RESULTS OF THE ZOOLOGICO-BOTANICAL EXPEDITION TO SOUTHWEST CHINA 1955--57(COLEOPTERA, HISPINAE I)

S.H.CHEN;C.C.T’AN;P.Y.YU

The Hispine beetles contained in the present collection amount to more than a hundredspecies. In this paper, only four genera are dealt with, they are: Callispa. Leptispa,Monohispa and Dactylispa. With the exception of the genus Monohispa which comprisesonly a single species, members of the three other genera are synoptized in the followingkeys:Gen. Callispa Baly, 1858Key to the species1(8) Upperside entirely blue or the head and pronotum black and the elytra blue, sometimes with a violaceous.or brassy tint:2(3) 3rd antennal segment very long, twice as long as the 2nd; head,pronotum and scutellum black; length,6--7.2 mm.--. Yunnan..................................nigricollis,n. sp.3(2) 3rd antennal segment equals to. or only slightly longer than 2nd:4(5) Frontal projection acute or subacute; side margin of pronotum distinctly broadered in middle where itis sensibly broader than near base......................................................................................bowringii Baly-5(4) Frontal projection broader, blunt at apex; side margin of pronotum not broader in middle than nearbase:6(7) Generally 13, rows of punctures in the middle part of each elytron; upperside blue or violaceous. pronotum with a brassy tint; size larger,4.75--6.75mm...................................feae Baly-7(6) Generally 12 rows of punctures in the middle part of each elytron; uppetside blue or violaceous, prono-tum not brassy; size smaller, 4.3--5.5 mm--S.Yunnan.....................................cyanea, n.sp.8(1) Upperside at least partly pale coloured. yellow,brown or red:9(20) Elytra entirely greenish-blue, blue or violaceous, pronotum red-brown to blood red:10(11) Underside at least with the metasternum partly black; length, 5--6.5mm..............ruficollis Fairm.11(10) Underside entirely orange-red, red-brown or red:12(13) Elytral punctures irregular except those close to the suture and under the humeral calli; body broad,bright red, elytra dark blue or violaceous; length, 8--9mm...............................karena Maulik13 (12) Elytral punctures arranged in regular rows, if irregular, the body size is less than 7mm. long:14(15) Head with the frontal projection broad and prominent,rounded at apex; elytra with 11 rows of punc-tures in the middle; length, 7.5--9mm...............................brettinghami Baly-15(14) Head with the frontal projection very narrow, or not distinctly produced:16(17) Anterior border of pronotum deeply emarginate, the emargination U-shaped; elytra with 12 rows ofpunctures besides the short scutellar. punctures of the marginal row very small; body broad, red orbrownish-red, elytra blue. antennae black; length. 6.2--7.2 mm.--S. Yunnan.............uhmanni, n. sp.17(16) Anterior border of pronotum not so deeply emarginate, the emargination not U-shaped:18(19) Elytra with 12 rows of punctures besides the short scutellar, punctures of the 11th row distinctly smallerand those of the 12th or marginal row still smaller; body red-brown, elytra blue, antennae black; length,5 mm.----S. Yunnan.......................................................................................................................popovi,n. sp.19(18) Elytra with II rows of punctures besides the short scutellar; length usually exceeding 6 mm.; prono-tum more distinctly narrowed apically and more strongly emarginate at the anterior border than in. fortunei fortunei……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… fortunei emarginata Gress20(9) Elytra at least partly non-metallic and pale-coloured:21(22) Elytra steel-black, explanate margins from base to apical fourth, scutellum, pronotum and head yellow;length, 5 mm.----Szechuan: Omeishan………………………………………………………………………… limbifera, n. sp.22(21) Elytra not so coloured:23(26) Elytra with the apical 1/2 to 3/5 metallic:24(25) Pale yello-brown, apical half of elytra dark or obscure blue, antennae black; length, 3.7 mm.--S.Yunnan…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………?