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CHllYSOMELID^. 
254. Aspidolopha melanophthalma, Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. ii, 1848, 
p. 254. 
Metallic blue ; antennae fuscous ; thorax, scutellum and elytra 
flavous. 
“ <S . Very short aud thickened, head more or less finely rugose, 
a band of pubescence in front of eyes 
antennae extending to base of thorax, basal 
joints testaceous. Thorax about one and 
a third broader than long, cylindrical, 
slightly narrowed in front, median lobe 
very large but short and feebly rounded, 
surface impunctate, very shining. Scu- 
tellum large, triangular, carinate at apex. 
Elytra rather convex, strongly lobed at 
sides of epipleurae, less shining than 
thorax, distinctly punctured. Legs rather 
feeble. 
“ Var. Legs and abdomen more or less 
testaceous.” ( Lacor derive .) 
Length 2± mm. 
Llab. Bengal ; Tenasserim. 
All the Indian specimens I have seen have the thorax more or 
less distinctly punctured at sides, not impunctate as Lacordaire 
describes it. The elytral puncturation is very strong and close, 
but nearly absent at apex, the tibiae and tarsi are mostly flavous. 
Fig. 47. 
Aspidolopha melano- 
phthalma. 
Genus EPIMELA. 
Epimela, Weise, Dent. ent. Zeit. 1903, p. 27. 
Type, E. ornata, Bedtenb., from Kashmir. 
Range. India ; Ceylon. 
Short, subcylindrical ; head and thorax pubescent ; antennas 
slightly longer than the thorax ; eyes large and distinctly emargi- 
nate. Thorax much broader than long, posterior angles rounded. 
Scutellum large. Elytra with large humeral lobes ; pygidium not 
covered by the elytra. Abdomen strongly inflated. Legs and 
tarsi rather long. 
This genus has been lately established for a species from 
Kashmir which was placed bv Lacordaire in Gynandrojphthalma ; 
the pubescent head and thorax, strongly developed elytral lobes, 
free pygidium etc. justify Weise’s separation of the species from 
the last named genus. 
255. Epimela ornata, Redtenb. (Coptocephala) HiigeVs Reise Easchmir, 
1846, p. 560, pj. 28, fig. 5 ; Lacord. (Gynandroplithalma) Mon. 
Phytoph. ii, 1848, p. 266 ; Weise, Lent. ent. Zeit. 1903, p. 27. 
Bluish-green ; apical joints of antennae, tibiae and tarsi black ; 
