. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidæ. Chrysomelidae; Beetles. 178 HALTIOINjE. 120. Euphitrea indica, Jacoby. Euphitrea indica, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlviii, 1904, p. 391. Body broadly rounded. Colour pale fulvous. Head broad and flat, impunctate ; frontal elevations and carina absent. Antennas widely separated, not extending to the middle of the elytra; the three basal segments shining, the rest opaque and pubescent; first segment the longest, club-shaped, second short, the third and following segments nearly equal. Prothoracc about three times as broad as long, sides nearly straight, basal margin b
. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidæ. Chrysomelidae; Beetles. 178 HALTIOINjE. 120. Euphitrea indica, Jacoby. Euphitrea indica, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlviii, 1904, p. 391. Body broadly rounded. Colour pale fulvous. Head broad and flat, impunctate ; frontal elevations and carina absent. Antennas widely separated, not extending to the middle of the elytra; the three basal segments shining, the rest opaque and pubescent; first segment the longest, club-shaped, second short, the third and following segments nearly equal. Prothoracc about three times as broad as long, sides nearly straight, basal margin broadly but slightly produced at the middle ; the surface. Fig. 67.—Euphitrea indica, Jac. under a low power appears impunctate, but is really finely punc- tate, the punctures being much finer than those of the elvtra. Scutellum triangular, impunctate. Elytra finely, very closely and irregularly punctate, their epiplenra comparatively broad. Under- side: prosternum narrow, longitudinally sulcate; metasternum produced into a transverse ridge. Length, 7^ mm. Nilgiri Hills. Anaimalai Hills : v, vi, vii (Andrewes Coll., British Museum). Type in t he British Museum. Closely allied to E. wallacei, Baly, but smaller, without aeneous gloss; the antennae are less robust and the prothorax is distinctly 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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