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CHRYSOMELID-iE. 
broadly rounded, disc iinpunctate, nearly covered by two large 
piceous patches. Elytra pale fulvous, longitudinally silicate, sulci 
with some tine punctures below the base, ninth and tenth sulci 
abbreviated at each end and united, two outer and two inner 
sulci curved at the base. Legs spotted with black ; anterior femora 
with a short tooth. 
Length 5 mm. 
Bab. India. 
Distinguished by the piceous patches on the thorax and the 
sculpture of the elytra. 
824. Tricliona marginata, sp. n. 
Elavous ; terminal joints of antennae and margins of elytra 
narrowly black. 
Head entirely impiinctate, with a short central groove ; clypeus 
transverse, separated at the sides by very shallow grooves, 
iinpunctate, anterior margin feebly concave; labrum testaceous; 
mandibles black: antenmc slender, black, extending to about the 
middle of the elytra, basal three joints flavous, third and fourth 
equal, fifth much longer ; the following joints of nearly similar 
length. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long, sides rounded, 
angles acute ; surface rather strongly and closely but irregularly 
punctured, the punctures arranged in patches. Elytra fiavous, 
with the extreme margins deep black ; slightly wider than the 
thorax, distinctly punctate-striate, the punctures very closely 
placed in striae. Anterior femora dilated into a moderate tooth ; 
first joint of tarsi rather long ; claws deeply bifid. Anterior margin 
of the thoracic episternum strongly convex. 
Length 4| mm. 
Hah. Bombay : Belgaum. 
Belongs to those forms that have the elytral punctures placed 
very close together in striae. 
825. Tricliona subdepressa, sp. n. 
d . Testaceous. Head with a few very minute punctures ; 
clypeus broadly subquadrate, very finely punctured; mandibles 
broad and robust; antennae reaching to the middle of the elytra, 
third and following joints slender and elongate, equal or nearly so. 
Thorax twice as broad as long, of equal width, sides evenly 
rounded, surface rather flattened, sides but slightly deflexed ; 
surface sparingly and very finely punctured, the punctures very 
superficial. Elytra elongate, rather depressed, finely punctate- 
striate ; punctures closely placed in striae, the punctures obsolete 
towards the apex. Anterior femora rather strongly thickened, armed 
beneath with a strong tooth. 
Length 4| mm. 
Hah. Southern India ; Trichinopoly. Type in Coll. Jacoby. 
