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FAMILY LITI. CHRYSOMEIJDJE. 



d. Antennae 12-jointed, distant at base; tarsal claws bifid (Fig. 

 531, a) ; form robust, Ghrysomela-like, larger. 5-6.5 mm. 



LXIII. Blepharida. 



dd. Antenna? 11-jolnted, close together at base; claws simple or di- 

 lated; smaller, not over 4.5 mm. 

 e. Hind tibiae sinuate near apex and with a distinct tooth on the 

 outer margin (Fig. 531, ft) ; thorax without an impression in 

 trout of base ; first and second ventral segments closely united ; 

 elytral punctures in regular rows. LXIY. Ch^tocnema. 



cc. Hind tibia? without sinuation or tooth. 



/. Thorax with distinct transverse impression in front of base; 

 elytral punctures in rows. 

 g. Elytra without hairs. 



// . Form more or less ovate ; antenna? shorter than body ; 

 transverse groove of thorax limited on each side by a 

 lengthwise impression. LXYI. Crepidodera. 



lilt. Form elongate, parallel; antenna? as long as or longer than 

 body; thoracic groove not limited. 



LXYI I. Orthaltica. 

 gg. Elytra with rows of stiff hairs (seta?) on the intervals; form 

 short, ovate. LXYI II. Epitrix. 



//. Thorax without a transvejr.se impression in front of base. 



i. Hind tibial spur small and slender ; form elongate or elon- 

 gate-oval. 



./'. Thorax with a short, deep longitudinal impression each 

 side near base ; elytral punctures in rows. 



LXIX. Mantura. 



jj. Thorax without any impression ; elytral punctures con- 

 fused. LXX. Systena. 

 U. Hind tibial spur broad, emarginate or bifid at apex (Fig. 

 531. c) ; elytral punctures in rows; form oval or oblong- 

 oval, convex. LXXI. Dibolia. 

 cc. Antenna? 10-jolnted ; hind tarsi inserted on the outer side of the tibia? 

 above the apex (Fig. 531, d) ; elytral punctures in rows. 



LXXII. Psylliodes. 



LXI. Hypolampsis Clark. 1860. (Gr.- "sub-f- red.") 



Small oblong-oval, convex, brown or piceons hairy species, hav- 

 ing the antenna? half the length of body, the second joint oblong- 

 oval, as stont as the first but shorter, third more slender and longer 

 than second, 4, 5 and 6 gradually shorter, 7 to 11 abruptly broader ; 

 prosternum narrow between the coxa?, dilated behind them; hind 

 tarsi nearly as long as tibia 1 , first joint obconical, very narrow at 

 base, fourth abruptly inflated at apex, the claws toothed at middle ; 

 claws of front and middle tarsi bifid. 



