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spot at each end of the transverse groove, all grey with a slight yellowisli tone, 

 sides likewise broadly grey with or without a hlack spot between lateral carina and 

 apical margin. The angle of the carina slightly obtnse, its apex rounded off. 

 Elytra shorter than in the preceding species, depressed at the satnre, strongly 

 pnnctate-striate, all the markings sharply defined and prominent on the black 

 gronnd, no long lines in the stripes, the spots on the declivous apical area not con- 

 tinent, a spot situated between basal margin and subbasal callosity and a postmedian 

 dorsal spot are the largest, next in size comes a marginal spot behind shoulder ; the 

 postmedian spot posteriorly incised in fourth interspace ; there are on each elytrum 

 about twenty to twenty-three spots altogether. Pygidium with a narrow grey lateral 

 stripe. The two brushes of 3'ellowish hair on the first and second abdominal segments 

 are a very distinctive characteristic of this species. The upper side of the tibia is 

 black for the greater part, except near the base and beyond the middle. 



6. Litocerus communis spec. nov. 



(??. 7y. crucicoUi Jord. (1895) statura similis. Rostro (juinque-carinato. 

 Antennarum (c?) articulis 5° — 1 1° aequilongis, 'i" — 11" incrassatis. Pronoto lateribns 

 minute punctato, carina rotundatim antrorsnm flexa hand angulata. Segmento 1° 

 abdominali {S) tuberculo instrncto. 



Long. (cap. excl.) 5-3 — 7-6 mm. 



A long series of both sexes from Taihoriusho, Fnhosho, Hoozan, Kosempo and 

 Alikong. 



Black, pubescent clayish grey, bases of proximal antennal segments reddish. 

 Rostrum as in L. crucicoUis Jord. (1S95), but the frons broader in both sexes, 

 narrowing anteriorly, being in S somewhat wider than the first antennal segment, 

 and in ? as broad as the interspace between the two lateral carinas of the rostrum. 

 The brownish occipital area penetrates well in between the eyes. Segments 3 to 

 11 of antennae in t? of the same thickness, i.e. all being flattened, segment 3 

 gradually narrowing to the base, half as long again as 4, 5 to 11 slightly shorter and 

 all of nearly equal size ; in ¥ the club distinct and 3 one-fourth longer than 4, and 

 7 one-fourth longer than 8. The markings of the pronotum somewhat variable in 

 extent ; the mesial vitta strongly constricted at the transverse groove, at the ends of 

 this groove a spot which is anteriorly connected with the vitta by a curved line, in 

 front of the carina at each side of the vitta an obliipie linear spot, lateral area of 

 pronotum greyish yellow, its upper edge almost straight, but usually incised in the 

 centre, at and in front of the lateral carina an irregular black line ; the carina evenly 

 curved forward at sides, not forming an angle. Elytra rather strongly striate, 

 depressed along the suture, the greyish yellow lines and sjjots more or less merged 

 together at the base and apex, an ante- and a postmedian space black and enclosing 

 a greyish yellow spot, which extends from interspaces 2 to 6 and is twice sinuate 

 behind. 



Underside uniformly yellowish grey, without black spots on abdomen. Femora 

 with the exception of a postmedian spot and the tip, an antemedian ring on the 

 tibiae, the base of tarsal segment 1 and nearly the entire segment 2 yellowish grey. 



7. Tropideres roelofsi poecilus subsp. nov. 



c? ? . Vitta mediana prothoracis lata, elytrorum macula anteriore nigra antice 

 valde ol)li(jua, macula posteriore ad striam quartam extensa, inter hanc maculam et 



