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CHEYSOMELIDtE. 
lobed at sides. Legs slender and elongate ; tarsi feeble, sub- 
cylindrical, first joint as long as the following two united, claw- 
joint long and slender. 
Can be distinguished from any other genus by the pubescence 
that covers the entire upper surface. Only a few species are 
known. 
260. Pantocometis hirsuta, Lacorcl. Mon. Phytoph. ii, 1848, p. 366. 
Elavo-testaceous ; elytra with a broad black band behind the 
middle, widened externally. 
2 • Oblong, feebly widened posteriorly. Head small, finely 
rugose ; clypeus nearly truncate at outer edge ; eyes rather large, 
entire ; antennse comparatively robust, slightly longer than the 
thorax, fuscous except at base. Thorax more than twice as 
broad as long, sides straight, posterior angles rounded, surface 
entirely impunctate. Scutellum large. Elytra feebly lobed at 
the sides, very finely punctured, clothed like the head and thorax 
with pale pubescence, mixed with longer black hairs, a black band 
near the apex extending to the sides where it widens. Legs 
moderately elongate, tarsi slender. Male unknown. 
Length 5 mm. 
Bab. Southern India : Pondicherry. 
261. Pantocometis subfasciata, sp. n. 
Pale fulvous ; terminal joints of antennae black ; elytra with a 
large subquadrate spot at the shoulders and a transverse band near 
apex, black. 
Subelongate ; entirely covered with long erect pubescence. Head 
with deep depression between the eyes, upper portion clothed with 
long black hairs, lower portion shining ; 
margin of clypeus nearly straight ; an- 
tennae extending to base of thorax, basal 
three joints fulvous, rest black, third joint 
extremely small, fourth and following 
strongly transversely widened. Thorax 
twice as broad as long, sides feebly 
rounded, median lobe rather strongly 
produced, surface closely punctured. 
Scutellum elongate triangular. Elytra 
punctured, strongly lobed at the sides ; 
the humeral spot extending downwards 
nearly to the middle, narrowed at the 
inner angle, not reaching to the suture : 
subapical spot transverse, not quite extending to either margin, 
both these markings bluish-black. Underside and legs pale, tarsi 
short. 
Length 4| mm. 
Bab. Southern India (Brit. Mus.). 
Fig. 49. 
Pan tocometis subfasciata. 
