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CHliYSOMELJIL'E. 
A ar. c. Elytra with two transverse bands and a subapical spot. 
Var. /. Elytra with a single transverse line and a subapical 
spot. 
One of the most variable species of the genus, but fairly easy of 
recognition on account of the subcylindrical parallel-sided shape 
and the strong elytral puncturation. Head pubescent in front of 
the eyes, glabrous above and below the latter : antennae black, the 
basal three or four joints fulvous. Thorax rather long, about 
one-third broader than long, the middle somewhat widened, the 
posterior angles acute ; the disc impunctate, shining, with two 
subtriangular broad and angulate black patches at the base more 
or less divided anteriorly, in some occupying the entire disc. 
Scutellum small and subelongate. Elytra moderately strongly 
lobecl at the sides below the shoulders, very closely and strongly 
punctured, the interstices more or less wrinkled ; in normally 
coloured specimens with a short transverse band at the shoulders, 
a larger band immediately behind the middle and a spot near the 
apex. Underside and legs black. 
Length 4-6 mm. 
Hob. India; Ceylon. 
Diapromorpha quaclrimaculata, Jac., is only a variety in which the 
elytral subapical spot is wanting and the tibiae and tarsi are 
fulvous. A rather common and widely distributed species in 
India. 
294. Diapromorpha balteata, Lacord. Mon . Phytoph. ii, 1848, p. 236. 
Black ; elytra flavous or fulvous, a trans- 
verse black band behind the middle. 
Subcylindrical, very slightly narrowed 
posteriorly. Head clothed (the anterior 
portion excepted) with fine grey pubescence; 
clypeus very moderately emarginate ; an- 
tennae black, extending to about the middle 
of the elytra, the basal four joints fulvous. 
Thorax scarcely twice as broad as long, 
narrowed anteriorly, the lateral margins 
nearly straight, the disc subcylindrical ; the 
surface impunctate, black and shining. 
Elytra finely punctured in very closely 
placed irregular rows, their humeral lobes 
very distinct ; fulvous, with a transverse black band behind the 
middle, slightly curved and extended to either margin. Body 
beneath clothed with grey pubescence. 
Length 6-7 mm. 
Hub. India : Madras. 
This species greatly resembles in its coloration Clytra succincta , 
Lacord., but the produced humeral lobes and free pygidium will 
prevent it from being mistaken for that insect. 
Fig. 6G. 
Diapromorpha balteata. 
