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7. Litocerus sticticus spec. nov. 



(J. Black ; underside, femora and rostrum pubescent grey ; a spot near base 

 of tibiae, edge of eye, scutellum, edge of jiygidium, and a number of spots on 

 the proiiotum and elytra also grey ; the spots of pronotum arranged as follows : a 

 widely interrupted mesial line, a spot on disc at end of transverse sulcus, three 

 dots in a row situated more laterally and another above the lateral carina ; the 

 spots of the elytra mostly elongate, especially those near the base, which stand 

 in a ring round the subbasal callosity, a round spot beyond middle between third 

 and fifth interspaces more conspicuous than the others. Tarsi brown. 



Kostrnm flattened at apex, the three middle carinae stojiping at this depression. 

 Eyes appro.ximate, the frons being anteriorly as broad as the first autennal segment. 

 Segment 3 of antenna half as long again as 0, 10 = one-fourth longer than S. 

 Prothorax strongly rounded laterally, widest behind middle, rather broader than 

 long, finely and dispersedly punctured, with a deep transverse sulcus before middle ; 

 dorsal carina straight, slightly aiigulate in middle, very strongly rounded laterally. 

 Elytra strongly convex, gradually narrowing from base to apical declivity, then 

 more strongly. Prosternum punctured. First abdominal segment with mesial 

 tubercle. 



Length, 6 mm. 



Hab. Mauson Mts., Tonkin, 2(mm)— 300(1 ft., April— May (Fruhstorfer). 



1 cJ. 



8. Sympaector fruhstorferi spec. nov. 



(??. Black, clothed with an olive pubescence, spotted with ochraceous tawny 

 and black. A mesial vitta from insertion of antennae to base of pronotum, another 

 commencing beneath the eye and ending also at base of pronotum, interrupted 

 or constricted in the middle of the latter, tlie alternate interstices of the elytrum, 

 a triangular lateral vitta on pygidium and a thin, anteriorly abbreviated, mesial 

 one, a lateral vitta on prosternum and another just at the carina, the greater 

 jiart of the meso- and metasternum, two series of spots on each side of the 

 abdomen, with minute dots between the rows, the intercoxal lobe of the first 

 abdominal segment, two broad rings on femora, one on tibiae, and the first 

 segment of each tarsus, except extreme base and tip, ochraceous fulvous. An 

 interrupted vitta on pronotum situated on each side between the middle and 

 lateral ochraceous tawny stripes velvety black. Elytra with sharply marked 

 velvety black spots : cue ai; suture before middle, and twelve altogether in third, 

 fifth, seventh, and ninth interspaces. 



Rostrum and frons without mesial carina. Antenna of c? about four times 

 the length of the body, of ? reaching to apical third of elytrum. Pronotum 

 more conical than in S. tittifrons (1879) Kirsch, conspicuously sinuate before 

 transverse carina. Elytra less depressed than in vittifrons and shorter. Pro- 

 sternum with large punctures laterally at base. 



Length, 10 to 11 mm. 



Hab. Mauson Mts., Tonkin, April — May (Fruhstorfer). 



1 (?, 2 ??. 



9. Nessiara armata spec nov. 

 c?. In colour and pattern similar to N. lineola (1879) Kirsch, slenderer, 

 pronotum more variegated with brown, occiput without distinct brown spot. 



