GYNANDROPHTHALMA. 
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185. Gynandrophthalma orientalis, Jac. Ann. Soc. Tint. Belg. xl, 
1896, p. 302. 
Black ; basal joints of antenna) and the anterior legs fulvous ; 
thorax flavous ; elytra dark blue, apex yellow. 
Narrow and elongate ; bead finely and sparingly punctured, not 
transversely depressed ; clypeus not separated from face, anterior 
margin triangularly emarginate ; labruin and palpi obscure flavous ; 
antennsc fuscous, basal two or three joints flavous, second and 
third very small, terminal joints transverse. Thorax very short, 
more than twice as broad as long, sides nearly straight, posterior 
angles rounded, basal margin scarcely produced at middle, preceded 
by a narrow transverse groove, surface with a few minute punc- 
tures. Scutellum broad, piceous. Elytra very closely and distinctly 
punctured, interstices finely rugose, apex with an elongate bright 
yellow spot on each elytron. Below finely pubescent. Legs elon- 
gate, tarsi, the claw- joint included, very slender. 
Length 2 mm. 
Hab. Bombay ; Belgaum. 
186. Gynandrophthalma apicipennis, sp. n. 
<5 . Eulvous ; apical joints of antennae black. Elytra dark blue, 
apex fulvous. 
Narrowly elongate ; head impunctate, vertex with an elongate 
fuscous spot on each side, two small fovese between the eyes ; 
clypeus feebly emarginate in front ; eyes large ; antennae extending 
to the base of the thorax, basal three joints fulvous, rest nearly 
black, fourth and following joints strongly transversely widened. 
Thorax twice as broad as long, of equal width, sides rounded ; 
surface fulvous, impunctate and very shining. Scutellum tri- 
angular, strongly pointed, fulvous. Elytra parallel-sided, rather 
strongly punctured in closely approximate rows, apical portion 
impunctate, punctures near suture rather more irregularly placed, 
the apical portion to the length of about one-fourth of the elytra 
fulvous. Underside fulvous clothed with silvery pubescence, legs 
fulvous, sides of breast fuscous. 
Length 3| mm. 
Hab. Nilgiris ( Gapt . Downing). Type in Coll. Andrewes. 
Larger than G. orientalis , head not punctured, elytra not 
rugose. 
Metallic Species. 
187. Gynandrophthalma laticollis, Duviv. Ann. Soc.Ent.Belg. xxxvi, 
1892, p. 399. 
Head, thorax, prosternum, mesosternum and legs fulvous. 
Elytra bright blue. Scutellum, metasternum and abdomen black. 
