Volume 1

The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by C.T. Bingham. Coleoptera. Vol.I. (Cerambycidae) / by C.J. Gahan. [Vol.II]. Chrysomelidae. Vol.I / by Martin Jacoby.

Date:
1906-1908
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Credit: The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by C.T. Bingham. Coleoptera. Vol.I. (Cerambycidae) / by C.J. Gahan. [Vol.II]. Chrysomelidae. Vol.I / by Martin Jacoby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1 OBRAMDYCID^. Last joint of palpi graclually widened towards the extremity. Lye arge the upper lobes rather closely approxi.uated to hodv fi'; '^V ^'r^- , ^''''''•^ «''0^ter than the S ^ -H I '^^'^ --^P^^ the anterior side thud with sharp anterior edge near which it is finely and very closely punctulate. Pronotum finely and closely punctured in trout and tor some distance back along each side of the middle line, more strongly punctured towards the sides; its hind angles more or less obtuse sometimes slightly projecting. Elytra rugu- lose the ridges finely punctured; each with two or three feebly raised obtuse costae. Hind breast covered with a tawny-coloured silky pubescence. Last ventral segment sinuate at the apex $. Antennae hardly reaching to the middle of the elytra more slender than in the male, the joints, from the fifth only' acutely angulate at the apex. Hind breast bare of pubescence; Last ventral segment with rounded hind margin. Legs smooth underneath. Length S $ 29-53 mm. ifab. Kashmir ; N.W. Provinces ; Punjab ; Assam. 9. Lophosternus falco, Thorns. (Cyrtognathus) Hev. et Mag, Zool. 1877, p. 262, d. In colour and sculpture greatly resembles the same sex of L. hvgeli, Redt. ; the chief points of difference are as follows :— Eyes slightly narrower, the upper lobes less closely approxi- mate in front to the anteunal tubers; antennae a little longer, reaching almost to the apex of the elytra; elytra relatively shorter, less strongly rugulose, their costae broader and more obtuse. (Female not known.) The author of this species, when describing it, compared it with 0. paradoxus; but the specimen in his collection labelled paradoxus is one of L. hugeli,'Redt., and not the tvne jmradoxus of Falderman, which is a species from Mongolia in nowise closely related to it. Length ^ 30-69 mm. Hab. D£\rjeeling. 10. Lopnosternus palpalis, sp. n. d'. Closely resembles the same sex of L. hugeli, Eedt., but differs as follows :—Last joint of palpi more triangular in form, widest at the extremity; eyes narrower, the upper lobe at a distance equal to about -half its own width from the antennal tuber; antennae shorter, scarcely reaching to the posterior third of the elytra, the first joint reaching a little beyond the hind margin of the eye ; hind angles of the pronotum acute or sub- dentate. Length S 40 mm. Hah. Himalayas (in coll. ObertJiiir).