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CHRYSOMELIDiE. 
817. Tricliona apicata, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxix, 1895, p. 285. 
Piceous; antennae and ]egs flavous ; elytra piceous, the apex 
nearly im punctate, obscure flavous. 
Narrow and elongate in shape. Head densely and finely 
rugose throughout ; the lateral margins of the clypeus raised ; 
antennae flavous, the apical joints slightly stained with piceous, 
second and following joints nearly equal ; mandibles robust. 
Thorax with strongly rounded sides, the anterior margin slightly 
produced at the middle, the sides extremely closely and strongly 
punctured, the punctures partly confluent, the disc more remotely 
punctate. Scutellum slightly broader than long. Elytra with a 
shallow depression below the base, deeply punctate- striate, the 
punctures nearly obsolete at the apex, the apex flavous gradually 
shading into the nearly black colour of the rest of the surface, 
the interstices with some few and very minute punctures. Legs 
entirely flavous, the anterior and posterior femora dilated each 
into a strong tooth. 
Length, 3-4 mm. 
Bah. Southern Bombay : Belgaum. 
Can be distinguished by the rugose head, extremely closely 
punctured thorax and flavous apex of the elytra. 
818. Tricliona bifasciata, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Ec/</. xxxix, 1895, 
p. 284. 
Subquadrate-ovate ; beneath black, above and the legs fulvous ; 
thorax with two small lateral and a large central black spot. 
Elytra with the sutural and lateral margins and a broad band 
from the shoulder to behind the middle, black ; femora toothed. 
