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CHRYSOMELIDiE. 
279. Miochira gracilis, Lacord. Mon. Phytopli. ii, 1848, p. 316. 
Pale flavous, beneath testaceous ; breast and legs spotted with 
black ; a band in front of the eyes, two spots on the thorax and 
four on the elytra, black. 
“ 6 • Elongate and cylindrical ; head and thorax very shining, 
the former smooth ; clypeus feebly emarginate ; mandibles black ; 
eyes rather large, short and ovate, with a 
black spot near their inner margin ; antennae 
nearly as long as thorax, brownish, base 
fulvous. Thorax about one-fourth broader 
than long, cylindrical, narrowed in front, 
anterior margin slightly produced at middle ; 
median lobe very short, posterior angles 
distinct ; surface entirely impunctate ; two 
triangular, rather large, closely approximate 
spots on the disc. Scutellum smooth, black. 
Elytra subcylindrical, very finely punctured, 
the punctures piceous and superficial, the 
spots placed obliquely, the first two near 
base, the others slightly behind the middle ; 
humeral spot elongate, others small and 
round ; pygidium with a large black spot. 
Legs slender, fulvous ; base of femora, apex of tibiae and first two 
joints of tarsi black ; latter very short, rather robust, first two 
joints trigonal and equal.” (Lacordciire.) 
Lenyth 5 nun. 
Hab. Sikhim ; Assam ; Burma. 
280. Miochira montana, Jac. (Clythra) Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely, xxxix, 
1895, p. 255. 
Black. Thorax flavous, with a central black patch. Elytra 
fulvous, a large trigonal or subquadrate spot at base, a transverse 
band behind the middle and the extreme apex black. 
Narrow and elongate ; the head very finely and sparingly 
punctured, black, shining, obsoletely transversely grooved between 
the eyes ; the clypeus also with an obsolete 
depression at each side ; labrum flavous ; 
antennae black, extending to the base of the 
thorax, the basal four joints flavous, fifth and 
following joints strongly transverse. Thorax 
about one-half broader than long, the sides 
obliquely narrowed in front, somewhat an- 
gulately vddened behind the middle, the 
surface very minutely punctured, the middle 
occupied by a broad longitudinal black band 
from the base to the apex, slightly con- 
Fig. 58. stricted at apex. Scutellum black, its apex 
Miochira montana. pointed. Elytra very finely punctured in 
