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each side of this 3 or 4 raised yellow spots, forming parallel lines, which 

 before their extremity give off a waved yellow line curving to the 

 hinder angles ; the portion of the disk posterior to this dull luteous, 

 with deep, distinct punctures, the intervals smooth. Scutellmn 

 rather strongly punctured; sides posteriorly luteous; apex reddish; in 

 the centre a smooth vermilion line extending ^ths of the length, 

 broad at the base, gradually narrower, and ending in a fine point ; at 

 each side of the base and at some distance from the lateral margins a 

 large suboval, smooth, pale-vermilion spot. Elytra fusco-luteous, 

 very finely black -punctured ; anterior margin at the base vermilion ; 

 Membrane light brown. Sternum strongly punctured. Legs black ; 

 tibicB with a broad vermilion ring on the upper half. 



Abdomen, above smooth, black ; beneath strongly punctured ; 

 Gonnexivum black, externally with red spots, the extreme margin 

 vermilion. 



The ? is larger and the colours lighter than the $ . 



Length, 5^ — 6 lines. 



Two specimens taken by Mr. H. J. Harding, and one by Mr, 

 Ernest Adams, but they have no note of the locality. 



Genus 3. — Rhacognathus, i^2>3. 



Head flattened, quadrangular ; Face, wider just before the eyes ; 

 apex of the side lobes rounded ; central lobe narrow, pointed, shorter 

 than the side lobes, leaving a narrow notch. A?itennce slender ; 

 tubercles short, inserted before the eyes ; 1st joint short ; 2nd more 

 than double the length of the 1st ; 3rd scarcely so long as the 2nd ; 

 4th and 5th subequal, each longer than the 2nd. Eyes moderate. 

 Ocelli small, a little nearer to the eyes than to each other. Bostrwn 

 stout, reaching to the 2nd pair of coxae ; 1st and 3rd joints very 

 broad ; rostral channel short and shallow. 



Thorax. — Pronotum convex, hexagonal ; in front as wide as the 

 head and eyes ; anterior margin very concave, anterior angles cut off 

 obliquely, exteriorly produced into a small tooth ; sides a little 

 concave, widely divergent, the 1st half finely serrate, hindwardly 

 produced into an obtuse point ; hinder sides short, nearly straight ; 

 posterior margin a little longer than the width of the scutellum, 

 straight, its angles acute. Scutellum half the length of the abdomen, 

 subtriangular, sides sinuate, bej^ond the middle almost parallel, apex 



