The Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) collected by the ......nepalense Chujo is treated as a...

Bull. Kitakyushu Mits. Nal. Hist., 20: 17-80. March 31, 2001

The Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) collected bythe Kyushu University Scientific Expedition to

the Nepal Himalaya in 1971 and 1972

Shinsaku Kimoto

7-97, Mikunigaoka, Ogori City, Fukuoka, 838-0103(Received December 1, 2000)

Synopsis

In total, 253 species of Chrysomelidae collected by the Kyushu UniversityScientific Expedition to the Nepal Himalaya, are enumerated. Of which 17 species,viz. Basilepta makiharai, Colaspoides nepalensis, Chrysolina tangalaensis, Pyrrhaltatatesuji, Stenolupems thudamensis, Stenolupems emotoi, Sastmcella collaris, Amphimelasubgeminata, Aphlhona basantapurica, Aphthona dobangensis, Hespera strigiceps,Luperomorpha nepalica, Manobia shimai, Manobidia major, Sphaeroderma nakanishii,Tegyrius piceus and Dactylispa plalycanthoides, are described as newspecies. Basileptanepalense Chujo is treated as a new synonym of Cleorina jacobyi Duvivier. In total,32 species are recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Preface

Agood numberof chrysomelid beetles were collected by the Kyushu UniversityScientific Expedition to Nepal Himalaya in 1971 and 1972. This paper is a resultof my study on the material.

The material was collected by Drs. H. Shima, A. Nakanishi, J. Emoto, H.Makihara and Y. Nishida, and Liaison Officer, Tula Bahador Serchant, andSherpa, Juamvang Tenzing and Pemba Norbu.

The type specimens are preserved in the Biosystematics Laboratory, GraduateSchool of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka.

I am grateful to the authority of the Kyushu University Scientific Expedition toNepal Himalayas, who gave me the opportunity to study this interesting material,and of the Kitakyushu Museum and Institute of Natural History, who madepossibleto publish this paper.

Contr. No.: Results of the Kyushu University Scientific Expedition to the Nepal Himalaya(Coleoptera 3).

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Subfamily Zeugophorinae

Zeugophora (Pedrillia) brancucii Mkdvedev, 1993Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 26. iv. 1972, 1 ex., 6. v. 1972, H. Shima, 3 exs., 29.

iv. 1972, 2 exs., 30. iv. 1972, 3 exs., 4. v. 1972, 3 exs., 5. v. 1972, 1 ex., 6. v. 1972, Y.

Nishida.

Distribution: Nepal.

Zeugophora {Pedrillia) pallidicincta Gressi it, 1945 Fig. 2aLingnan Sci.J., 21: 139 (new name for Zeugophora unifasciata Pic)unifasciata Pic, 1917, Mel. Exot. Ent., 24: 9 (Sikkim)(nec Baly, 1885).Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 14. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Zeugophora {Pedrillia) parva Crowson, 1946Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 1 ex., 27. ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi.Distribution: Nepal, India.

Subfamily Megalopodinae

Colobaspis speciosa (Baly, 1859) Fig. 2bAnn. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 3: 204 (N. India).Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 16. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Temnaspis quadrimaculata Bryant, 1934 Fig. 2cStylops, 3 (10): 225 (India: Dehra Dun).Dobhan (800 m), 1 ex., 19. v. 1972, 1 ex., 22. v. 1972, Y. Nishida.

Distribution: Nepal, India.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Subfamily Criocerinae

Lema balyanaJacoby, 1908Lelep (1770 m), 1 ex., 2. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida.Distribution: Nepal, India, Thailand.

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Lema coromandeliana (Fabricius, 1798)

Methirum (1000 m) — Tiwa (1400 m), 1 ex., 29. v. 1972, H. Shima. Chiliwa

(1350 m) — Shibku (2100 m), 1 ex., 7. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida. Taplejung (1800 m)— Handhurung (800 m), 1 ex., 26. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Kathmandu (1300 m),1 ex., 26. viii. 1971, A. Nakanishi.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Ceylon, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia.Vietnam, China,Taiwan, Philippines, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Makassar.

Letna epipleuralisJacoby, 1908Fauna India, Coleopt., 2: 21 (Bengal).Anbote (900 m) —Taplejung (1800 m), 1 ex., 25. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Lemajansoni Baly, 1861

Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 1 ex., 5. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Java, Celebes.

Lemarufotestacea Clark, 1888

Dobhan (800 m), 1 ex., 21. v. 1972, H. Shima. Basantapur (2300 m) — Hile(2100 m), 1 ex., 13. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Hile (2100 m) — Leutifedi (450 m), 1ex., 1. viii. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma, Thailand, S. China, Hainan, Taiwan.

Lema terminata Lacordaire, 1845 Fig. 2dMon. Phyt., 1: 341 (Coromandel).

Leutifedi (450 m) — Dharan Bazar (450 m), 1 ex., 2. viii. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Lilioceris cheni Gressitt et Kimoto, 1961

Pac. Ins. Mon., 1A: 46 (China).

Dobhan (800 m), 1 ex., 21. v. 1972, T. B. Serchant.

Distribution: Nepal, Thailand, Laos, S. China, Taiwan.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Lilioceris cyaneicollis (Pic, 1916)Mel. Exot. Ent., 19: 16 (China){Crioceris).

Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 27. iv. 1972, 1 ex., 5. v. 1972, H. Shima, 1 ex., 4. v.1972, Y. Nishida, 1 ex., 17. vi. 1972, H. Makihara, 1 ex., 27. iv. 1972, T. B.Serchant.

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Distribution: Nepal, Vietnam, S. China, Taiwan, Ryukyu Is.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Lilioceris jlavipennis (Baly, 1859)Chouki (2700 m) — Gupa Pokali (2900 m), 1 ex., 22. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Gupa Pokali (2900 m) — Gurza (2100 m), 1 ex., 23. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India.

Lilioceris impressa (Fabricius, 1787)Dobhan (800 m), 1 ex., 19. v. 1972, Y. Nishida.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Ceylon, Burma, Andaman Is., Nicobar Is., Thailand,Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, S. China, Hainan, Taiwan, Philippines, Sumatra.

Lilioceris inflaticornis Gressitt et Kimoto, 1961Leutifedi (450 m) — Dharan Bazar (450 m), 1 ex., 2. viii. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, China, Taiwan.

Lilioceris laosensis (Pic, 1916)

Lelep (1770 m), 2 exs., 2. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 4. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida. Dobhan (800m), 2 exs., 22. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Lelep (1770 m) — Chiliwa (1350 m), 1 ex., 6.vi. 1972, Y. Nishida. Chiliwa (1350 m) — Shibku (2100 m), 1 ex., 7. vi. 1972, Y.Nishida. Anbote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 1 ex., 25. vi. 1972, H.Makihara. Takwa (1500 m) — Lelep (1770 m), 1 ex., 31. v. 1972, Y. Nishida.

Distribution: Nepal, Thailand, Laos, S. China.

Lilioceris nepalensis Takizawa, 1989Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 1 ex., 14. ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi.Distribution: Nepal, India.

Oulema doumesi (Baly, 1865)Leutifedi (450 m) — Dharan Bazar (450 m), 1 ex., 2. viii. 1972, H. Makihara.

Taplejung (1800 m) — Handhumng (800 m), 1 ex., 26. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India.

Subfamily Clytrinae

Aetheomorpha malayana (Baly, 1865)Dharan Bazar (450 m), 2 exs., 8. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Dobhan (800 m), 2

exs., 19. v. 1972, H. Shima, 2 exs., 20. v. 1972, 1 ex., 21. v. 1972, 1 ex., 25. v. 1972, Y.

Nishida.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Ceylon, Burma, Laos, Vietnam, Batchian, Key, Ter-


nate, Ceram.

Aspidolopha melanophthalma (Lacordaire, 1848)Mon. Phyt., 2: 254 (Bengal){Clythra).Leutifedi (450 m) — Dharan Bazar (450 m), 1 ex., 2. viii. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Ceylon, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Hainan Is.,Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra, Java.

This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Aspidolopha spilota (Hope, 1831)

Tiwa (1400 m) — Takwa (1500 m), 1 ex., 30. v. 1972, H. Shima.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Thailand.

Clylra gracilis (Lacordaire, 1848)

Dobhan (800 m), 1 ex., 19. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Chiliwa (1350 m) — Shibku(2100 m), 1 ex., 7. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida. Tekunara (1600 m) — Hile (2100 m), 1ex., 12. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Dharan Bazar (450 m) — Darapani (1500 m), 1ex., 10. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Thailand.

Diapromorpha dejeani Lacordaire, 1848 Fig. 2eKathmandu (1300 m), 1 ex., 8. viii. 1972, H. Makihara. Chanlung (1250 m)

— Dobhan (800 m), 1 ex., 19. vii. 1972, Y. Nishida.

Distribution: Nepal, India.

Diapromorpha pallens (Fabricius, 1787)Dharan Bazar (450 m) — Darapani (1500 m), 1 ex., 10. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Hainan Is.

Smaragdina dohertyi (Jacoby, 1908)Fauna India, Col. 2: 107 (Assam){Gynandrophthalma).Chisopani (2100 m) — Bodgara (1100 m), 1 ex., 16. v. 1972, Y. Nishida.Distribution: Nepal, India.In the type of this species, the legs are pitchy brown. However, in this speci

men, legs are entirely reddish brown.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Smaragdina jlavobasalis (Jacoby, 1908)Fauna India, Col., 2: 121 (Southern India){Gynandrophthalma).Basantapur (2300 m) — Hile (2100 m), 1 ex., 13. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India.

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Smaragdina higuchii Kimoto et Takizawa, 1981 Fig. 2fBasantapur (2300 m) — Hile (2100 m), 1 ex., 31. vii. 1972, H. Makihara.According to Medvedev (1988), this species is a member of Aetheana

Medvedev.


Smaragdina sikkima (Jacoby, 1908)Chiliwa (1350 m) — Shibku (2100 m), 1 ex., 7. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida.


Subfamily Cryptocephalinae

Adiscus hauseri (Weise, 1895)

Anbote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 6 exs., 25. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Lelep (1770 m) — Chiliwa (1350 m), 1 ex., 6. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida. DobangKharka (2400 m), 1 ex., 24. ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi.


Adiscus nigroplagialus (Jacoby, 1903) Fig. 2hAnbote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 1 ex., 25. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 19.vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Bogara (1700 m-2200 m),1 ex., 20-21. ix. 1971, Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Thailand, Vietnam.

Coenobius birmanicusJacoby, 1892 Fig. 2gAnn. Mus. Civ. Genova, 32: 889 (Burma).

Taplejung (1800m) — Handhumng (800 m), 1 ex., 26. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Coenobius fulvipes Raix, 1877Anbote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 2 exs., 25. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Papun (2100 m), 1 ex., 15. vii. 1972, Y. Nishida.Distribution: Nepal, India, Ceylon, Bhutan.

Coenobius indicusWvASE, 1913

Basantapur (2300 m), 2 exs., 25. vii. 1972, H. Makihara.These specimens are slightly different from the nominate form, in having the

legs back with the anterior legs entirely fulvus.



Coenobius pallipes]acoby, 1908Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 14. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 15. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.This species would be able to separate from Coenobiusfulvipes Baly, 1877, from

India, in having the pronotum with the lateral groove and the antenna entirelyfulvous.


Cryptocephalus dajilingensisJacoby, 1908

Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 19. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 26. vii. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India.

Cryptocephalus ensifer Horn., 1831Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 1 ex., 5. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.


