110 
CHRYSOMELIDjE. 
Head with a central fovea, the vertex finely longitudinally stri- 
gose ; clypeus separated from the face by a transverse curved 
depression, its anterior border feebly emargiuate ; antennae fuscous, 
not extending to the base of the thorax, basal three joints 
flavous, fourth to terminal joint transversely widened. Thorax 
two and a half times as broad as long, the sides straight, slightly 
narrowed anteriorly, the posterior angles distinct ; median lobe 
broadly and distinctly produced, with two punctured small fovese 
at the base in front of the scutelium ; the disc impunctate, with a 
triangular black spot at middle, pointed posteriorly. Scutelium 
broadly triangular, pointed, black. Elytra distinctly lobed below 
the shoulders at the margins, subcylindrical and parallel-sided, 
finely and closely punctured ; each elytron with two black spots, 
the. first below the base, round, the second rather larger and of 
similar shape, placed behind the middle, apical space of elytra 
nearly impunctate. hirst joint of posterior tarsi longer than 
second. 
Length. 4 mm. 
Hob. Sikhim : Mungphu. Type in Brit. Mus. 
195. Gynandrophthalma semipunctata, Duviv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 
xxxv, Bull. 1891, p. xxxiii. 
Pale flavous ; antennse (base excepted), sides of metasternum 
and of abdomen black. Elytra with humeral spot and transverse 
band, narrowed at suture, black. 
Oblong ; head smooth, with some strigae 
near the eyes and a rounded fovea between 
them ; clypeus with a few fine punctures ; 
antennae extending to the base of the thorax, 
basal four joints testaceous, rest black, tri- 
angularly widened. Thorax two and a half 
times broader than long, narrowed in front, 
sides broadly rounded, impunctate. Scu- 
telium large, round at apex, smooth. Elytra 
oblong-ovate, slightly widened posteriorly, 
broadly rounded below' shoulders at margins, 
moderately strongly punctured, the punc- 
tures semi-regular on the anterior half, 
nearly obsolete posteriorly and on the sides ; 
a small humeral spot and a transverse baud strongly widened at 
the sides where it extends to the anterior fourth of the elytra in 
front and to the apical fourth posteriorly ; near the suture it is 
narrowed to half its width. Eirst joint of tarsi a little longer 
than second. 
Length 4| mm. 
Hob. Bengal: Konbir. 
Seems closely allied to G. cochinchinemis , Lefev., if not identical 
with it. 
Fig. 26. 
Gynandrophthalma 
semipunctata. 
