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CHRYSOMELIDiE. 
Genus HYMETES. 
Hymetes, Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. ii, 1848, p. 861. 
Type, H. javana, Lacord., from Java. 
Range. India; Java. 
Characters mostly those of Chlamys. The differences are as 
follows : — Antennae slender, distinctly dentate from the seventh 
joint outwards ; third, fourth, and fifth joints equal, elongate, 
cylindrical, sixth trigonal, following joints transverse. Thorax 
convex, obsoletely longitudinally carinate. Scutellum large, 
posterior margin with two long teeth. Prosternum dilated 
anteriorly ; metasternum produced into a small tubercle ante- 
riorly. Tarsi robust. A single species is known from India. 
482. Hymetes indica, Chapuis, Gen. Coleopt. x, 1874, p. 205, note. 
“ Reddish-brown, elytral tubercles obscure black. 
“ Subquadrately elongate. Thorax at sides rugosely punctured, 
elevated and gibbous, the elevation subglobose, canaliculate at 
middle, posteriorly bicarinate, each ridge divided anteriorly into 
three ridges. Elytra punctate, subcarinate and tuberculate ; two 
tubercles at middle strongly raised, two others posteriorly, small. 
“ Length 6-7 mm. 
“ Hah. India.” (Chapuis.) 
The above is the brief description given by Chapuis ; I have 
not seen any specimen of this species, nor is the exact locality of 
its “ habitat ” known. 
Division CYCLICA. 
Key to the Subfamilies. 
A. Last joint of tarsi deeply bilobed. 
a. Thorax as wide as elytra at base ; legs 
compressed ; abdomen grooved for 
reception of legs Lamprosomincr. 
h. Thorax generally narrower than elytra 
at base ; legs not compressed ; abdo- 
men not grooved for reception of legs. Eumolpina;. 
B. Last joint of tarsi not bilobed, entire .... Chrysomelince. 
Subfamily I. LAMPROSOMIK/E. 
Short and very convex. Head deeply inserted in thorax ; eyes 
well separated, feebly emarginate. Antennae short, robust, first 
joint elongate, slightly curved, second half the length of the first, 
ovate, third to sixth joints cylindrical, seventh larger, triangular, 
eighth much smaller, subcylindrical, the rest transversely widened. 
Thorax transverse, closely fitted to elytra and nearly as broad at 
base, strongly narrowed towards apex, sides nearly straight, 
surface evenly and generally convex. Scutellum small, triangular. 