Cryptocephalus exsulans Suffrian, 1854

Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 4. v. 1972, Y. Nishida, 1 ex., 14. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 15.

vi. 1972, 22 exs., 16. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 17. vi. 1972, 2 exs., 18. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 20. vi. 1972,1 ex., 28. vii. 1972, H. Makihara. Basantapur (2300 m) — Hile (2100 m), 7 exs.,13. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Papun (2100 m), 1 ex., 15. vii. 1972, H. Shima.Chiliwa (1350 m) — Shibku (2100 m), 4 exs., 7. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida. Ponktable

(1900 m) — Buze (2800 m), 2 exs., 22. vii. 1972, H. Makihara. Samda (1900 m)— Chisopani (2100 m), 1 ex., 15. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Taplejung (1800 m) —Handhumng (800 m), 1 ex., 26. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Chouki (2700 m) —Gupa Pokali (2900 m), 1 ex., 22. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan.

Ciyplocephalus gestroiJacoby, 1892Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 32: 890 (Burma).

Anbote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 1 ex., 25. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.This specimen slightly differs from the type of gestroi, in having the apices of

tibiae slightly infuscate.

Distribution: Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Cryplocef)halus poullomJacoby , 1908Bogara (1700-2200 m), 1 ex., 19. ix. 1971, 1 ex., 20. ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi.

Tank (1900 m) — Penmaten (2600 m), 1 ex., 29. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Hile(2100 m) —Basantapur (2300 m), 2 exs., 13. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Basantapur

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(2300 m)— Hile (2100 m), 1 ex., 31. vii. 1972, H. Makihara.

This species was described originally by a single specimen. A specimen takenfrom Tank to Penmaten area slightly differs from the nominate form in having theelytral broad sturual stripe which is not deeply contricted at the middle, and threespecimens from Hile to Basantapur area differ in having the elytron blackish onlyon marginal areas, with the elytral suture widely blackish.


Cryptocephalus sehestedti Fabricius, 1798Biratnagar (150 m), 6 exs., 7. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India, Ceylon.

Cryptocephalus sexsignatus Fabricius, 1801Dobhan (800 m), 1 ex., 20. v. 1972, Y. Nishida.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Ceylon.

Cryptocephalus triangularis Hope, 1831Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 28. iv. 1972,J. Emoto, 1 ex., 4. v. 1972, 1 ex., 10. v.

1972, H. Shima, 1 ex., 5. v. 1972, 1 ex., 10. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Lelep (1770 m), 1ex., 2. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida. Anbote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 2 exs., 25. vi.1972, H. Makihara. Jilikinpthi (1850 m) — Pontak (1800 m), 1 ex., 13. v. 1972,J.Emoto. Papun (2100 m), 1 ex., 15. vi. 1972,Y. Nishida. Dobhan (800 m), 1 ex.,20. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Dharan Bazar (450 m), 1 ex., 8. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Laos, China (Tibet).

Cryptocephalus tricinctus Redtenbacher, 1848Anbote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 2 exs., 25. vi. H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India.

Subfamily Chlamisinae

Chlamisus slercoralis Gressitt, 1942 Fig. 2iPapun (2100 m) — Chanlung (1250 m), 1 ex., 18. vii. 1972, H. Makihara.

Basanatapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 13. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Tiwa (1400 m) — Takwa(1500 m), 1 ex., 30. v. 1972, J. Emoto.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Thailand, Vietnam, S. China, Hainan Is.

Subfamily Lamprosomatinae

Oomorphoides nepalensisTAKiZAWA, 1987Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 5. v. 1972, Malaise trap, 1 ex., 8. v. 1972, Malaise


trap, Kyushu Univ. Papun (2100 m) — Thurukpa (2600 m), 1 ex., 11. vi. 1972, H.Shima. Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 1 ex., 15. x. 1971, 1 ex., 19. x. 1971, A.Nakanishi, 1 ex., 10-14. x. 1971, Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi.


Subfamily Eumolpinae

Basilepta beccarii (Jacoby, 1884)Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 20: 214 (Java) {Nodostoma).Gurza (2100 m) — Anbote (900 m), 1 ex., 24. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Anbote

(900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 4 exs., 25. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Handhumng(800 m) — Linba (1200 m), 2 exs., 27. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Dharan Bazar (450

m) — Darapani (1500 m), 2 exs., 10. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Java.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Basilepta femorata (Jacoby, 1908)

Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 2 exs., 15. viii. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal.

Medvedev & Sprecher (1999) treated femorata as a form of splendens Hope, butthis species differs in having the lateral margin of pronotum not sharplyangulatedas splendens but obtusely angulated behind middle.

Basilepta makiharai sp. nov.Body oblong oval, convex. Generally pitchy black to dark reddish brown;

antenna entirely yellowish brown.

Head with vertex distinctly and rather closely punctate and its surface finelyshagreened;fronto-clypeus impressed bystrongly punctures and with a pair of shortlongitudinal costae laterally. Antenna robust, nearly %as long as body length, inpreapical segments nearly twice as long as wide; first segment robust, somewhatclub-shaped; second nearly halfas longas first in length; third 1% times as longassecond in length but slenderer; fourth subequal to third in length and shape; fifthslightly shorter than fourth in length, and fifth to tenth subequal to each other inlength but stouter than preceding; eleventh slighdy longer than tenth and its apexpointed. Pronotum transverse, nearly twice as wide as long, sides strongly angulateand widest at %from basal margin, and strongly narrowed anteriorly and lessstrongly so posteriorly; anterior sulcus deep and entire; anterior margin slightlyrounded anteriorly and posterior margin rounded posteriorly and slightly producedposteriorly at middle; surface closely impressed bystrong punctures and their interstices smooth and shining. Scutellum subtriangular with apex rounded; surfaceslightly convex, smooth, shining, impunctate. Elytron rather broadly oblong, basal

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portion raised with a transverse depression below; surface strongly punctate-striate;punctures distinct but rather finer near apex; interstices of punctures smooth, shining; humems costiform, a ridge below humerus running parallel with lateral marginto about middle.

Length: 2.1-2.2 mm.Distribution: Nepal.Holotype: Dharan Bazar (450 m), 8. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Paralypes: 4

exs., same data as the holotype.This new species resembles Basilepta subcostala Jacoby, 1889, from Burma, in

having the elytron with humeral ridege, but differs in being the body length shorterand having the surface of vertex Finely shagreened.

Basilepta plagiosa Baly, 1880Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 3 exs., 5. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Basantapur (2300 m), 2 exs., 15. vi. 1972, H. Makihara, 1 ex., 12. v. 1972, H.Shima. Gupa Pokali (2900 m) — Gurza (2100 m), 1 ex., 23. vi. 1972, H.Makihara. Gupa Pokali (2900 m) — Chouki (2700 m), 4 exs., 16. vii. 1972,J.Emoto. Jilikinpthi (1850 m) — Pontak (1800 m), 3 exs., 13. v. 1972,Y. Nishida.Thumkpa (2600 m) — Papun (2100 m), 1 ex., 14. vii. 1972, H. Makihara. Papun(2100 m), 1 ex., 15. vii. 1972, Y. Nishida. Lelep (1770 m) — Chiliwa (1350 m), 1ex., 6. vi. 1972, H. Shima. Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 1 ex., 24. ix. 1971, A.Nakanishi.

Distribution: Nepal, India, W. China (Kashgar).

Basilepta puncticollis (Lefevre, 1889) Fig. 3aBasantapur (2300 m) — Hile (2100 m), 2 exs., 13. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Hile (2100 m) — Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 13. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Jilikinpthi (1850 m) — Pontak (1800 m), 12exs., 13.v. 1972, Y. Nishida, 1 ex., 13.v. 1972, T. B. Serchant. Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 1 ex., 5. vi. 1972,H. Makihara. Samda (1900 m) — Chisopani (2100 m), 1 ex., 15. v. 1972, Y.Nishida. Gurza (2100 m) — Anbote (900 m), 1 ex., 24. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Dobhan (800 m), 5 exs., 19. v. 1972, 1 ex., 20. v. 1972, 1 ex., 22. v. 1972, 1 ex., 25. v.1972, Y. Nishida, 5 exs., 19. v. 1972, H. Shima, 1 ex., 21. v. 1972, J. Emoto.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S. China.

Basilepta separata (Jacoby, 1908)Papun (2100 m), 1 ex., 15. vi. 1972,Y. Nishida.Distribution: Nepal, India.

Basilepta splendens (Hope, 1831)Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 1 ex., 16. viii. 1972, H. Makihara.



Basilefita subcostata (Jacoby, 1889) Fig. 3bKathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 2 exs., 15. viii. 1972, 1 ex., 17, viii. 1972,

H. Makihara, 1 ex., 16. viii. 1972, Y. Nishida. Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 19. vi.1972, 2 exs., 25. vii. 1972, H. Makihara. Gurza (2100 m) — Anbote (900 m), 1

ex., 24. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Papun (2100 m) — Thurukpa (2600 m), 1 ex., 10.vii. 1972, Pemba Norbu. Tiwa (1400 m) — Takwa (1500 m), 1 ex., 30. v. 1972, H.

Shima.


Basilepta variabilis (Duvivier, 1892)

Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 14. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 17. vi. 1972, 2 exs., 18. vi. 1972,H. Makihara. Basantapur (2300 m) — Hile (2100 m), 12 exs., 13. vi. 1972, H.Makihara. Lelep (1770 m), 1 ex., 1. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 2. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida, 16 exs.,1. vi. 1972, T. B. Serchant. Jilikinpthi (1850 m) — Pontak (1800 m), 5 exs., 13. v.1972, Y. Nishida. Anbote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 2 exs., 25. vi. 1972, H.Makihara. Samda (1900 m) — Chisopani (2100 m), 3 exs., 15. v. 1972, Y.Nishida, 1 ex., 15. v. 1972, T. B. Serchant. Chisopani (2100 m) — Bodgara(1100 m), 1 ex., 16. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Chiliwa (1350 m) — Shibku (2100 m), 2exs., 7. vi. 1972, H. Shima. Takwa (1500 m) — Lelep (1770 m), 1 ex., 31. v. 1972,Y. Nishida.


Medvedev & Sprecher (1999) suggested that this species might be synonym ofpuncticollis, but this species is separable from puncticollis (Lefevre), in having theepipleuron of prothorax almost impunctate and the punctures of pronotum finer.

Cleorina chlorina Takizawa, 1988

Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 1 ex., 5. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India.

Cleorina fulva Jacoby, 1908Fauna India, Col., 2: 489 (Southern India).

Dharan Bazar (450 m), 2 exs., 8. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 9. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Cleorina jacobyi Duvivier, 1892Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 36: 415 (Kurseong).nepalense Chujo, 1966, Mem. Fac. Educ. Kagawa Univ., 2 (145): 4 (Nepal)

{Basilelpta). New synonym.

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Lelep (1700 m) — Chiliwa (1350 m), 1 ex., 6. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida.Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 14. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.


Colaspoides nepalensis sp. nov. Fig. lgColaspoides montana: Kimoto & Takizawa, 1973, Kontyu, Tokyo, 41(2): 176

(Nepal).Body bolong oval; generally bronzy black with greenish luster; head with

labrum reddish brown; antenna reddish brown with one or two apical segments

slightly infucate; ventral surfaces generally pitchy black; legs reddish brown withtibiae pitchy brown, in dark colored specimens tibiae also infuscate.

