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CHRYSOMELIDiE. 
striate, the punctures small, the interstices smooth and convex. 
Body beneath clothed with fine pale pubescence. 
Length 9 mm. 
Hah. Bengal. 
Easily distinguishable by its coloration. 
Subfamily III. CRIOCERIN.E. 
Species of more or less elongate shape, of medium or small size. 
Head frequently constricted behind the eyes and produced in front; 
antennae widely separated at base, filiform, often with widened 
and flattened joints ( Crioceris ) ; eyes frequently notched, some- 
times entire and generally preceded by a deep groove. Thorax 
subcylindrical or subquadrate, without lateral margins, the latter 
sometimes replaced by a tubercle, the sides more or less strongly 
constricted ( Lema and Crioceris ) forming a shallow or deep cavity 
at middle, the surface frequently transversely sulcate near base 
and connected with the lateral cavity. Elytra wider at base than 
thorax, punctate-striate, irregularly punctured in two genera 
( Pedrillia and Zeugophora), their epipleurm indistinct or absent. 
Legs variable, the femora more or less thickened ; claws either free 
{Crioceris) or joined at base {Lema ) ; in one genus nearly bifid 
{Orsoclacna), appendiculate in Pedrillia and Zeugophora. Eirst 
ventral segment in most cases much longer than any of the 
others ; prosternum very narrow but distinct. 
Range. Universally distributed. 
Key to the Genera of the Criocerinas. 
A. Thorax laterally tuberculate. 
a. Thorax with transverse groove near base . . Pedrillia, p. 12. 
b. Thorax without transverse groove near base. Zeugophora, p. 14. 
B. Thorax not laterally tuberculate. 
a. Claws nearly bifid Orsodacna, p. 15. 
b. Claws simple. 
a'. Head constricted posteriorly. 
a~. Claws joined at base Lema, p. 15. 
b~. Claws not joined at base Crioceris, p. 71. 
b' . Head not constricted posteriorly. 
a 2 . Head without grooves above eyes .... Pseudolema, p. 83. 
b “. Head with grooves above eyes Manipuria, p. 84. 
Genus PEDRILLIA. 
Pedrillia, Westiv. Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) ii, 1864, p. 280 ; Chapuis , Gen. 
Coleopt. x, 1874, p. 94 ; Weise, Bent. ent. Zeit. 1900, p. 447. 
Type, P. longicornis, Westwood, from India. 
Range. Europe ; Madagascar ; India ; Japan ; N. America. 
Of rather small shape, generally finely pubescent above; eyes 
distinctly notched or emarginate ; clypeus separated from face by 
a deep transverse groove ; maxillary palpi slender, last joint strongly 
