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CHRYSOMELIDJE. 
the eyes ; antennae short, obtusely serrate, basal two joints rufo- 
piceous. Thorax transverse, posterior angles acute, surface 
smooth. 
d . Head broad, antennae widened. Thorax slightly wider than 
elytra, feebly narrowed anteriorly, sides rather rounded. Scutellum 
triangular, opaque, apex with short ridge. Elytra parallel, short, 
finely punctured. Underside finely pubescent. Anterior legs 
elongate, apex of tibiae strongly curved, pubescent below. 
5 . Strongly widened posteriorly, head smaller; thorax narrowed 
from apex to base. Scutellum acute. Elytra more strongly 
punctured. 
Length 4| mm. 
Hah. Kashmir. 
Closely allied to L. hordei, Eabr., but larger, much less strongly 
punctured ; mandibles of <y much less strongly developed. Thorax 
less rounded at sides ; clypeus without tooth at middle of anterior 
margin. 
Genus MERILIA. 
Merilia, Lncord. Mon. Phytoph. ii, 1848, p. 125 ; Chapuis, Gen. 
CoUopt. x, 1874, p. 112. 
Type, M. lunulata , Lacord. 
Range. India ; Africa. 
<y . Elongate, subcylindrical ; head perpendicular, anterior 
portion subquadrately produced ; eyes round and convex, entire ; 
antennae with fourth joint elongate-triangular, following joints very 
strongly subquadrately transverse. Thorax strongly transverse, 
posterior angles rounded, margin sinuate at sides, surface glabrous. 
Scutellum subquadrate, its apex truncate, raised. Elytra with 
rather distinct, rounded, epipleural lobes. Legs elongate, the 
anterior legs much longer than the others, their tarsi very elongate 
and slender. 
The only species known of this genus from India is not difficult 
to recognize on account of the characters pointed out above and 
by its coloration. In the female these characters are, as usual, 
much modified ; the head is less strongly produced and the legs 
are less elongate. 
177. Merilia lunulata, Fabr. (Cryptocephalus) Spec. Ins. i, 1781, p. 138 ; 
Oliv. (Clytra) Ent. vi, 1808, p. 855, pi. 3, f. 35 ; Lacord. (Merilia) 
Mon. Phytoph. ii, 1848, p. 127. 
8 . Dark blue or violaceous ; pubescent beneath ; the head finely 
rugose and pubescent throughout, depressed in the middle; clypeus 
feebly emarginate ; antennae black, rather stout, slightly shorter 
than the thorax, the basal three joints fulvous. Thorax twice as 
broad as long, subcylindrical, the sides nearly straight, the posterior 
angles rounded, the surface black and shining, entirely impunctate. 
