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C'HRYSOMELIDiE. 
Group IS CEL OD 0 NT INI. 
Body short, oblong ; head with deep supraocular sulci ; 
antennas short and robust, terminal joints thickened. Thorax 
short, subglobular, much narrower than the elytra ; lateral margins 
obsolete. Elytra short. Legs robust, femora dentate; tibiae entire 
or very slightly emarginate at apex ; claws bifid. Prosternum 
transverse ; thoracic episternum concave. 
The species are more or less metallic and pubescent ; the thorax 
is frequently transversely strigose ; elytra generally with rows of 
punctures and fine hairs, the interstices more or less finely 
wrinkled. Very similar in appearance to Pseudo co I a sjp is, but can 
be readily distinguished by the supraocular grooves. 
Genus SCELODONTA. 
Scelodonta, Westw. P. Z. S. 1837, p. 129. 
Heteraspis, Leconte ( nec Blanchard ), Col. of Kansas, 1859, p. 23. 
Odontionopa, Motsch. (nec Erichs. nec Lefevre) Bull. Mosc. 1868, 
p. 408. 
Grapliops, Leconte , Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xii, 1885, p. 26. 
Type, S. curculionoicles, West w., from Manilla. 
Range. Africa ; India ; China ; Malayan Islands. 
Characters those of the group. Eemora dentate ; antennae with 
basal joint thickened, second very short, terminal joints short and 
thick. 
675. Scelodonta vittata (PI. II, fig. 5), Oliv. (Eumolpus) Ent. vi, 
1808, p. 907, pi. i, fig. 18; Lefev. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1875, 
p. 128. 
Metallic cupreous ; antennae black ; elytra with four longi- 
tudinal stripes of pale golden pubescence. 
Broad and robust. Head closely punctured with short yellow 
pubescence, deeply longitudinally sulcate in the middle and above 
the eyes. Antennae extending to base of thorax, basal six joints 
cupreous, rest black. Thorax transverse, closely transversely 
strigose, with three bands of pale yellow pubescence at the 
middle and on sides. Scutellum pentagonal, pubescent. Elytra 
verv wide at base, convex, pointed at apex, with rows of strong 
transverse punctures, interstices alternately purplish and pale 
golden. Sides of breast densely pubescent ; abdomen and legs less 
pubescent, bright metallic cupreous; femora toothed. 
Length 8| mm. 
Hah. India : Pusa ; Bombay. Cochinehina. 
The largest and handsomest species of the genus. Not un- 
common in India. 