Head closely and strongly punctate, vertex with a shallow longitudinal furrow atmiddle. Antenna slender, filiform, nearly % as long as body length; first segmentrobust, slightly curved; second robust, nearly %as long as first; third near threetimes as long as second and slenderer, and third to tenth nearly as long as length,but stouter than preceding; eleventh slightly longer than tenth and its apexpointed. Pronotum transverse, convex from side to side, nearly twice as wide aslong, and widest at "A from basal margin, strongly narrowed anteriorly and lessstrongly so posteriorly; basal margin widely rounded posteriorly and slightlyproduced posteriorly at middle; anterior margin nearly straight at middle and distinctly produced anteriorly at sides; dorsal surface closely impressed by large punctures throughout, and interstices of punctures narrower than average diameter ofpunctures, and impressed by minute punctures. Scutellum subpentagonal,smooth, shining, impunctate. Elytronwidestat humeral region, slightlywider thanpronotum and gradually narrowed posteriorly; dorsal surface strongly convex,closely covered by strong punctures which are not regularly arranged but entirelyirregularly impressed, and interstices of punctures smooth, shining and with transverse rugose laterally.

Length: 4.5-6.4 mm.Distribution: Nepal.Holotype: Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 25. viii. 1972, Pemba Norbu.

Paratypes: 3 exs., same data as the holotype; 7 exs., Anbote (900 m) — Taplejung(1800 m), 25. vi. 1972. H. Makihara; 4 exs., Gurza (2100 m) — Anbote (900 m),24. vi. 1972, H. Makihara; 1 ex., Taplejung (1800 m) — Handhumng (800 m), 26.vi. 1972, H. Makihara; 1 ex., Dharan Bazar (450 m) — Darapani (1500 m), 10. vi.

1972, H. Makihara.

This new species resembles Colaspoides montata Jacoby, 1900, from Assam, inhaving the legs fulvus and the dorsal surfaces metallic colored, but differs in havingthe elytron with transverse rugose onlyon lateral portion, and head and pronotummore strongly puunctate.


Colasposoma semicostatumJacoby, 1908Basantapur (2300 m) — Hile (2100 m), 50 exs., 13. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Basantapur (2300 m), 2 exs., 14. vi. 1972, 8 exs., 17. vi. 1972, 17 exs., 18. vi. 1972, H.Makihara. Samda (1900 m) — Chisopani (2100 m), 25 exs., 15. v. 1972, Y.Nishida. Chisopani (2100 m) — Bodgara (1100 m), 11 exs., 16. v. 1972, Y.Nishida. Ambote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 11 exs., 25. vi. 1972, H.Makihara. Taplejung (1800 m) — Handhumng (800 m), 43 exs., 26. vi. 1972, H.Makihara. Handhumng (800 m) — Linba (1200 m), 1 ex., 27. vi. 1972, H.Makihara. Linba (1200 m) — Tank (1900 m), 1 ex., 28. vi. 1971, H. Makihara.

Hile (2100 m) — Basantapur (2300 m), 5 exs., 13. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Darapani (1500 m) — Tekunara (1600 m), 1 ex., 11. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Tekunara (1600 m) — Hile (2100 m), 1 ex., 12. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Methimm

(1000 m) — Tiwa (1400 m), 3 exs., 29. v. 1972, Y. Nishida & T. B. Serchant.

Tiwa (1400 m) — Lelep (1770 m), 1 ex., 31. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Lelep (1700 m),2 exs., 1. vi. 1972,J. Emoto & T. B. Serchant. Lelep (1770 m) — Chiliwa (1350m), 1 ex., 6. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida. Dharan Bazar (450 m), 21 exs., 8. vi. 1972, 3 exs.,

9. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Dobhan (800 m), 5 exs., 19. v. 1972, 1 ex., 21. v. 1972, Y.

Nishida. Dharan Bazar (450 m) — Darapani (1500 m), 13 exs., 10. vi. 1972, H.Makihara. Jilikinpthi (1850 m) — Pontak (1800 m), 2 exs., 13. v. 1972, Y.Nishida. Guza (2100 m) — Anbote (900 m), 2 exs., 24. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Taplejung (1800 m) — Methimm (1000 m), 3 exs., 28. v. 1972, Y. Nishida &J.Emoto. Chiliwa (1350 m) — Shibku (2100 m), 5 exs., 7. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida & H.

Shima. Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 6 exs., 5. vi. 1972, H. Makihara, 3exs., 25. vii. 1972, Pemba Norbu.


Lypesthes abbidus Pic, 1923 Fig. 3cMel. Exot. Ent., 40: 16 (Cochinchina).

Dobhan (800 m), 9 exs., 19. v. 1972,Y. Nishida. Dharan Bazar (450 m), 8. vi.1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.This is the first record of this species from Nepal.

Nodina dhadinga Medvedev, 1992aeneicollis. Kimoto &Takizawa, 1981, Ent. Rev. Japan, 35: 56 (Nepal).Hile (2100 m) — Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 13. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Dobhan (800 m), 1 ex., 19. v. 1972, H. Shima.


Nodina parvula]acoby, 1892

Papun (2100 m) — Thurukpa (2000 m), 14 exs., 10. vii. 1972, Pemba Norbu.

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Basantapur (2300 m), 3 exs., 14. vi. 1972, 3 exs., 15. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 18. vi. 1972, 2exs., 19. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 27. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Basantapur (2300 m) — Hile(2100 m), 2 exs., 13. vi. 1971, H. Makihara. Hile (2100 m) — Basantapur (2300

m), 8 exs., 13. vi. 1971, H. Makihara. Anbote (900 m) —Taplejung (1800 m), 11exs., 25. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Gupa Pokali (2900 m) — Gurza (2100 m), 4 exs.,23. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Gurza (2100 m) — Anbote (900 m), 1 ex., 24. vi. 1972,

H. Makihara. Ponktable (1900 m) — Buze (2800 m), 1 ex., 22. vi. 1972, H.

Makihara. Taplejung (1800 m) — Handhumng (800 m), 1 ex., 26. vi. 1972, H.Makihara. Tank (1900 m) — Penmaten (2600 m), 2 exs., 29. vi. 1972, H.

Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, Burma.

Pachnephorus lewisii Baly, 1878 Fig. 3dGurza (2100 m) —Anbote (900 m), 1 ex., 24. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Tai-

Pagria signata (Motschulsky, 1858)Hile (2100 m) — Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 13. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 1 ex., 5. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Kathmandu (1300 m), 1 ex., 18. viii. 1972, H. Makihara. Dharan Bazar (450 m), 1

ex., 8. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Siberia,Korea,Japan, Ryukyu Is., Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Bonin Is., Guam.

Platycorynus undatus (Olivier, 1791)Taplejung (1800 m) — Handhumng (800 m), 23 exs., 26. vi. 1972, H.

Makihara. Dobhan (800 m), 3 exs., 21. v. 1972, J. EmotoDistribution: Nepal, India, Burma,Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China,

Hainan Is., Taiwan, Malaya.

PJiyparida immaculataJacoby, 1908Fauna India, Col., 2: 379 (India).Dharan Bazar (450 m), 2 exs., 9. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Dharan Bazar (450

m) — Darapani (1500 m), 1 ex., 10. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Scelodonla dilhuyani (Stephens, 1831) Fig. 3eDharan Bazar (450 m), 1 ex., 19. v. 1972, H. Shima, 3 exs., 8. vi. 1972, H.

Makihara.


Distribution: Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, S. China,Hainan Is., Philippines, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo.

Trichochrysea truncata Medvedev et Sprecher, 1999Dobhan (800 m), 2 exs., 21. v. 1972, J. Emoto.Distribution: Nepal.

Trichotheca hirta Baly, 1860 Fig. 3f

Dobhang Kharka (2400 m), 15 exs., 25. ix. 1971, 11 exs., 8. x. 1971, 6 exs., 10.x. 1971, 5 exs., 14. x. 1971, 1 ex., 15. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi, 18 exs., 23. ix. 1971,

light trap, 10. x. 1971, light trape, A. Nakanishi, 3 exs., 23-24. ix. 1971, Malaisetrap, 1 ex., 24-25. ix. 1971, Malaise trap, 12 exs., 7-9. x. 1971, Malaise trap, 8 exs.,10-14. x. 1971, Malaise trap, 4 exs., 14-15. x. 1971, Malaise trap, 1 ex., 19-20. x.1971, Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi. Ponktable (1900 m) — Buze (2800 m), 9 exs.,22. vii. 1972, H. Makihara. Ambote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 13 exs., 25.vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Chouki (2700 m) — Basantapur (2300 m), 4 exs., 24. vii.1972, H. Shima. Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 17. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 18. vi. 1972, 1 ex.,20. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Basantapur (2300 m) — Hile (2100 m), 1 ex., 13. vi.1972, 1 ex., 31. vii. 1972, H. Makihara. Darapani (1500 m) — Tekunara (1600m), 1 ex., 11. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Gupa Pokali (2900 m) — Chouki (2700 m),1 ex., 16. vii. 1972, J. Emoto. Papun (2100 m), 1 ex., 15. vii. 1972, H. Shima.Lelep (1770 m), 2 exs., 2. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida, 1 ex., 2. vi. 1972, H. Shima.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma, China.

Xanthomafulva Takizawa, 1987

Bogara (1700 m-2000 m), 2 exs., 19. ix. 1971, 4 exs., 20. ix. 1971, A.Nakanishi.


In some specimens, the elytral suture is narrowly infuscate. Also, this speciesresembles Xanthoma dorsalis Chujo, 1966, from Nepal, in having the generallybrownish coloration and the body length, but is separable from this species, in having the pronotum wider and the punctures on the surface finer.

Xanthoma oblonga Takizawa et Basu, 1987Kontyu, Tokyo, 55 (2): 275 (Daijeeling).Dobhan (800 m), 2 exs., 19. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Dharan Bazar (450 m), 4

exs., 9. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Dharan Zazar (450 m) — Darapani (1500 m), 3exs., 10. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.


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Subfamily Chrysomelinae

Agrosteomela indica (Hope, 1831)Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 5. v. 1972, H. Shima. Buze (2800 m) — Chouki

(2700 m), 1 ex., 23. vii. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan, Vietnam, S. China, Taiwan.

Chrysolina aurata (Suffrian, 1851) Fig. 3gHandhumng (800 m) — Linba (1200 m), 1 ex., 27. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China.

Chrysolina incostans (Wiedemann, 1923) Fig. 3hGokarna, Kathmandu V., 3 exs., 28. viii. 1971, A. Nakanishi.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Ceylon

Chrysolina tangalaensis sp. nov. Fig. lhBody convex, oblong oval; elytron with humerus not raised. Generally dark

bronz.

Head broad, surface finely granulate, and with a few fine punctures inside ofeye; fronto-clypeus delimited posteriorly by well-impressed curved line, vertical longitudinal median line short and faintly impressed. Antenna robust, short, nearlyexceeding base of pronotum; four basal segments shining and next seven segmentsthickened; in preapical segments slightly wider than long; first segment long,robust, somewhat club-shaped; second nearly half as long as first; third slightlylonger than second in length but slenderer; fourth nearly half as long as third;fifth slighdy longer than fouth; sixth slightly longer than fifth, and slightly stouter;seventh nearly 1 'A times as long as sixth in length and robuster, and seventh totenth subequal to each other in length and shape; eleventh 1 % times as long astenth and its apex pointed. Pronotum transverse, nearly 1 *A times as wide as long;sides rounded, widest almost at base and narrowed anteriorly; anterior marginrounded posteriorly at middle and distinctly produced anteriorly at lateral parts;basal margin gentlysinuate; basal corner almost in right angle; surface convexfromside to side, finely granulate, uniformly coveredwith fine punctures and with a pairof short oblique lateral depressions which are starting from basal margin.Scutellum subtriangular, surface finely granulate, impunctate. Elytron as broad asprothorax at base; surface finely granulate, and punctures arranged in eleven longitudinal rows, and some additonal punctures are impressed on sixth, seventh andeighth rows.

