476 
CIIRYSOMELIDiE. 
Length 3-4 mm. 
Hah. Southern Bombay : Kanara. 
T. picea differs from T. melanura, Lefev. in its entirely piceous 
colour and the nearly impunctate head, also in the absence of the 
aeneous gloss of the elytra; T , puncticeps, Duviv. is narrower, the 
head is rugosely punctured and the thorax of different shape and 
sculpture. 
820. Tricliona hicolor (PI. II, fig. 6), Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bel<j. 
xxxix, 1895, p. 283. 
Pulvous ; terminal joints of the antennae black; elytra widened 
at the middle, black, finely punctate-striate, the apex nearly im- 
punctate ; abdomen piceous. 
Of medially widened shape. Head fulvous, broad, nearly im- 
punctate ; the clypeus with a few very minute punctures, not 
separated from the face, its anterior border emarginate at 
the middle, its sides oblique with a distinctly raised margin ; 
antennae black, extending to the middle of the elytra, the 
basal four joints fulvous, second and third joints nearly equal, 
fourth and following joints elongate. Thorax more than twice as 
broad as long, of equal width, the sides strongly rounded, the 
posterior angles obsolete, the anterior margin not produced, the 
surface reddish-fulvous, microscopically punctured. Scutellum 
fulvous, broader than long, impunctate, its apex acute. Elytra 
greenish -black, ovate, widened towards the middle, rather opaque, 
finely punctate-striate, the punctures nearly absent at the apex, 
the shoulders produced into a narrow short ridge. Underside and 
legs fulvous ; the anterior femora dilated into a moderately strong- 
tooth, posterior femora less strongly toothed ; abdomen more or 
less piceous. 
Length 3 mm. 
Hah. Southern Bombay : Belgaum. 
The shape of this species is different from that of most of its allies, 
being much more ovate in regard to the elytra, this and the nearly 
impunctate head and thorax as well as the coloration will at once 
distinguish the species. Taken during the rains. 
821. Tricliona ceylonensis, sp. n. 
Eulvous or piceous ; apical joints of antennae black; legs dark, 
apex of tibiae and the tarsi fulvous. 
Short and broad. Head finely and sparingly punctured, with a 
short central groove ; eyes with a narrow sulcus above ; clypeus 
separated from the face by a shallow transverse groove, finely 
punctured : antennae with the basal four joints fulvous, rest black, 
third and fourth joints equal, following joints rather shorter and 
distinctly thickened. Thorax twice as broad as long, sides rounded, 
with narrow reflexed margins ; surface with very shallow punc- 
turation, irregularly distributed. Scutellum impunctate. Elytra 
