MIOPRISTIS. 
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Scutellum black, oblong, slightly raised. Elytra nearly parallel 
very obsoletely punctured, flavous or fulvous, below the base is a 
Fig. 20 . — Merilia lunulata, 8 . 
black subtriangular large spot or patch that has its upper and 
lower margin deeply emarginate, and a transverse black band of 
curved shape near apex. 
Length 6-7 mm. 
Hah. India generally : Madras, Coromandel Coast, etc. 
This is evidently a not uncommon species which may be known 
by its black and shining thorax and the peculiar emarginate black 
spot below the base of the elytra. The <$ has very prominent 
and thickened mandibles and the head is prolonged anteriorly and 
subquadrate. The anterior legs and tarsi are very elongate. In 
the 5 all these parts are normal. 
Genus MIOPRISTIS. 
Miopristis, Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. ii, 1848, p. 25 ; Chapuis , Gen 
CoUopt. x, 1874, p. 109. 
Type, M. lepida, Lacord., from Africa. 
Hange. Africa ; India. 
Characters mostly those of Merilia but the head not more than 
usually produced, the eyes notched, the thorax more transverse 
and of different shape. The only Indian species seems to fall 
better under this than under any other genus, although the anterior 
tarsi are not so elongate as in its African congeners. 
178. Miopristis bimaculata, sp. n. 
G . Fulvous ; the labrum, apical joints of antenna3, breast and 
abdomen black. Elytra with a transverse black spot near apex. 
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