Length: 9.2-9.5 mm.Distribution: Nepal.Holotype. Tanga La (4000-4600 m), 6. vii. 1972,JuamvangTenzing. Paratype:

Chrysomelidae collected by Kyushu UniversityExpedition to Nepal Himalaya 33

1 ex., same data as the holotype.

This new species resembles Chrysolina doherity Maulik, 1926, from Burma, butdiffers in having the antenna robuster and in preapical segments slightly wider thanlong, and elytral punctures semiregularly arranged in eleven longitudinal rows. Andfrom Chrysolina dhaulagirica Medvedev, 1990, from Nepal, differs in having theelytron entirely dark bronz.

Chrysolina vishnu (Hope, 1831) Fig. 3iBasantapur (2300 m), 2 exs., 14. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.


Linaeidea chlorina (Maulik, 1926)

Dobhang Kharka (2400 m), 1 ex., 24. ix. 1971, 5 exs., 8. x. 1971, 2 exs., 10. x.

1971, 1 ex., 14. x. 1971, 3 exs., 15. x. 1971, 1 ex., 27. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi, 1 ex.,

20-22. x. 1971, Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi. Gokarna, Kathmandu V., 10 exs., 28.viii. 1971, A. Nakanishi.


Phaedon indicus Chen, 1933

Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 6. v. 1972, Malaise trap, 1 ex., 7. v. 1972, Malaisetrap, 1 ex., 9. v. 1972, Malaise trap, Kyushu Univ.


Plagiodera miniaticollis (Hope, 1831)

Chiraibas (1130 m) — Mulghat (550 m), 1 ex., 22. iv. 1972, H. Shima.Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma.

Subfamily Galerucinae

Agelopsis coeruleusJacoby, 1896

Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 1 ex., 8. x. 1971, 1 ex., 10. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi.Distribution: Nepal, India.

Agelocera mirabilis (Hope, 1831)

Samda (1900 m) — Chisopani (2100 m), 1 ex., 15.v. 1972, J. Emoto.Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan, Burma, Laos, Vietnam, China, Hainan.

Aplosonyx chalybaeus (Hope, 1831)Jilikinpthi (1850 m) — Pontak (1800 m), 4 exs., 13. v. 1972, H. Shima, J.

Emoto and Y. Nishida. Papun (2100 m) — Chanlung (1250 m), 1 ex., 18. vii.1972, Y. Nishida. Chiliwa (1350 m) — Shibku (2100 m), 3 exs., 7. vi. 1972, H.

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Shima and Y. Nishida. Gurza (2100 m) — Anbote (900 m), 1 ex., 24. vi. 1972, H.

Makihara. Anbote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 1 ex., 25. vi. 1972, H.Makihara. Chisopani (2100 m) — Bodgra (1100 m), 1 ex., 16. v. 1972, J. Emoto.Tiwa (1400 m) — Takwa (1500 m), 1 ex., 30. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Takwa (1500 m)

— Lelep (1770 m), 1 ex., 31. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Lelep (1770 m), 1 ex., 2. vi.1972, Y. Nishida.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan, Burma, Vietnam, China (Tibet).

Aplosonyx scutellatus (Baly, 1878)Jilikinpthi (1850 m) — Pontak (1800 m), 2 exs., 13. v. 1972, Y. Nishida.

Methimm (1000 m) — Tiwa (1400 m), 1 ex., 29. v. 1972, J. Emoto, 1 ex., 29. v.

1972, T. B. Serchant. Chisopani (2100 m) — Bodgara (1100 m), 1 ex., 16. v.1972, J. Emoto.


Apophylia assamensis (Jacoby, 1891)Anbote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 1 ex., 25. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma.

Apophylia crotchi (Jacoby, 1887)Bogara (1700-2200 m), 1 ex., 19. ix. 1971, 1 ex., 20. ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi.Distribution: Nepal, India, Ceylon.

Apophylia nilakrishna Maulik, 1936Chhouban Kharka (3400 m), 5 exs., 28. ix. 1972, A. Nakanishi. Linba (1200

m) — Tak (1900 m), 4 exs., 28. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Papun (2100 m) —Chanlung (1250 m), 1 ex., 18. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida. Shawa (2300 m) — Papun(2100 m), 1 ex., 10. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida. Thudam (3500-3800 m), 1 ex., 17. vi.1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, Bhutan.

Apophylia sericea (Fabricius, 1798)Bogara (1700-2200 m), 1 ex., 19. ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi.Distribution: Nepal, India, Ceylon, Burma.

Arthrosis cyaneus (Chujo, 1966)Lelep (1770 m), 3 exs., 2. vi. 1972,Y. Nishida.Distribution: Nepal, India.

Arthrotus nigripennis (Jacoby, 1889)Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 27: 224 (Burma){Taphinella).

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Dobhan (800 m), 1 ex., 19. v. 1972, Y. Nishida.

Distribution: Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Arthrotus antennalis (Laboissiere, 1932)

Dharan Bazar (450 m), 1 ex., 8. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Dharan Bazar (450

m) — Darapani (1500 m), 1 ex., 10. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Tekunara (1600 m)— Hile (2100 m), 2 exs., 12. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Gurza (2100 m) — Anbote

(900 m), 1 ex., 24. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Anbote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800m), 1 ex., 25. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Dobhan (800 m), 1 ex., 22. v. 1972, Y.

Nishida.

Distribution: Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Arthrotus phaseoliLaboissiere, 1932Papun (2100 m) — Chanlung (125 m), 2 exs., 18. vii. 1972, Y. Nishida & H.

Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Sumatra, Java.

Arthrolhidea nepalensis (Kimoto, 1970) Fig. 4aBasantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 14. vi. 1972, H. Makihara, 1 ex., 9. vi. 1972, light

trap, Kyushu Univ.


Aulacophora indica (Gmelin, 1790) Fig. 4bLeutifedi (450 m) — Dharan Bazar (450 m), 1 ex., 2. viii. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Ceylon, Burma, Bhutan, Andaman Is., Nicobar Is.,Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnem, China, Hainan Is., Taiwan, Philippines,Ryukyu Is.,Japan, Korea, Siberia, Sunda Is., Micronesia, New Guinea, Samoa, Fiji.

Calomicrus annapurnae Medvedev et Sprecher, 1999

Basantapur (2300 m), 2 exs., 26. vii. 1972, H. Makihara. Basantapur (2300m) — Chouki (2700 m), 1ex., 21. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Topke Gola (3700 m), 1ex., 8. vii. 1972,J. Emoto. Thudam (3500 m) — Tanga La (4700 m), 1 ex., 7. vii.1972, J. Emoto.


Calomicrus iniquus (Weise, 1889)

Thudam (3500 m-3800 m), 1 ex., 1. vii. 1972, H. Makihara, 1 ex., 8. vii. 1972,Malaise trap, Kyushu Univ. Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 1 ex., 24. ix. 1971, 1 ex., 25.ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi, 2 exs., 7-9. x. 1971, Malaise trap, 1 ex., 19-20. x. 1971, Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi, 1 ex., 23. ix. 1971, light trap, A. Nakanishi.

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Distribution: Nepal, Bhutan, China, Japan.

Calomicrus takagiiTakizawa, 1988Thudam (3500 m), 4 exs., 18. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 24. vi. 1972, H. Shima, 1 ex., 1. vii.

1972, H. Makihara.


Charaea balyi (Medvedev et Sprecher, 1998) New combinationCharaea flaviventre Baly, 1878, Cist. Ent., 2: 376 (Murree)(nec Calomicrus

flaviventre WlonscHmsKV, 1860).Calomicrus balyi Medvedev et Sprecher, 1998, Spixiana, 21: 32 (new name for

CharaeaflaviventreBaly, 1878, nee Calomicrusflaviventre Motschulsky, 1860).Bogara (1700-2200 m), 32 exs., 19. ix. 1971, 5 exs., 20. ix. 1971, 10 exs., 21. ix.

1971, A. Nakanishi, 3 exs., 19-20. ix. 1971, Malaise trap, 2 exs., 20-21. ix. 1971,Malaise trap, 1 ex., 21-22. ix. 1971, Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi. Dobang Kharka(2400 m), 1 ex., 24. ix. 1971, 1 ex., 20. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi, 2 exs., 7-9. x. 1971,Malaise trap, 1 ex., 10-14. x. 1971, Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi. Tank (1900 m) —Penmaten (2600 m), 1 ex., 29. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Pontable (1900 m) — Buze(2800 m), 1 ex., 22. vii. 1972, H. Makihara. Shawa (2300 m), 1 ex., 9. vi. 1972,J.Emoto.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan, Thailand, Laos.

Cneorane rubicollis (Hope, 1831)

Dobhan (800 m), 1 ex., 21. v. 1972, T. B. Serchant.


Cneorane rugulipennis Baly, 1886Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 5. v. 1972, 1 ex.,8. v. 1972, Y. Nishida, 1 ex., 26. iv.

1972, H. Shima, 4 exs., 2. vi. 1972, 4 exs., 3. vi. 1972, 3 exs., 4. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 6. vi.1972, 3 exs., 10. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 30. vii. 1972, Malaise trap, Kyushu Univ.Basantapur (2300 m) —Jilikinpthi (1850 m), 1 ex., 12. v. 1972, J. Emoto.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan, Burma, Taiwan.

Cneorane tibialis Chujo, 1966Basantapur (2300 m), 1ex.,9. v. 1972, 3 exs., 16.vi. 1972, Y. Nishida, 1ex., 19.

vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Basantapur (2300 m) — Chouki (2700 m), 1 ex., 21. vi.1972, H. Makihara. Chouki (2700 m) — Gupa Pokali (2900 m), 3 exs., 22. vi.1972, H. Makihara. Gupa Pokali (2900 m) —Gurza (2100 m), 1 ex., 23. vi. 1972,H. Makihara.



Dercetina brettinghami (Baly, 1879)Kathmandu (1300 m), 2 exs., 8. viii. 1972, H. Makihara. Kathmandu,

Godavari (1600-2000 m), 1 ex., 5. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam.

Dercetina flavocincla (Hope, 1831)

Papun (2100 m), 2 exs., 15. vii. 1972, 1 ex., 17. vii. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam,

China, Taiwan.

Dercetina grandis Kimoto, 1970Basantapur (2300 m), 2 exs., 14. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 16. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 17. vi. 1972,

H. Makihara.

A specimen here treated is characteristic in having the antenna entirely blackish.


Dercetina picipes (Baly, 1865)Chisopani (2100 m) — Bogara (1100 m), 1 ex., 16. v. 1972, J. Emoto.Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan.

Dercetina viridicyanea Kimoto, 1977Shibku (2100 m) — Shawa (2300 m), 1 ex., 8. vi. 1972,J. Emoto, 1 ex., 10. vi.

1972, Y. Nishida. Tank (1900 m) — Penmaten (2600 m), 1 ex., 29. vi. 1972, H.Makihara.


Medvedev & Sperecher (1998) treated this species as a synonym of Arthrotuscyaneus (Chujo), but differs from this species in having the antenna with the thirdsegment about 1 1/2 times as long as second in the male specimens and theantenna generally slenderer in the female specimens.

Dercetisoma concolor (Jacoby, 1889)

Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 10. v. 1972, Y. Nishida, 1 ex., 16. vi. 1972, H.Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaya,Sumatra, Java.

