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CURYSOMELIDJE. 
middle and tibiae at apex greenish ; tarsi rather slender, first joint 
twice as long as the second. 
$ . Larger, central patch of thorax wider and subquadrate ; 
elytra entirely greenish or blue, puncturation much finer. 
Length 3-4 mm. 
Hah. Nilgiris. 
Well separated from any of its allies by the bisulcate thorax 
and system of coloration. 
215. Gynandrophthalma imitans, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely, xlvii, 
1903, p. 84. 
Elavous ; vertex of head, antennae, breast and tarsi black ; thorax 
with a very large medial black spot ; elytra 
flavous, narrowly margined with black. 
Head black, impunctate, very shining, 
lower portion and labrum flavous, 
upper portion convex, a small fovea 
between the eyes ; antennae with the 
basal three joints flavous, fourth and 
following strongly transverse. Thorax 
more than twice as broad as long, sides 
nearly straight, slightly narrowed towards 
the apex, surface impunctate, median lobe 
scarcely indicated. Scutellum very broad, 
black, apex raised and pointed. Elytra 
narrow and parallel, suture narrowly, 
sides more broadly black ; epipleurse of the 
flavous ground-colour. Legs flavous, apex of tibine and the tarsi 
black, latter slightly elongate, anterior legs longer than the 
others. 
Length 3 mm. 
Hah. Nilgiris. 
Smaller than G. striatipennis , thorax without sulci, elytra 
irregularly punctured. 
Fig. 32. — Gynandro- 
phthalma, imitans. 
Elytra pale, posterior portion more or less blade or blue. 
210. Gynandrophthalma terminalis, Lefev. Bull. Soc. Ent. France , 
1883, p. cxii. 
Rufo-testaceous ; antennae and legs fuscous ; elytra with a large 
posterior patch that extends to the apices black. 
“ Subelongate, ovate, convex, clothed with grey pubescence 
beneath, above shining. Thorax smooth. Elytra scarcely per- 
ceptibly punctured. 
Length 4^-6 mm. 
Hah. Ramuad, India.” 
The above brief description is all that the author has given. 
