. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidæ. Chrysomelidae; Beetles. 82 CIIRYSOMELINiE. passing beyond the base of the pronotura ; first segment elongate, thickened and club-shaped, second also elongate and club-shaped, but shorter than the first and not much stouter than the third, third, fourth and fifth more slender, almost equal to each other, the sixth to the eleventh much thickened and covered with brownish hairs. Prothorax narrowed in front, broader than long, front edge emarginate, base almost straight on either side of the scutellum, sides almost straight or very gently rounded from base to anterior a
. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidæ. Chrysomelidae; Beetles. 82 CIIRYSOMELINiE. passing beyond the base of the pronotura ; first segment elongate, thickened and club-shaped, second also elongate and club-shaped, but shorter than the first and not much stouter than the third, third, fourth and fifth more slender, almost equal to each other, the sixth to the eleventh much thickened and covered with brownish hairs. Prothorax narrowed in front, broader than long, front edge emarginate, base almost straight on either side of the scutellum, sides almost straight or very gently rounded from base to anterior angles, which are rounded, the posterior ones being almost right angles ; upper surface convex from side to side, the sides covered with large, coarse and confluent punctures, and the middle with both finer and coarser ones, the latter however are much less coarse than those on the sides. Scutellum triangular with apex broadly rounded, almost as broad as long, smooth and. Fig. 28.—Phytodecta trilochana, Maulik. impunctate. Elytra slightly broadened behind ; their whole sur- face is confusedly and strongly punctate, without any trace of arrangement of the punctures in longitudinal series; in this particular this species shows an extreme condition within the genus; along the margin there is a narrow impunctate strip. Underside more shining than the upper side; abdominal sternites more or less sparsely punctate, other parts also bearing punctures, sometimes coarser. Apices of tibiae externally ending in a spine, excavated for the reception of the first segment of the tarsus ; underside of femora channelled; claws with an appendix on the underside. Length, 7 mm. Upper Burma: Myitkyina District, Sadon, 2500-3500 ft., v. 1911 {E. Colensn). Type in the Indian Museum; described from one 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 perfectl
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