GYNANDROPIITIIALM A . 
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213. Gynandrophthalma nilgiriensis, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely. 
xlvii, 1903, p. 85. 
Elavous : antennae and sides of breast blackish, scntellum black ; 
elytra with a broad sutural band, widened at the middle, and a 
short stripe near lateral margins black. 
Head impunctate, shining, transversely 
grooved between the eyes, the latter very 
slightly notched ; clypeus obsoletely sepa- 
rated, deflexed anteriorly, its anterior border 
feebly emarginate ; antennae short, black, 
basal three joints flavous, fourth and fol- 
lowing transversely widened, terminal joint 
pointed. Thorax quite twice as broad as 
long, sides rather rounded towards base, 
angles distinct, median lobe very slight, sur- 
face impunctate. Scutellum broad, pointed, 
its extreme apex fulvous. Elytra elongate, 
subcylindrical, slightly widened posteriorly, 
finely and obsoletely punctured, the black 
sutural band occupies the greater portion of the disc and extends 
from base to apex ; marginal band narrow, slightly widened at 
middle, extends from below the shoulders to near the apex. Legs 
flavous. 
Length 4 mm. 
Sab. Nilgiris. 
Quite differently marked from any other Indian species of the 
genus. 
Fig. 30. — Gynandro- 
pli thalma ni Igirien sis. 
214. Gynandrophthalma striatipennis, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely. 
xlvii, 1903, p. 85. 
d . Head metallic green ; antennae and breast black ; thorax 
fulvous, with central greenish patch ; elytra 
flavous, suture and sides metallic greenish ; 
abdomen and legs fulvous. 
Narrow and elongate; head impunctate, 
obsoletely transversely grooved between the 
eyes ; base of clypeus with two deep foveae, 
its anterior portion and labrum flavous ; 
antennae with basal three joints fulvous, 
fourth and following joints transversely 
widened. Thorax more than twice as broad 
as long, sides nearly straight, angles obtuse ; 
disc with an anterior and posterior transverse 
sulcus, the latter interrupted in the middle, 
impunctate ; a large greenish patch in the middle strongly pointed 
at base, sides fulvous. Scutellum metallic green. Elytra strongly 
and regularly punctate-striate, all the margins narrowly greenish. 
Body beneath clothed with white pubescence. Femora in the 
Fig. 31. 
-Gynandro- 
phthalma striatipennis. 