Dercetisoma nepalica Medvedev et Sprecher, 1998Bogara (1700-2200 m), 1 ex., 19. ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi.Distribution: Nepal.

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Doryscus testaceusJacoby, 1887Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 27 exs., 5. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Ceylon, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Sumatra.

Doryxena geniculata Baly, 1879 Fig. 4cDobang Kharka (2400 m), 1 ex., 20. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi, 1 ex., 10. x. 1971,

light trap, A. Nakanishi.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Indochina.

Galemcella placida (Baly, 1878) Fig. 4dAnbote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 1 ex., 25. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Shawa (2300 m) — Papun (2100 m), 1 ex., 10. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida.Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Sumatra, Java.

Haplosomoides annamita (Allard, 1889)Dharan Bazar (450 m), 3 exs., 9. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Dharan Bazar (450

m) —Darapani (1500 m), 1 ex., 10. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Kathmandu, Godavari(1600-2000 m), 1 ex., 25. vii. 1972, Pemba Norbu.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Taiwan.

Hesperomorpha hirsuta (Jacoby, 1892)Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 32: 945 (Burma: Carin Cheba) {Mimastra).

Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 18. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Ponktable (1900 m)— Buze (2000 m), 1 ex., 22. vii. 1972, H. Makihara. Chouki (2700 m) — GupaPokali (2900 m), 1 ex., 22. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 1

ex., 15. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi, 1 ex., 10-14. x. 1971, Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi.

Distribution: Nepal, Burma.This species here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Hoplasoma sexmaculata (Hope, 1831) Fig. 4eHile (2100 m) — Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 13. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 14. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Basantapur (2300 m) —Jilikinpthi (1850 m), 1 ex., 12. v. 1972, H. Makihara. Jilikinpthi (1850 m) —Pontak (1800 m), 4 exs., 13. v. 1972, Y. Nishida, J. Emoto & T. B. Serchant.Papun (2100 m) — Thurukpa (2600 m), 1 ex., 11. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida. Samda(1900 m) — Chisopani (2100 m), 1 ex., 15.v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Dobhan (800 m),1 ex., 22. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Lelep (1770 m), 1 ex., 4. vi. 1972, J. Emoto.Anbote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 1 ex., 5. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. GupaPokali (2900 m) — Gurza (2100 m), 1 ex., 23. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 2 exs., 5. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan, China.


Hoplasoma unicolor (Illiger, 1800)Dharan Bazar (450 m), 7 exs., 8. vi. 1972, 13 exs., 9. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Dharan Bazar (450 m) — Darapani (1500 m), 2 exs., 10. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Tekunara (1600 m) — Hile (2100 m), 1 ex., 12. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Hile

(2100 m) — Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 13. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S. China,

Hainan, Malaya, Philippines, Sumatra, Java, Billiton, Borneo.

Japonitata eberti (Kimoto, 1970) Fig. 4fThudam (3500 m) — Tanga La (4700 m), 1 ex., 7. vii. 1972, J. Emoto.

Thudam (3500 m), 1 ex., 8. vii. 1972, Malaise trap, Kyushu Univ. Kathmandu,Godavari (1600-2000 m), 1 ex., 17. viii. 1972, H. Makihara.


Khasia kraatziJacoby, 1889

Bogara (1700-2200 m), 1 ex., 31. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi.Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma.

Leptarthra fasciataJacoby, 1894 Fig. 4gBasantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 24. iv. 1972, T. B. Serchant, 1 ex., 10. v. 1972,J.

Emoto, 2 exs., 9. v. 1972, Y. Nishida, 1 ex., 3. v. 1972, 1 ex., 4. v. 1972, 2 exs., 6. v.

1972, 2 exs., 8. v. 1972, 4 exs., 10. v. 1972, Malaise trap, Kyushu Univ.Distribution: Nepal, India.

Liroetis nepalensis Chujo, 1966

Basantapur (2300 m), 2 exs., 7. v. 1972, 1 ex., 9. v. 1972, Y. Nishida, 1 ex., 6. v.1972, light trap, Kyushu Univ.


Macrima aurantiaca (Laboissiere, 1936)

Hile (2100 m) — Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 13. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 19. vii. 1972,J. Emoto. Bogara (1700-2200 m), 1 ex.,20-21. ix. 1971, Malaise trap, 1 ex., 21-22. ix. 1971, Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi.

Distribution: Nepal, India, China.

Macrima pallida (Laboissiere, 1936)

Anbote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 9 exs., 25. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Jilikinpthi (1850 m) — Pontak (1800 m), 3 exs., 13. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Samda

(1900 m) — Chisopani (2100 m), 1 ex., 15. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Basantapur (2300m), 1 ex., 18. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Basantapur (2300 m) — Hile (2100 m), 2exs., 31. vii. 1972, H. Makihara. Bogara (1700-2200 m), 1 ex., 20-21. ix. 1972,

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Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi.Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan.

Mandarella birmanica Bryant, 1954

Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 3 exs., 24. ix. 1971, 2 exs., 9. x. 1971, 1 ex., 10. x.1971, A. Nakanishi, 1 ex., 23-24. ix. 1971, Malaise trap, 2 exs., 7-9. x. 1971, Malaise trap, 4 exs., 10-14, x, 1971, Malaise trap, 1 ex., 14-15. 1971, Malaise trap, A.Nakanishi.

Distribution: Nepal, Burma.

Medythia suluralis (Motschulsky, 1858)Darapani (1900 m) —Tekunara (1600 m), 1 ex., 11. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaya,

Philippines, Hainan Is., S. China, Taiwan, Ryukyu Is., Sumatra, Java, Celebes.

Meristala dohrni (Baly, 1861)

Basantapur (2300 m), 2 exs., 10. v. 1972, Y. Nishida, 1 ex., 14. vi. 1972, H.Makihara, 2 exs., 10. v. 1972,J. Emoto, 1 ex., 8. v. 1972, H. Shima, 1 ex., 8. v. 1972,1 ex., 9. v. 1972,JuamvangTENZiNG, 1 ex., 10. v. 1972,T. B. Serchant. Basantapur(2300 m) —Jilikinpthi (1850 m), 1 ex., 12. v. 1972,J. Emoto. Gurza (2100 m) —Anbote (900 m), 1 ex., 24. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan, Burma.

Meristata pulunini (Bryant, 1952)Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 1 ex., 14-15. x. 1971, Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi.Distribution: Nepal.

Meristata quadrifasciata (Hope, 1831)Kathmandu (1300 m), 2 exs., 8. viii. 1972, H. Makihara. Lelep (1770 m), 1

ex., 4. vi. 1972,J. Emoto. Chanlung (1250 m) — Dobhan (800 m), 1 ex., 19. vii.1972, H. Shima.


Meristata sexmaculata (Kollar et Redtenbacher, 1848)

Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 1 ex., 25. vii. 1972, Pemba Norbu.Basantapur (2300 m), 2 exs., 29. iv. 1972, H. Shima, 1 ex., 30. iv. 1972, Y. Nishida, 1ex., 11. v. 1972, light trap, Kyushu Univ. Basantapur (2300 m) —Jilikinpthi (1850m), 1 ex., 12. v. 1972,J. Emoto. Jilikinpthi (1850 m) — Pontak (1800 m), 1 ex.,18. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Anbote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 1 ex., 25. vi.1972, H. Makihara. Methimm (1000 m) — Tiwa (1400 m), 1 ex., 29. v. 1972, J.Emoto. Tiwa (1400 m) — Takwa (1500 m), 1 ex., 30. v. 1972, H. Shima. Thurukpa


(2600 m) — Papun (2100 m), 1 ex., 14. vii. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan.

Meristata spibta (Hope, 1831)Basantapur (2300 m), 2 exs., 14. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 15. vi. 1972, 2 exs., 16. vi. 1972,

3 exs., 19. vi. 1972, 4 exs., 20. vi. 1972, H. Makihara, 1 ex., 28. iv. 1972, 2 exs., 10. v.

1972, J. Emoto, 1 ex., 27. iv. 1972, 1 ex., 29. iv. 1972, 1 ex., 30. iv. 1972, 7 exs., 7. v.1972, 5 exs., 10. v. 1972, Y. Nishida, 1 ex., 8. v. 1972, H. Shima, 1 ex., 29. iv. 1972, 1

ex., 30. iv. 1972, 1 ex., 10. v. 1972, T. B. Serchant. Hile (2100 m) — Basantapur(2300 m), 4 exs., 24. iv. 1972, Y. Nishida. Basantapur (2300 m) — Hile (2100 m),1 ex., 31. vii. 1972, H. Makihara. Basantapur (2300 m) —Jilikinpthi (1850 m), 1ex., 12. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Shibku (2100 m) —Shawa (2300 m), 1 ex., 8. vi. 1972,

H. Shima, 1 ex., 8. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida.


Miltina dilatata Chapuis, 1875 Fig. 5dSamda (1900 m) — Chisopani (2100 m), 1 ex., 15. v. 1972, J. Emoto.

Chisopani (2100 m) — Bodgara (1100 m), 1 ex., 16. v. 1972, Y. Nishida.Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China,

Malaya, Sumatra.

Mimaslra cyanura (Hope, 1831)

Chiraibas (1130 m) — Mulghat (550 m), 1 ex., 22. iv. 1972, Y. Nishida.Mulghat (550 m) — Hile (2100 m), 1 ex., 23. iv. 1972, Y. Nishida. Dobhan (800m), 1 ex., 20. v. 1972, Y. Nishida.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma, S. China.

Mimaslra fortipunctata Maulik, 1936 Fig. 4hAnbote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 4 exs., 25. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Papun (2100 m) — Chanlung (1250 m), 1 ex., 18. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan.

Mimastra gracilis Baly, 1889 Fig. 4iDobang Kharka (2400 m), 1 ex., 8. x. 1972, 1 ex., 10. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi, 1

ex., 8. x. 1971, 3 exs., 10-14. x. 1971, 2 exs., 15-19. x. 1971, Malaise trap, A.Nakanishi, 13 exs., 10.x. 1971, light trap, A. Nakanishi. Basantapur (2300 m), 1ex., 22. vii. 1972,Juamvang Tenzing. Ponktable (1900 m) — Buze (2800 m), 1ex., 22. vii. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

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Mimastra unicitarsis Laboissiere, 1940

Taplejung (1800 m) — Methimm (1000 m), 2 exs., 28. v. 1972, Y. Nishida.Pontak (1800 m) — Samda (1900 m), 3 exs., 14. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Basantapur(2300 m) —Jilikinpthi (1850 m), 2 exs., 12. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Guza (2100 m)— Anbote (900 m), 1 ex., 24. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan, Burma, Thailand, Laos, S.China.

Monolepta bimaculatipennis Kimoto, 1977Anbote (900 m) — Taplejung (1800 m), 48 exs., 25. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Taplejung (1800 m) — Handhumng (800 m), 37 exs., 26. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Hile (2100 m) — Basantapur (2300 m), 28 exs., 13. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Lelep(1700 m) — Chiliwa (1350 m), 2 exs., 6. vi. 1972, H. Shima. Linba (1200 m) —

Tank (1900 m), 1 ex., 28. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-

2000 m), 1 ex., 5. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.


Monolepta cardoniJacoby, 1900Handhumng (800 m) — Linba (1200 m), 1 ex., 27. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India.

Monolepta conformis Weise, 1922Papun (2100 m) — Chanlung (1250 m), 3 exs., 18. vii. 1972, Y. Nishida.

Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 10. v. 1972, Malaise trap, Kyushu Univ. Shawa (2300m), 3 exs., 9. vi. 1972,J. Emoto. Gupa Pokali (1900 m) — Chouki (2700 m), 1 ex.,16.vii. 1972,J. Emoto. Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000m), 1 ex., 17.viii. 1972,H. Makihara.


