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CIIRYSOMELIDJE. 
slightly elevated ridge. Elytra coarsely punctured, punctu- 
ration irregularly arranged in striae. Anterior and intermediate 
femora with a minute tooth ; tibiae and tarsi rufo-piceous. 
Length 5 mm. 
Hah. Bombay. 
731. Neculla obscurata, sp. n. 
Black, entirely covered with white scale-like matter ; basal 
joints of antennae, palpi and labrum fulvous. 
Broad and robust, upper surface sparingly furnished with 
white erect hairs. Head finely punctured ; basal three joints of 
the antennae fulvous, rest black, basal joint thickened, third and 
fourth equal, terminal joints shorter, not extending much further 
than to the base of the elytra. Thorax half as broad again as 
long, subeylindrical, finely rugose, middle portion somewhat 
raised. Elytra wider at the base than the thorax, strongly 
convex, strongly rugose and punctured. Legs elongate ; femora 
armed with a tooth ; tarsi short ; claws bifid. Prosternum sub- 
quadrate, widened at base. 
Length 6 mm. 
Hab. Manipur (Coll. Brit. Mus.). 
On account of the white matter that entirely covers the upper 
and under sides of the specimens, the seulpturation is not visible 
except in some small denuded spaces. The species is larger than 
N. jpollinaria , Baly, and the legs are entirely black, the general 
shape is broader and more robust. 
Genus DEMOTINELLA, nov. 
Type, D. %)ectoralis, Jac. 
Range. Tenasserim. 
Oblong, subeylindrical, pubescent ; antennae short and monili- 
form. terminal joints thickened and widened; eyes oblong, entire. 
Thorax transverse, subeylindrical, lateral margins obsolete. Elytra 
wider at base than the thorax, punctured in rows. Legs short and 
robust ; femora moderate, unarmed ; tibiae widened at the apex, 
entire ; claws bifid. Prosternum broadly subquadrate. Anterior 
margin of thoracic episternum concave. 
Separated from any other genus of this group by the moniliform 
antennae, unarmed femora and non-emarginate tibiae. 
732. Demotinella pectoralis, sp. n. 
Obscure dark fulvous, clothed with yellowish-grey pubescence ; 
posterior portion of elytra paler ; antennae flavous ; breast 
piceous. 
