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CHItYSOMELIDiE. 
264. Clytrasoma palliata, Fair. (Clythra) Syst. Eleuth. ii, 1801, p. 30 ; 
Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. ii. 1848, p. 191. 
cf. Clytra gibbosa, Vigors, Zool. Journ. ii, 1826, p. 241, pi. 9, 
fig. ii. 
Fulvous ; bead, antennae, underside and legs black ; elytra 
with humeral, subapical spot and; a transverse band at middle,, 
black. 
Fig. 50. — Clytrasoma 'palliata. 
<3 . Head black, closely pubescent in front of eyes, forming a 
pointed triangular space at each side, middle with deep groove, 
lower portion of face finely strigose ; antennae rather short, second 
and third joints fulvous, following joints shaped like transverse 
laminae with an additional 12th joint. Thorax about two and a 
half times broader than long, opaque, sides feebly rounded, median 
lobe short; surface when seen under a strong lens extremely 
minutely punctured, with an angulate black mark on each side of 
the base, or the base entirely black. Scntellum black. Elytra 
strongly dilated, opaque, minutely and extremely closely punctured ; 
a spot on shoulders, a more transverse spot near apex and a 
transverse band at middle, composed of two more or less confluent 
spots, black. Beneath black, closely pubescent ; claw-joint partly 
hidden at base. 
5 . Elytra slightly or not at all dilated, shining. 
Var. a. Thorax fulvous without spots. 
Yar. b. Thorax black, margined with fulvous. 
Var. c. Thorax black. 
Length 12-15 mm. 
Hab. Throughout India. 
A rather common species, the sexes very dissimilar in shape, 
the elytral pattern subject to variation in regard to number of 
black markings. 
265. Clytrasoma conformis, Lacord. (Clvthra) Mon. Phytoph. ii, 1848, 
p. 194. 
Black, pubescent beneath ; thorax and elytra fulvous, a spot on 
the shoulders, two behind the middle, and another near apex, black. 
Thorax with two or three spots. 