Monolepta leechiJacoby, 1890Basantapur (2300m), 25 exs.,5-10. v. 1972, Malaise trap, Kyushu Univ. Gupa

Pokali (2900 m) — Gurza (2100 m), 1 ex., 23. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Ponktable(1900 m) — Buze (2800 m), 1 ex., 22. vii. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S. China, Taiwan.

Monolepta satoi Kimoto et Takizawa, 1893 Fig. 5aSulkhet (950 m) — Naudhara (1400 m), 1 ex., 9. ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi.


Monolepta semiluperina Kimoto, 1989 Fig. 5bEsakia, Kyushu Univ., 27: 148 (Vietnam).Bodgara (1700-2200 m), 2 exs., 19. ix. 1971, 1 ex., 21. ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi.


Distribution: Nepal, Vietnam.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Monolepta severini (Jacoby, 1896)Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., 40: 276 (Belgaum)(Lw/x?n«).Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 2 exs., 15. viii. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

This species here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Monolepta sexlinealaChujo, 1938 Fig. 5cBasantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 27. iv. 1972, Malaise trap, Kyushu Univ.Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam,

China, Hainan Is., Taiwan.

Monolepta signata (Olivier, 1808)Pokhara (800 m) — Hyangja (1000 m), 3 exs., 8. ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi.

Chiraibas (1130 m) — Mulghat (550 m), 1 ex., 22. iv. 1972,Y. Nishida. Chanlung(1250 m) — Dobhan (800 m), 1 ex., 19. vii. 1972, Y. Nishida. Dobhan (800 m), 1

ex., 21. v. 1972, 1 ex., 26. v. 1972,Y. Nishida. Dharan Bazar (450 m) — Darapani(1500 m), 1 ex., 10. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Handhumng (800 m) — Linba (1200m), 2 exs., 27. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 1ex., 5. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Kathmandu (1300 m), 2 exs., 18. viii. 1972, H.

Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Ceylon, Burma, Bhutan, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, S. China, Hainan, Java.

Morphosphaera margaritacea Laboissiere, 1930Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 99: 365 (Tonkin).

Hile (2100 m) — Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 13. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Basantapur (2300 m) — Hile (2100 m), 1 ex., 31. vii. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, Vietnam.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Paridea fasciata (Laboissiere, 1932)

Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 5. v. 1972, Malaise trap, Kyushu Univ.Distribution: Nepal, India.

Paridea livida Duvivier, 1892

Bogara (1700-2200 m), 1 ex., 19. ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi.Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan.

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Paridea nepalica Medvedev et Samoderzhenkov, 1998Chisopani (2100 m) — Bodgara (1100 m), 1 ex., 16. v. 1972, Y. Nishida.Distribution: Nepal.

Paridea octomaculata (Baly, 1886)

Chisopani (2100 m) — Bodgara (1100 m), 1 ex., 16. v. 1972, Y. Nishida.Jilikinpthi (1850 m) — Pontak (1800 m), 1 ex., 13. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Bogara(1700-2200 m), 4 exs., 19. ix. 1971, 1 ex., 21. ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan, China (Tibet).

ParidearuficollisJacoby, 1892Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 32: 953 (Burma).

Bogara (1700-2200 m), 1 ex., 19. ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi.Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Periclitena vigrosi (Hope, 1831)Chiliwa (1350 m) — Shibku (2100 m), 2 exs., 7. vi. 1972, H. Shima and Y.

Nishida.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Hainan Is.,Malaya.

Pseudadimonia variolosa (Hope, 1831) Fig. 5eDobang Kharka (2400 m), 1 ex., 9. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi. Kathmandu,

Godavari (1600-2000 m), 1 ex., 17. viii. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India, Bhutan, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China.

PseudoidesJlavoviltis (Motschulsky, 1858) Fig. 6eDobhan (800 m), 1 ex., 20. v. 1972, H. Shima.

Distribution: Nepal, Burma, Bhutan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam.

Pseudoides marginalis (Chujo, 1966) New combinationMem, Fac. Educ. Kagawa Univ., II (145): 12 (NE Nepal){Exosoma).Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 4. v. 1972, 1 ex., 5. v. 1972, Malaise trap, Kyushu

Univ.

Distribution: Nepal.The type of this species was examined.

Pyrrhalta darjeelingensis Kimoto, 1971 Fig. 5fBasantapur (2300 m), 3 exs., 14. vi. 1972, 2 exs., 17. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 19. vi. 1972,

H. Makihara. Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 1 ex., 14. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi, 1 ex.,


25-26. x. 1971, Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi.A specimen from Basantapur, slightly differs from the nominate form, in hav

ing the vertex with a pair of blackish triangular markings laterobasally.Distribution: Nepal, India.

Pyrrhalta digambara (Maulik, 1936) Fig. 5gFauna India, Galenic.: 221 (Burma){Galerucelld).

Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 1 ex., 14. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi, 2 exs., 14-15. x.1971, Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi.

Distribution: Nepal, Burma.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Pyrrhalta tatesuji sp. nov. Fig. 5iGenerally pitchy black; pronotum with marginal area narrowly redish brown;

elytron reddish brown with a broad longitudinal blackish marking covering nearlyinterior % of disc.

Head with vertex granulate, rugosely punctate, not covered with pubescence,and anterior part longitudinally sulcated at middle; frontal tubercles distinctlyraised, subquadrate, contiguous, surface finely granulate. Antenna robust, nearly-/% as long as body length; in preapical segments about 1 '/ times as long as wide;first segment long, robust, somewhat club-shaped; second nearly Vs as long as first inlength; third about three times as long as second; fourth slighdy shorter than third;fifith slightlyshorter than fourth, and fifth to tenth subequal to each other in lengthand shape; eleventh about 1 'A times as long as tenth and its apex pointed.Pronotum transverse, nearly 1 %times aswide as long; sides distincdy rounded, widest almost at middle, and strongly narrowed anteriorly and less strongly so posteriorly;anterior margin nearly straight and slightly emarginate at middle, basal marginslightly emarginate at middle and turned obliquo-forwardly at lateral areas; anteriorand posterior corners each with a setigerous pore; surface rugosely punctate andcovered with fine pubescence, and with a longitudinal median furrow and a pair ofshallow depressions laterally. Scutellum convex, trapezoid, narrowed posteriorly,covered with fine pubescence. Elytron broader than prothorax, subparallel-sidedand rounded at apex; surface rugoselypunctate and closely covered with fine hairs;epipleuron graudally narrowed toward apex.

Paratype: Somewhat immature specimen; generally dark reddish brown withelytral marking paler.

Length: 5.2-5.3mm.

Distribution: Nepal.Holotype: Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 15. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi. Paratype:

1 ex., same locality as the holotype, 7-9. x. 1971, Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi.This new species resembles Pyrrhalta mbromarginata Laboissiere, 1929, from

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Tonkin, in having the elytron brownish with the interor part blackish, but differs inhaving the antenna slenderer.

Pyrrhalta indica (Laboissiere, 1932) Fig. 5hBull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat., ser. 2, 8: 964 (Sikkim) {Lochmaea).

Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 1 ex., 25. ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi.Distribution: Nepal, India.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Sastmcella collaris sp. nov. Fig. liGenerally ochraceous, head with most part of vertex pitchy black; pronotum

with somewhat ill-defined median and a pair of lateral markings pitchy black;elytron pitchy black with lateral and sutural margins, together with a short longitudinal stripe starting from interior part of humerus, yellowish brown; antenna generally pitchy black with two or three basal segments brownish; legs with entire tarsiand apices of tibiae infuscate.

Head with vertex granulate, rugosely punctate, not covered with pubescence,and with a median longitudinal furrow at middle; frontal tubercles distinctly raised,subtriangular, contiguous, surface finely granulate. Antenna robust, nearly half aslong as body length; in preapical segments about twiceas long as wide; first segmentlong, robust, somewhat club-shaped; second nearly half as long as first in length;third about 1 '/> times as long as second, and third to fifth subequal to each other inlength and shape; sixth slightly longer than fifth, and fifth to ninth subequal to eachother in length and shape; tenth slightly shorter than ninth; eleventh slightly longerthan tenth and its apex pointed. Pronotum transverse, nearly 2 lA times as wide aslong; sides widestalmost at basal margin and gradually narrowed anteriorly and lateral margin widely marginate; anterior margin widely rounded posteriorly; basalmargin widely rounded posteriorly and slightly emarginate at middle; anterior corner slightly thickened, and anterior and posterior corners each with a setigerouspore; surface rugosely punctate and covered with fine pubescence, and with a shallow longitudinal median furrow and a pair of shallow depressions laterally.Scutellum convex, subtriangular, and rounded at apex, closely covered with finepubescence. Elytron broader than prothorax, subparallel-sided and rounded atapex; surface rugosely punctate and closely covered with fine hairs; epipleuron wideat base and graudally narrowed posteriorly and not distinct on its extremity.

length: 6.2-6.7 mm.Distribution: Nepal.Holotype: Lipsiba Kharka (1900 m), 30. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi. Paratype: 1

ex., same data as the holotype.This new species differs from Sastmcella laosensis Kimoto, 1989, from Laos, in

having the dorsal surfaceswith characteristic blackish markings.


Sphenoraia {Sphenoraia) bicolor (Hope, 1831) Fig. 6aGurza (2100 m) — Anbote (900 m), 1 ex., 24. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Taplejung (1800 m) — Handhumng (800 m), 4 exs., 26. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.Handhumng (800 m) — Linba (1200 m), 1 ex., 27. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Jilikinpthi (1850 m) — Pontak (1800 m), 1 ex., 13. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Tiwa

(1400 m) — Takwa (1500 m), 1 ex., 30. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Chisopani (2100 m)— Bodgara (1100 m), 1 ex., 16. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 8.v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 1 ex., 5. vi. 1972, 1 ex.,

17. viii. 1972, H. Makihara. Kathmandu, 3 exs., 12. viii. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma.

Sphenoraia {Sphenoraioides) rutilans (Hope, 1831)Pontak (1800 m) — Samda (1900 m), 1 ex., 14. v. 1972,J. Emoto. Ponktable

(1900 m) — Buze (2800 m), 1 ex., 22. vii. 1972, H. Makihara. Lelep (1770 m) —Chiliwa (1350 m), 1 ex., 6. vi. 1972, H. Shima. Jilikinpthi (1850 m) — Ponktak(1800 m), 1 ex., 13. v. 1972, Y. Nishida.


Spiliella auriculata Laboissiere, 1931

Dobhan (800 m) — Ponktable (1900 m), 1 ex., 21. vii. 1972, H. Makihara.

Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 28. iv. 1972, H. Shima, 6 exs., 28-29. iv. 1972, 1 ex., 3.

v. 1972, 2 exs., 6. v. 1972, 2 exs., 10. v. 1972, Malaise trap, Kyushu Univ. DobangKharka (2400 m), 1 ex., 10. x. 1971, 1 ex., 15. x. 1971, 1 ex., 20. x. 1971, 1 ex., 22. x.1971, 1 ex., 25. x. 1971, light trap, A. Nakanishi.


