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and thorax, entirely black. Thorax scarcely broader than long, 

 subcylindrical ; sides constricted in front and at their base, pro- 

 duced just below the middle into a stout subacute process ; 

 above shining, grooved in front and on either side at the base, 

 the anterior groove widened and angled in the centre, descend- 

 ing backwards down the disk nearly to its middle ; surface finely 

 and distantly punctured, puncturing at the apex rather closer ; 

 black, the lateral margin yellow. Scutellum smooth, shining 

 black, its apex obsoletely notched. Elytra broader than the 

 thorax ; sides parallel ; apex rounded, slightly dehiscent at the 

 suture; above convex, slightly depressed along the suture; shoul- 

 ders prominent, produced obliquely upwards and outwards, their 

 apex subacute ; surface distinctly punctured, sparingly covered 

 with short fulvous hairs; yellow, an ovate patch on the shoulder, 

 a broad transverse band across the middle, produced slightly 

 along the suture both in front and behind, and a large subtri- 

 gonate patch behind the middle, black. Beneath black, clothed 

 with longer and coarser hairs ; abdomen (a large central patch 

 excepted), the metasternal tubercles, and the sides of the thorax 

 yellow ; these latter are marked at the base of the lateral protu- 

 berance with a small black spot ; thighs piceous, posterior pair 

 moderately incrassate, their apex with several yellow spots ; 

 lower surface armed with two acute spines, the first subapical, 

 large, the other smaller, and placed near the middle. [Male,) 



(Female,) Posterior thighs scarcely incrassate, spine in the 

 middle of the under surface obsolete. 



Hab. Northern India. 



Temnaspis Downesii, PI. V. fig. 5. 



T. elongatus, parallelus, fulvus, subnitidus, villosus ; antennis extror- 

 sum, thoracis macula, elytrorum plaga obliqua prope medium, 

 nigris ; subtus nitidus ; pleuris, abdomine plaga femoribusque 

 posticis macula nigris. — Long. 5^ lin. 



Elongate, parallel, convex, shining fulvous; whole body co- 

 vered with coarse fulvous hairs ; seven terminal joints of antennae, 

 an oblong vitta on the disk of the thorax, and a large subqua- 

 drate patch across the middle of the elytra, black. Head closely 

 punctured, impressed on the forehead between the eyes with a 

 deep longitudinal fossa ; eyes griseous. Thorax rather broader 

 than long, transversely grooved at the base and apex; either 

 side of the disk with a thick longitudinal elevated ridge, the 

 inner margin of which is bounded by a shallow fossa ; surface 

 distinctly but less closely punctured than the head ; middle of 

 the disk with a broad vitta, rather broader behind, abbreviated 

 at the base and apex. Scutellum triangular, its apex entire. 

 Elytra subelongate ; sides parallel ; apex rounded, dehiscent at 



