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Length about 39 mm. Width about 19. 



Locality. — Kanara. A single $ example collected by Mr. R. C 

 Wronghton. 



Diifors from A. zehraica, which it somewhat approaches in colour, in 

 being puuctulate throughout, in having the margin of the anal tergite 

 grooved, and the posterior half of the inner ridge mu<'h longer ; the 

 colours on the 2nd tergite moreover are reversed, the lamina being 

 yellow and the rest black. 



Arthrosphcera aurocincta, sp. n. (PI. A, figs. 10-lOa.) 

 9 . Colour an olive-brown or green, mottled or clouded irregularly 

 with black spots ; posterior border of all the tergites marked with a 

 sharply defined brownish-red stripe. 



Head and nuchal-plate only sparsely punctured, smooth ; 2nd 

 isergite very sparsely and weakly punctured ; its margin evenly 

 thickened throughout ; succeeding tergites coarsely and densely 

 sculptured with punctures in front, with smooth posterior border, the 

 intervening area finely coriaceous ; anal tergite covered all over with 

 a dense sculpturing of coarse anastamosing punctures, with a marginal 

 groove, a small inferior anterior notch and a long double inner crest, 

 the posterior part of which is about twice the length of the anterior. 



Vulva of much the same form as in A. zehraica, but with the 

 inner skeletal piece longer and surpassing the outer almost as in 

 A. versicolor. 



$. With apical antennal segment larger than in ? , anal tergite slight- 

 ly saddle-shaped belov/ ; copulatory feet almost as in A. Wroughioni, 

 Length of $ G5 nun. (2i inches). Width 32 mm. 

 Locality. — E. Indies (received from the East Lidian Museum). 

 There is unfortunately no definite locality for these specimens. 

 There is little doubt however that they were from some part of India. 

 They are noticeable as being the largest known specimens of the 

 genus. 



Arthrosphaira Thurstonl, Pocock. (PI. A, figs. 2-2d.) 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (G), XVI, p. 411 (189.5). 



Colour varying from pale olive- greeii to yellowish-brown ; terga 



thickly or sparsely spotted with black, with a narrow but distinct black 



stripe along the posterior border of terga 2 to 12; the 2nd tergite 



and the anal generally of a redder tint than tne others ; head and 