Stenolupems emotoi sp. nov. Fig. IdOblong; generallybluish black, elytron with violaceous luster; antenna entirely

pitchy black; legs generally bluish black.Head with vertex smooth, shining, sparsely impressed by distinct punctures and

with a short longitudinal depression anteriorly; frontal tubercles well developed,convex, transverse, subtriangular, contiguous, surface smooth, shining. Antennaslender, nearly as long as body length, in preapical segments nearly five times aslong as wide; first segment long, robust, somewhat club-shaped; second nearly halfas long as first; third nearly 1 '/, times as long as second in length but slenderer;fourth 2 V-2 times as long as third in length and fourth to tenth subequal to eachother in length but stouter than preceding; eleventh slightly longer than tenth andits apex pointed. Pronotum transverse, nearly 1 %times aswide as long; sides widestslightly before middle, narrowed anteriorly and posteriorly; anterior margin nearlystraight, basal margin rounded posteriorly at lateral parts and almost straight atmiddle, anteriorand posterior corners thickened, anteriorcorner slightly produced

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laterally, and each with a setigerous pore; surface convex, smooth, shining, closelyimpressed by large punctures, and with a pair of shallow depressions laterally.Scutellum subtriangular, smooth, shining, impunctate. Elytron slightly widenedposteriorly and rounded apically; surface submgosely punctate by strong punctures

and their interstices smooth and shining.Length: 3.5-4.2 mm.Distribution: Nepal.Holotype: Shawa (2300 m), 9. vi. 1972,J. Emoto. Paratypes: 4 exs., same data

as the holotype. 1 ex., Shibuku (2100 m) — Shawa (2300 m), 8. vi. 1972,J. Emoto.This new species resembles Stenoluperus thudamensis Kimoto, in having the

antenna and legs entirely blackish, but differs in having the third antennal segmentslightly longer than the second in the length, and the combined length of the second and the third segments shorter than the length of the fourth segment.

Stenolupems minorKimoto, 1977 Fig. laThudam (3500-3800 m), 6 exs., 20. vi. 1972, 9 exs., 27. vi. 1972, H. Shima, 1

ex., 19. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 20. vi. 1972, 3 exs., 27. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida, 70 exs., 23-30. vi.

1972, Malaise trap, 16 exs., 2. vii. 1972, Malaise trap, 8 exs., 4. vii. 1972, Malaise trap,19 exs., 8-9. vii. 1972, Malaise trap, Kyushu Univ. NE. of Thudam (4000 m), 18exs., 25. vi. 1972, T. B. Serchant, 7 exs., 25. vi. 1972, H. Shima. Thudam (3500

m) — Tanga La (4700 m), 1 ex., 5. vii. 1972, Y. Nishida. Topke Gola (3700 m) —Thumkpa (2600 m), 2 exs., 13.vii. 1972,Y. Nishida. Thumkpa (2600 m) — TopkeGola (3700 m), 2 exs., 11. vii. 1972,J. Emoto. Gupa Pokari (2900 m) — Chouki(2700 m), 2 exs., 16. vii. 1972,J. Emoto. Ponktable (1900 m) — Buze (2800 m), 3exs., 22. vii. 1972, H. Makihara. Buze (2800 m) — Chouki (2700 m), 1 ex., 23. vii.1972, H. Shima. Tank (1900 m) — Penmaten (2600 m), 2 exs., 29. vi. 1972, H.

Makihara. Shawa (2300 m), 1 ex., 9. vi. 1972,J. Emoto. Papun (2100 m), 1 ex.,15. vii. 1972, H. Shima. Papun (2100 m) — Thurukpa (2600 m), 1 ex., 10. vii.1972, Pemba Norbu. Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 15. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 19. vi. 1972,H. Makihara. Basantapur (2300 m) — Chouki (2700 m), 1 ex., 21. vi. 1972, H.Makihara. Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 2 exs., 8. x. 1971, 2 exs., 10. x. 1971,3 exs.,14. x. 1971, 4 exs., 15. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi, 3 exs., 7-9. x. 1971, Malaise trap, 2

exs., 10-14. x. 1971, Malaise trap, 2 exs., 19-20. x. 1971, Malaise trap, A.Nakanishi. Bogara (1700-2200 m), 1 ex., 19. ix. 1971, 1 ex., 21. ix. 1971, A.Nakanishi, 1 ex., 19-20. ix. 1971, Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi. Lipshiba Kharka(1900 m), 3 exs., 30. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi.


Stenoluperus smetanaiTakizawa, 1988Topke Gola (3700 m), 4 exs., 8. vii. 1972, J. Emoto. Tanga La (4700 m) —

Topke Gola (3700 m), 2 exs., 7. vii. 1972,J. Emoto.



Stenoluperus thudamensis sp. nov.Oblong; generally black with bluish or greenish luster; ventral surfaces pitchy

black; antenna entirely pitchy black; legs generally pitchy black, femora and tibiaewith bluish luster.

Head with vertex smooth, shining, distinctly but not closely impressed by distinct punctures; frontal tubercles well developed, convex, transverse, subtriangular,contiguous, surface smooth, shining. Antenna robust, nearly as long as bodylength, in preapical segments nearly three times as long as wide; first segment long,robust, somewhat club-shaped; second nearly '% as long as first; third nearly 1 %timesas long as second in length but slenderer; fourth 1 '/t timesas long as third inlength, and fourth to tenth subequal to each other in length but stouter than preceding; eleventh slightly longer than tenth and its apex pointed. Pronotum transverse, nearly 1 % times as wide as long; sides nearly straight, widened anteriorly;anterior margin nearly straight, basal margin rounded posteriorly at lateral partsand almost straight at middle, anterior and posterior corners thickened, anteriorcorner slightly produced laterally, and each with a setigerous pore; surface convex,smooth, shining, closely impressed by large punctures, and with a pair of shallowdepressions laterally. Scutellum subtriangular, smooth, shining, impunctate.Elytron slightlywidened posteriorly and rounded apically; surface submgosely punctate by strong punctures and their interstices smooth and shining.

Length: 3.5-4.5 mm.


Holotype: NE of Thudam (4000 m), 25. vi. 1972, H. Shima. Paratypes: 6 exs.,same data as the holotype. 1 ex., same locality as the holotype but 18. vi. 1972, 2exs., 25. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida, 1 ex., 28. vi. 1972,J. Emoto. 1 ex., Thudam (3500m), 29. vi. 1972, Malaise trap, 1 ex., 30. vi. 1972, Malaise trap, Kyushu Univ.

This new species resembles Stenoluperus verticalis Kimoto, 1977, from Bhutan, inhavingthe vertex impressed bydistinct punctures, but differs in having the antennaslenderer, and the antenna and the legs entirely pitchy black. Also frombhutanensis Kimoto, 1977, from Bhutan, in having the legs generally pitchy black.

Stenoluerus verticalis Kimoto, 1977 Fig. lcEnt. Basiliensia, 2: 365 (Bhutan).

Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 6. v. 1972, Y. Nishida, 1 ex., 8. v. 1972, Malaisetrap, Kyushu Univ. Thudam (3500 m), 1 ex., 26. vi. 1972, Malaise trap, KyushuUniv.

Distribution: Nepal, Bhutan.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

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Trichobalya apicalis Kimoto, 1982Lelep (1770 m), 1 ex., 2. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida.Distribution: Nepal.

Trichomimastra kumatai Kimoto et Takizawa, 1972 Fig. 6bBasantapur (2300 m) — Hile (2100 m), 1 ex., 31. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Chiliwa (1350 m) — Hile (2100 m), 2 exs., 7. vi. 1972, H. Shima. Tiwa (1400 m)

— Takwa (1500 m), 2 exs., 30. v. 1972, H. Shima. Anbote (900 m) — Taplejung

(1800 m), 1 ex., 25. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Bogara (1700-2200 m), 1 ex., 19. ix.1971, A. Nakanishi.

Distribution: Nepal.In the pale colored specimens, the dorsal surfaces of pronotum and elytron are

entirely yellowish brown.

Zangastra nepaliensis Takizawa, 1988Thudam (3500 m) — Tanga La (4700 m), 1 ex., 7. vii. 1972,J. Emoto. NE of

Thudam (4000 m), 1 ex., 28. vi. 1972, H. Shima.


Subfamily Alticinae

Altica coerulea (Olivier, 1791)Dharan Bazar (450 m), 1 ex., 8. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Kathmandu (1300

m), 1 ex., 18. viii. 1972, H. Makihara.Distribution: Nepal, India, Ceylon, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S. China, Hainan,

Taiwan, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Bali, Philippines.

Altica cyanea (Weber, 1801) Fig. 6dBasantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 7. v. 1972, 1 ex., 10.v. 1972, Y. Nishida, 4 exs., 16.

vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Basantapur (2300 m) — Hile (2100 m), 1 ex., 13.vi. 1972,2 exs., 31. vii. 1972, H. Makihara. Chisopani (2100 m) — Bodgara (1100 m), 2exs., 16. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Chanlung (1250 m) — Dobhan (800 m), 1 ex., 19.vii. 1972, Y. Nishida. Dobhan (800 m), 1 ex., 22. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Jilikinpthi(1850 m) — Pontak (1800 m), 1 ex., 13. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Lelep (1770 m) —Chiliwa (1350 m), 1 ex., 6. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida. Kathmandu (1300 m), 2 exs., 31.v. 1972, H. Makihara. Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 1 ex., 16. viii. 1972,Y. Nishida. Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 2 exs., 24. ix. 1971, 2 exs., 8. x. 1971, 1 ex.,10. x. 1971, 1 ex., 27. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi. Chhouban Kharka (3400 m), 1 ex.,28. ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi. Lipshiba Kharka (1900 m), 1 ex., 30. x. 1971, A.Nakanishi.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Ceylon, Afganistan, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Viet-


nam, China, Taiwan, Malaya, Sunda Is., Ryukyu Is., Japan, Philippines, New Guinea,Australia.

Altica himalayensis (Chen, 1936)Kathmandu, Godavari (1000-2000 m), 5 exs., 5. vi. 1972, H. Makihara, 4 exs.,

16. viii. 1972, H. Makihara & Y. Nishida. Papun (2100 m) — Thurukpa (2600m), 1 ex., 10. vii. 1972, Pemba Norbu. Shawa (2300 m) — Papun (2100 m), 1 ex.,10. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida. Tanga La (4000-4600 m), 1 ex., 6. vii. 1972, H.Makihara. Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 3 exs., 8. x. 1971, 1 ex., 14. x. 1971, A.

Nakanishi. Lipshiba Kharka (1900 m), 1 ex., 30. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi.Distribution: Nepal, India, Taiwan.

Amphimela apicalisKimoto, 2000 Fig. 6eSerangga, 5 (1): 19 (Thailand).

Dharan Bazar (450 m), 1 ex., 9. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, Thailand.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.

Amphimela subgeminata sp. nov.Generally reddish brown, elytron bluish black, antenna reddish brown with

four or five apical semgnets somewhat infuscate.Head with vertex convex, smooth, shining, nearly impunctate; interocular

space much wider than transverse diameter of single oculus, and interocular transverse furrow feebly impressed, inter-antennal space wide, distinctly raised; frontaltubercles not raised. Antenna robust, nearly %as long as body length; preapicalsegments nearly twice as long as wide; first segment long, robust, club-shaped; second nearly half as long as first; third subequal to second in length but slenderer;fourth subequal to third in length but triangular in shape; fifth subequal to fourthin length, and fifth to tenth subequal to each other in length but much stouter thanpreceding; eleventh nearly 1 '/3 times as long as tenth, and its apex pointed.Pronotum transverse, nearly twice as long as wide, anterior margin nearly straight,sides distinctly rounded, widestat basal margin, gradually narrowed anteriorly, basalmargin widely rounded posteriorly and slightly produced posteriorly at middle;surface smooth, shining sparsely impressed by fine punctures. Scutellumsubtriangular, smooth, shining, impunctate. Elytron with lateral margin stronglyrounded, surface impressed by nine subgeminate rows of strong punctures, and ashort scutellar rowand a marginal row of punctures, and their interstices impressedby minute punctures.

