. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidæ. Chrysomelidae; Beetles. ALY^US. PHILOGEUS. 405 anterior angles slightly expanded, each possessing a seta, posterior angles acute ; surface convex from side to side, smooth and irn- punctsite; in front of the base and parallel to it is a transverse channel, not reaching the sides, and containing a few punctures. Scutellum triangular, smooth and impunctate. Elytra at the base hardly broader than the prothorax ; each elytron has eleven regular longitudinal rows of punctures, including a short scutellar and an. Fig. \3\.—Alytus oeylonensis, Jac. extreme marginal row; a
. Coleoptera. Chrysomelidæ. Chrysomelidae; Beetles. ALY^US. PHILOGEUS. 405 anterior angles slightly expanded, each possessing a seta, posterior angles acute ; surface convex from side to side, smooth and irn- punctsite; in front of the base and parallel to it is a transverse channel, not reaching the sides, and containing a few punctures. Scutellum triangular, smooth and impunctate. Elytra at the base hardly broader than the prothorax ; each elytron has eleven regular longitudinal rows of punctures, including a short scutellar and an. Fig. \3\.—Alytus oeylonensis, Jac. extreme marginal row; a longitudinal strip along the margin is somewhat bent inwards. Underside strongly convex along the middle, sloping dorsalwards at the sides, generally impunctate, the abdominal sternites having a few fine scattered punctures. Length, 2-3 mm. ; breadth, 1| mm.; length of antenna, nearly 3 mm. Ceylon: Bogawantalawa, 4900-5200 ft., 28. ii-12. iii. 1882 (6r. Lewis). Type in the British Museum. Genus PHILOGEUS, Jaeoby. Philogeus, Jac, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1887, p. 95. Genotype, Philogeus fidvipennis, Jac. Body ovate, convex, subcylindrical. Head with frontal tubercles obsolete ; eyes large ; maxillary palpi robust. Antennae robust, dilated towards apex. Prothorax quadrate, convex, with a shallow transverse depression in front of the basal margin. Elytra finely punctate-striate. Underside: prosternum longer than broad; anterior coxal cavities open; mesosternum transversely sub- quadrate ; posterior femora strongly incrassate; posterior tibia?. 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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