entomologie, vi, 1808, p. 699, pi. 3, fig. 55. 



Body oblong. Colour entirely shining brown ; tarsi fuscous ; 

 antennae, except the four basal segments, darker brown ; eyes 

 black. 



Head with vertex impunctate, frontal elevations and inter- 

 antennal carina well developed. Antennae extending to the 

 middle of the elytra ; first segment club-shaped, second small, 

 rounded, third about equal to fourth ; the following segments 

 more or less nearly equal. Prothorax broader than long, sides 

 rounded, margins channelled, basal transverse furrow shallow, 

 not extending to the sides ; surface convex, seen under a high 

 power and in a suitable light to be extremely minutely and 

 sparsely punctate. Scutellum triangular, with apex rounded ; 

 surface smooth, impunctate. Elytra broader at base than pro- 

 thorax, humerus convex, rounded ; on each elytron, extending 

 longitudinally from the humerus, is a ridge ; surface finely, closely 

 and confusedly punctate. Underside thinly covered with fine 

 hairs. 



Length, 5 mm. 



Bengal (type-locality). Nilgiri Hills (Andre wes Coll.). 

 Type probably in the Paris Museum. The above description is 

 taken from specimens identified by Baly. 



338. Phygasia nigripennis, Jacoby. 



Phygasia nigripennis, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlviii, 1904, 

 p. 391.. 



Oblong, rather broader than some other species. Colour of 

 head, prothorax and abdomen, brown ; antennae, breast, legs and 

 elytra, black; scutellum brown to pitch-brown. 



Head with vertex impunctate, frontal tubercles and inter- 

 antennal carina well developed. Antennae extending to a short 

 distance beyond the base of the elytra ; first segment thickened, 

 second small, rounded, third about equal to fourth ; the following 

 segments more or less nearly equal to each other. Prothorax 

 broader than long, sides strongly rounded, anterior and posterior 

 angles with setiferous tubercles ; surface convex, smooth, im- 

 punctate. Scutellum triangular, with apex rounded, surface 

 smooth, impunctate. Elytra broader at base than prothorax, 

 confusedly, minutely, and finely punctate. 



Length, 5|-6 mm. 



South India : Anaimalai Hills, v. (Andrewes Coll.). 

 Type in the British Museum. 



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