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CHRYSOMELIDjE. 
an obscure spot at base and another near the suture below the 
middle fuscous. 
Length 3-3| mm. 
Bab. Burma : Karennee. 
713. Pseudopiomera ceylonensis, sp. n. 
Piceous, irregularly clothed with grey scales. 
Head nearly black with some grey scales above the eyes ; clypeus 
rugose, anterior portion fulvous, middle of anterior edge concave- 
emargiuate ; antennae dark fulvous, extending beyond base of 
elytra, terminal joints stained with fuscous. Thorax half as broad 
again as long, lateral margins forming strong ridges at base ; 
surface with transverse depression near the anterior margin 
followed by two strong tubercles, one at each side ; middle of disc 
piceous, sides grey, that colour forming a broad band. Scutellum 
oblong, apex rounded, surface finely pubescent. Elytra much 
wider at base than the thorax, convex, subcylindrical, slightly 
widened at the apex : surface irregularly dotted with small black 
patches, also with several spots of greyish-white arranged in longi- 
tudinal rows, rest of disc clothed with grey pubescence ; a very 
obsolete fulvous oblique band is also visible behind the middle across 
the suture. Base of femora and apex of tibiae pale fulvous. 
Length 3| mm. 
Bab. Ceylon ( Coll . Jacoby). 
714. Pseudopiomera andrewesi, sp. n. 
Piceous; covered above with spots of yellowish and black scales. 
Elongate. Head entirely covered with yellowish scales ; labrum 
piceous ; eyes slightly notched; antennae filiform, third and fourth 
joints elongate, terminal joints shorter. Thorax subquadrate, 
slightly broader than long, lateral margins distinct, disc rather 
flattened, clothed with scales that form indistinct longitudinal 
bands. Scutellum covered with pale pubescence. Elytra wider 
at base than the thorax, rather deeply punctate-striate ; interstices 
clothed with pale yellowish scales, variegated with black and 
whitish spots, also furnished with short black bristles. Eemora 
all strongly dentate : claws bifid. Body beneath closely covered 
with vellowish scales. 
Length 6 mm. 
Bab. Southern India : Nilgiris. Type in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 
Larger than P. ceylonensis , Jac., the elytra variegated with 
spots, some pale yellow, some black, that form a kind of network 
towards apex. 
Genus XANTHOPHORUS, nov. 
Type, X. jlavopilosus, Jac., from Ceylon. 
Range. India ; Ceylon. 
Body elongate, clothed with silky pubescence. Head per- 
pendicular; eyes round, entire; antennae filiform, long in the 
