COLEOPTEEA. 
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19. — MALACOSOMA ELAVIVENTRE. 
Baly, Cist. Eat. ii, 1875-82, p. 379. 
Slongatum, convexum, obscure viridi-aeneum, nitidum, abdomine flavo, antennis ( basi 
exceptis ) nigris ; thorace transverse, minute, subremote punctato-, elytris oblongis, infra 
basin transversim excavatis, tenuiter punctatis. 
Long. 4 lin. 
Head trigonate ; vertex and front smooth, impunctate, the latter separated from the 
encarpse by a deep groove; encarpse transverse, contiguous above, separated below by the 
narrow wedge-shaped carina, the surface of which is coarsely punctured ; antennse more than 
half the length of the body, moderately robust, filiform, the second joint short, the third 
twice the length of the second, the fourth about one-third longer than the preceding one. 
Thorax about one-half as broad again as long ; sides moderately rounded, the anterior angles 
armed with an obtuse tubercle, the hinder ones acute ; disc moderately convex, finely but 
rather distantly punctured ; lateral margin reflexed. Scutellum smooth, impunctate. Elytra 
much broader than the thorax, oblong, convex, transversely excavated below the basilar 
space, the latter slightly elevated ; surface finely but not very closely punctured, very spar- 
ingly clothed with short hairs : on the apical half of each elytron is a number of broad, 
ill-defined, longitudinal sulcations. Abdomen flavous, the apex of the terminal segment 
emarginate. 
Sab. — Murree. 
20. — Luperodes erythrocephala. 
Baly, Cist. Eat. 1875—82, p. 380. 
Anguste oblongo-ovata, convexa, nigra, nitida, capite rufo-testaceo, ore, antennis, pedi- 
busque piceis ; thorace crebre punctato, disco utrinque leviter transversim excavato ; elytris 
sat crebre punctatis. 
Long. 2 lin. 
Head exserted, vertex and front shining, impunctate; encarpse transverse, contiguous; 
labrum piceous ; jaws and palpi rufo-piceous ; antennse filiform, three-fourths the length of 
the body, second and third joints short, conjointly about equal in length to the first. Thorax 
twice as broad as long; sides rounded, slightly converging at the base; all the angles distinct, 
the anterior thickened, sub-tuberculate ; disc closely punctured, distinctly excavated on 
either side. Elytra oblong, less closely punctured than the thorax. 
Sab. — Murree. 
21. — Galleruca vittatipennis. 
Baly, Cist. Eat. ii, 1875—82, p. 380. 
Slongato-oblonga, convexa, nigro-picea aut nigra, nitida, vertice rufo-piceo, abdominis 
segmentorum margine apicali pallide rufo-piceo ; thorace excavato, rude foveolato ; elytris 
abdomine multo brevioribus, fortiter substriatim punctatis, sordide J'ulvis, utrisque lined 
