forming the type of a new genus. 361 



quadrate, rather narrower in front than behind, lateral angles 

 slightly spinous. Scutellum short and broad, with the apex 

 broad and rounded. Elytra very short, covering only the two 

 first segments of the abdomen, with their apical margin trun- 

 cated, somewhat membranous. Sternum with a narrow longi- 

 tudinal canal. Abdomen (4 & 5) nearly circular, slightly convex 

 above, very convex beneath, with the apex somewhat truncated ; 

 the two lateral vulvar plates bearing stigmata. Legs stout; 

 thighs unarmed ; tibia3 prismatic, the posterior pair slightly 

 dilated internally and channelled beneath. 



Atelides centrolineatusj n. s. PI. V. A. fig. 1. 



A. castaneus, supra nigricans; linea media lata e capitis 

 apice ad apicem abdominis currente, lateribusque pronoti fulvo- 

 luteis ; corpore subtus utrinque fascia submarginali nigra ; an- 

 tennis nigris. ? . Long. lin. 10. 



Hab. in Sylhet. 



Head above brassy black, somewhat obscure, rather finely 

 rugose, with the lateral margins tinged with chestnut, and with 

 a longitudinal orange-yellow band down the centre; beneath 

 brownish fulvous, with the orbits brassy. Eyes brown ; ocelli 

 yellow. Antennse with the first two joints black, thickly clothed 

 with short stiff hairs, but with the furrows of the second joint 

 naked ; basal joint fulvous at the base, the rest of the joints 

 wanting. Rostrum pale chestnut, with the basal joint fulvous* 

 Pronotum blackish, somewhat brassy, with the annular spots 

 near the anterior margin and an indistinct patch within each 

 lateral angle chestnut, the surface minutely punctured and 

 wrinkled transversely; the disc with a smooth orange-yellow 

 band, continuous with that on the head ; the sides broadly mar- 

 gined with dull orange, with the extreme edges black. Scu- 

 tellum black, very thickly and minutely punctured and trans- 

 versely wrinkled, with a smooth orange-yellow band continuous 

 with that on the thorax. Breast brownish fulvous, sparingly 

 punctured, with a broad, brassy black, rugose longitudinal band 

 on each side within the lateral margins. Legs pale chestnut- 

 brown. Elytra blackish, somewhat brassy, finely granulose; 

 outer margin broadly fulvous, edged with black ; the submar- 

 ginal nervure, a streak on the disc, and the base of the inner 

 margin fulvous ; rudimentary membrane brown. Abdomen above 

 blackish, somewhat brassy, finely granulose, with the sides dull 

 chestnut irrorated with black points ; the centre with a longitu- 

 dinal orange band continuous with that on the scutellum ; mar- 

 gins pale chestnut-brown, with the edges and a band on each 

 of the sutures black; abdomen beneath pale chestnut-brown, 



