. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidæ. Chrysomelidae; Beetles. CHRYSOLINA, 33 Shevaroy, Madras, 4000-5000 ft., viii. 1907, 14-22. x. 1912 (Fletcher). Coorg, Pollibetta, 24. x-16. xi. 1915, on Lantana (Fletcher). Gudalur, Nilgiri Hills 12. ix. 1917 (Naganath). Castle Eock, Kanara, 1900 ft., Igatpuri, 2000 ft., iii. 1908 (D. Nowrojee). Belgaum, 2000 ft., iv. 1908 (D. Noivrojee). All the last six records are from the Pusa Collection, which contains 15 specimens in all. This seems to be a predominantly, if not exclusively, South Indian species. 14. Chrysolina ccelestina, Baly. Crosita ccelestina,
. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidæ. Chrysomelidae; Beetles. CHRYSOLINA, 33 Shevaroy, Madras, 4000-5000 ft., viii. 1907, 14-22. x. 1912 (Fletcher). Coorg, Pollibetta, 24. x-16. xi. 1915, on Lantana (Fletcher). Gudalur, Nilgiri Hills 12. ix. 1917 (Naganath). Castle Eock, Kanara, 1900 ft., Igatpuri, 2000 ft., iii. 1908 (D. Nowrojee). Belgaum, 2000 ft., iv. 1908 (D. Noivrojee). All the last six records are from the Pusa Collection, which contains 15 specimens in all. This seems to be a predominantly, if not exclusively, South Indian species. 14. Chrysolina ccelestina, Baly. Crosita ccelestina, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1879, p. 193 ; Marseul, Abeille, xxi, 1883, p. 104 ; Weise, Wien. Ent. Zeit. xiii, 1894, p. 154. Body elongate, subparallel. Upper side shining deep blue or violet, underside black mixed with blue. Head broad, sparsely but distinctly punctate, punctures on the vertex finer than those on the clypeus, the latter Fig. 10.— Chrysolina coelestina, Baly. Antennas slender, less than half the length of the beetle, the six basal segments shining, the next five slightly thickened and opaque; first segment thickened, second small, almost half the length of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth almost equal to each other, each being shorter than the third, the rest of the segments equal to each other, the last being a little more elongate and pointed. Prothorax a little broader than long, front margin VOL. II. d. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Maulik, Samarendra. London, Taylor and Francis
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