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CIIRYSOMELIDvE. 
punctate, intraocular space very finely punctured, with an 
obsolete transverse groove ; clypeus 
finely punctured, its anterior edge 
emarginate ; labrum and palpi fulvous ; 
antennae fuscous, extending to base of 
thorax, basal four joints shining, rest 
triangularly widened. Thorax rather 
more than twice as broad as long ; sides 
rather regularly and strongly rounded ; 
posterior margin straight at sides, 
slightly produced at middle ; surface 
with a few minute punctures. Scu- 
tellum apex acute, slightly raised. 
Elytra very closely and rather strongly 
punctured, apex nearly impunctate, two 
spots transversely before the middle and 
two behind the latter black ; outer spot of the second row very 
small, often indistinct, close to lateral margin. Beneath densely 
pubescent ; legs fulvous. 
Vcir. Thorax with four small black spots. 
Length 7 mm. 
Hob. Burma : Pegu. 
Differs from D. seccrnaculcita, Jac., in the fulvous, not bluish- 
black, head and much more strongly punctured elytra, the latter 
in the last-named species are nearly smooth. 
Fig. 03. 
Diapromorpha octomaculata. 
291 . Diapromorpha melanopus, Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. ii, 1848, p. 238. 
Clytra pallens, Oliv. JEntom. vi, 1808, p. 836, pi. 2, fig. 27. 
Black ; palpi and base of antennas 
testaceous ; thorax and elytra pale flavous, 
subopaque. 
. Short, cylindrical and feebly nar- 
rowed posteriorly. Head finely rugose, 
pubescent between the eyes, shining and 
smooth on the vertex, latter slightly 
convex ; antennae not extending to base 
of thorax, dark fulvous, basal four joints 
testaceous. Thorax about twice as broad 
as long, feebly narrowed in front ; median 
lobe obtuse ; surface more or less finely 
punctured, sometimes indistinctly so. 
Scutellum fulvous or black, smooth, 
rather small. Elytra strongly lobed at sides, strongly punctured, 
the punctures rather closely placed. Legs and tarsi robust. 
Var. Much smaller ; upper part of head, labrum, palpi, antennae, 
tibiae and tarsi testaceous. 
Length 6 mm. 
Hab. India ; Siam. 
One of the commonest species of the genus. Can be recognized 
by the black head and unspotted upper surface. 
Fig. 64. 
Diapromorpha melanopus. 