Length: 4.2-4.5 mm.

Holotype: Dharan Bazar (450 m), 9. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Paratypes: 1 ex.,same data as the holotype. 2 exs., Tekunara (1600 m) — Hile (2100 m), 12. vi.

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1972, H. Makihara.

This new species resembles Amphimela apicalis Kimoto, 2000, from Thailand, inhaving ths similar coloration, but differs in having the elytron impressed by thesubgeminate rows of punctures and the elytron entirely bluish black.

Aphthona basantapurica sp. nov.Generally pitchy black, elytron bluish black; head with frontal tubercle,

frontoclypeus and labrum reddish brown; antenna pitchy black with two or threebasal segments reddish brown; legs pitchy black with slight bluish luster.

Head with vertex smooth, shining, impunctate; frontal tubercles distinctlyraised, contiguous, subtriangular, oblique, distinctly separated posteriorly by deepfurrow; surface smooth, shining; inter-antennal space distinctly raised longitudinally. Antenna robust, nearly%as long as body length; in preapical segmentsnearly twice as long as wide; first segment long, robust, slightly curved; secondnearly half as long as first; third nearly as long as second but slenderer; fourthnearly twice as long as third but robuster, and fourth to tenth subequal to eachother in length but stouter than preceding; eleventh slightly longer than tenth andits apex pointed. Pronotum transverse, convex from side to side, nearly 1 Yi timesas wide as long; sides feebly rounded, widest at '/3 from basal margin, distinctlyrounded anteriorly and feebly so posteriorly; anterior corner thickened, posteriorcorner widely rounded, and each with a setigerous pore; anterior margin slightlyrounded anteriorly and posterior margin widely rounded posteriorly; surfacesmooth, shining, sparsely impressed by small punctures. Scutellum subtriangular,smooth, shining, impuctate. Elytron broader than prothorax at base; humems distinctly raised; surface distinctly and rather closely punctate, and their intersticessmooth and shining.

Length: 2.8-3.5 mm.Distribution: Nepal.Holotype: Basantapur (2300 m), 16. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Paratypes: 1 ex.,

same data as the holotype. 1 ex., 4. v. 1972, Malaise trap, Kyushu Univ.This newspeciessomewhat resembles Aphthona laeta Weise, 1922,from Tonkin,

and Aphthona himalayana Chen, 1934, from Almora, in having the dorsal surfacesbicolored, but separable in being the body length longer and having the elytronbluish black and the pronotum pitchy black.

Aphthona dobangensis sp. nov.Generally black; elytron bluish black; antenna pitchy black with second and

third segments reddish brown; legs generally pitchy black, posterior femur withsome bluish luster.

Head with vertex, submgosely impressed by large punctures especially on anterior part; frontal tubercles distinctly raised, oblique, oval, contiguous, separated pos-


teriorly by deep furrow; inter-antennal space distinctly raised longitudinally.Antenna robuster, nearly % as long as body length; in preapical segments nearlytwice as long as wide; first segment robust, long, somewhat club-shaped; secondnearly 2/s as long as first in length; third nearly as long as second in length but slenderer; fourth nearly 1 '% times as longas third,and fourth to tenth subequal to eachother in length but stouter than preceding; eleventh slightly longer than tenth andits apex pointed. Pronotum transverse, nearly 1 V» times as long as wide; sidesfeebly rounded, widest almost at middle, gradually narrowed anteriorly and posteriorly; anterior corner truncate, posterior corner angulate, each with a setigerouspore; anterior margin feebly rounded anteriorly and posterior margin widelyrounded posteriorly; surface with a pair of shallow depressions laterally, and closelyimpressed by strong punctures, especially closely on basal part. Scutellum subtriangular, rounded at apex, smooth, shining, impunctate. Elytron broader thanprothorax at base, humerus distinctly raised, surface distinctly and closely punctate,interstices of punctures smooth, shining.

length: 2.7-3.0 mm.Distribution: Nepal.

Holotype: Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 14. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi. Paratypes:Dobabg Kharka (2400 m), 2 exs., 19. x. 1971, 1 ex., 20. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi, 1 ex.,

14-15. x. 1971, Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi.This new species resembles Aphthona gardneri Bryant, 1941, from Darjeeling,

in having the generally bluish to blackish dorsal surfaces, but differs in being thebody length longer and having the anterior part of vertex closely impressed by largepunctures and the pronotum closely impressed by strong punctures.

Aphthona gardneriBryant, 1941

Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 5. v. 1971, 4 exs., 26. vii. 1972, 1 ex., 27. vii. 1972,H. Shima, 1 ex., 28. iv. 1972, J. Emoto, 1 ex., 6. v. 1972, Y. Nishida, 1 ex., 14. vi.1972, 2 exs., 15. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 17. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 19. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 20. vi. 1972, 3exs., 26. vii. 1972, 1 ex., 27. vii. 1972, H. Makihara, 34 exs., 3-6. v. 1972, Malaise

trap, 2 exs., 8. v. 1972, Malaise trap, 2 exs., 10. v. 1972, Malaise trap, 1 ex., 30. vi.1972, Malaise trap, Kyushu Univ. Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 6 exs.,16. viii. 1972, H. Makihara. Ponktable (1900 m) — Buze (2800 m), 4 exs., 22. vii.1972, H. Makihara. Thurukpa (2600 m) — Topke Gola (3700 m), 1 ex., 9. vii.1972, 1 ex., 11. vii. 1972,J. Emoto. Basantapur (2300 m) — Chouki (2700 m), 1ex., 21. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Buze (2800 m) — Chouki (2700 m), 1 ex., 23. vii1972, Y. Nishida. Papun (2100 m) — Thurkpa (2600 m), 1 ex., 10. vii. 1972, JEmoto. Topke Gola (3700 m) — Turkpa (2600 m), 1 ex., 13. vii. 1972, YNishida. Dobhan (800 m), 1 ex., 19. v. 1972, 1 ex., 21. v. 1972, Y. NishidaShawa (2300 m), 1 ex., 9. vi. 1972,J. Emoto. Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 2 exs., 8x. 1971, 1 ex., 10. x. 1971, 6 exs., 14. x. 1971, 1 ex., 15. x. 1971, 10 exs., 19. x. 1971

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17 exs., 20. x. 1971, 2 exs., 22. x. 1971, A. Nakanishi, 1 ex., 24-25. ix. 1971, Malaise

trap, 12 exs., 7-9. x. 1971, Malaise trap, 4 exs., 9-10. x. 1971, Malaise trap, 27 exs.,10-14. x. 1971, Malaise trap, 9 exs., 14-15. x. 1971, Malaise trap, 5 exs., 19-20. x.1971, Malaise trap, 2 exs., 20-22. x. 1971, Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi, 1 ex., 23. ix.1971, light trap, A. Nakanishi. Bogara (1700-2200 m), 12 exs., 19. ix. 1971, 19exs., 20. ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi, 1 ex., 18-19. ix. 1971, Malaise trap, 9 exs., 19-20.ix. 1971, Malaise trap, 6 exs., 20-21. ix. 1971, Malaise trap, 6 exs., 21-22. ix. 1971,Malaise trap, A. Nakanishi. Lipshiba Kharka (1900 m), 1 ex., 20. x. 1971, A.Nakanishi.


Aphthona himalayana Chen, 1934Sinensia, 5: 371 (Himalaya: Almora Distr.).Kathmandu, Godavari (1600-2000 m), 1 ex., 16. viii. 1972, H. Makihara.


Aphthona nigrilabris Duvivier, 1892Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 27. iv. 1972, 1 ex., 29. iv. 1972, 1 ex., 5. v. 1972, 2

exs., 7. v. 1972, Y. Nishida, 1 ex., 26. iv. 1972, 1 ex., 9. v. 1972, H. Shima, 6 exs., 30.

iv. 1972, Malaise trap, 79 exs., 3-10. v. 1972, Malaise trap, Kyushu Univ. DharanBazar (450 m), 1 ex., 9. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Ceylon, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Sumatra.

Aphthona ovatipennisMEDW.iw.v, 1992Thudam (3500 m), 1 ex., 4. vii. 1972, Malaise trap, Kyushu Univ.


Aphthonoides picea Scherer, 1989Spixiana, 12 (1): 34 (Daijeeling).Dobang Kharka (2400 m), 37 exs., 20. x. 1971, 33 exs., 22. x. 1971, A.

Nakanishi.


Aphthonomorpha minuta Chen, 1934Sinensia, 5 (3-4): 357 (Tonkin).

Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 1. v. 1972, Y. Nishida.Distribution: Nepal, Vietnam.This species is here recorded for the first time from Nepal.


Asiorestia thoracica Medvedev, 1990

Tanga La (4700 m) — Topke Gola (3700 m), 1 ex., 7. vii. 1972, Y. Nishida.Distribution: Nepal.

Asiorestia wiltmeri Medvedev, 1997

Kathmandu (1300 m), 2 exs., 8. viii. 1972, H. Makihara.


Benedictus elisabethae Schkry.r, 1969

Basantapur (2300 m), 8 exs., 5. v. 1972, 1 ex., 6. v. 1972, 1 ex., 25. vi. 1972, H.Shima, 1 ex., 6. v. 1972, 1 ex., 10. v. 1972, Y. Nishida, 8 exs., 15. vi. 1972, 1 ex., 17.

vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Topke Gola (3700 m) — Thumkpa (2600 m), 5 exs., 13.vi. 1972, Y. Nishida. Thurupka (2600 m) — Topke Gola (3700 m), 1 ex., 11. vii.1972, J. Emoto.

Distribution: India, Nepal.

Chaetocnema {Tlanoma) assamensisScherer, 1969

Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 6. v. 1972, Y. Nishida.


Chaetocnena {Tlanoma) nigrica (Motschulsky, 1858) Fig. 6fEtud. Ent., 7: 160 (Burma) {Tlanoma).

Papun (2100 m), 1 ex., 16. vii. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, Afghanistan, India, Ceylon, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam,China, Taiwan, Ryukyu Is., Malaya, Nias, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines.


Clitea picta Baly, 1877

Dharan Bazar (450 m), 1 ex., 8. vi. 1972, H. Makihara.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma.

Euphitrea subglobosa (Hope, 1831) Fig. 6gBogara (1700-2000 m), 2 exs., 19-20. ix. 1971, A. Nakanishi. Kathmandu,

Godavari (1600-2000 m), 8 exs., 5. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Basantapur (2300 m)—Jilikinpthi (1850 m), 2 exs., 12. v. 1972, Y. Nishida. Basantapur (2300 m) —Hile (2100 m), 1 ex., 13. vi. 1972, H. Makihara. Basantapur (2300 m), 1 ex., 20.vi. 1972, H. Makihara, 1 ex., 10. v. 1972, T. B. Serchant. Papun (2100 m), 2 exs.,15. vii. 1972, H. Makihara. Ponktable (1900 m) — Buze (2800 m), 1 ex., 22. vii.1972, H. Makihara. Linba (1200 m) — Tank (1900 m), 1 ex., 28. vi. 1972, H.Makihara. Chouki (2700 m) — Gupa Pokari (1900 m), 1 ex., 22. vi. 1972, H.Makihara. Pupun (2100 m) — Chanlung (1250 m), 1 ex., 18. vii. 1972, H.

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Makihara. Pontak (1800 m) — Samda (1900 m), 1 ex., 14. vi. 1972, Y. Nishida.

Distribution: Nepal, India, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S. China, Bor

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