. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidæ. Chrysomelidae; Beetles. 184 HALTICINiE. Head broad ; interocular and interantennal spaces, though without carinae, uot quite flat, but slightly depressed in the middle ; eyes more convex than in Ampfdmela, with a few strong punctures between them. A ntenuse short, passing a little distance beyond the base of the pronotum, the seven apical segments thickened, hairy and almost equal, except the last, which is pointed at the apex ; first segment long and club-shaped, second thicker than third, which is almost equal to the fourth. Prothoracc broader than long (length 1|
. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidæ. Chrysomelidae; Beetles. 184 HALTICINiE. Head broad ; interocular and interantennal spaces, though without carinae, uot quite flat, but slightly depressed in the middle ; eyes more convex than in Ampfdmela, with a few strong punctures between them. A ntenuse short, passing a little distance beyond the base of the pronotum, the seven apical segments thickened, hairy and almost equal, except the last, which is pointed at the apex ; first segment long and club-shaped, second thicker than third, which is almost equal to the fourth. Prothoracc broader than long (length 1| or 2 mm., breadth 1 mm.); posterior margin a wide arch, anterior almost, straight, sides convexly rounded, very slightly margined, anterior angles almost right angles, posterior obtuse; surface gradually and uniformly convex from side to side, and very finely and obsoletely Fig. 69.—Glaucosphcera cyaneu, Buvivier. Scutellum triangular, broader than long. Elytra hardly broader at the base than the prothorax, gradually broadening behind, strongly rounded at the sides; surface moderately convex, irre- gularly and very finely punctate, the punctures being very shallow. Underside punctate and sparsely covered with hair; epipleura of elytra slightly concave, very broad at the base, gradually narrow ing towards the apex; other structures as stated under the description of the genus. Length, 4 mm. Eastern Himalayas: Kurseong (P. Bract). United Pro- vinces: "West Almora and "West Bhatkee, Kumaon, v. 1920, fourteen examples (B. G. Champion). Type in the Brussels 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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