84 e. J. GAHAN 



not obvious; indeed the sober style of coloration, or absence of 

 bright warning colours, seems opposed to the idea that the Hi- 

 spid might be recognized by insectivorous animals as a dista- 

 steful morsel. 



194. Pemptolasius humeralis, Gahan, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 ser. 6, vol. V, p. 05, pi. VII, fig. 8. 



Garin Mts. (district of Gheba) ; also occurs in North India. 



195. Rondibilis plagiata, sp. n. Sparse selosa; griseo-cinereo- 

 pubescens; elytris plaga basali communi, triangulari vel y-formante, 

 et utrinque plagis tribus nigris, una laterali prope basin, secunda 

 transversa, inediana, tertia tra7isversa inter medium apicemque; 

 apicibus oblique truncatis, disco ( (/) utrinque paullo pone basim 

 spina parva recurva armato, (9) inerme Long, e/ 8 ; 9 9.5- 

 11 mm. 



Tikekee in Pegu (e/"); Garin (district of Gheba; (9). 



Glothed with a dull cinereous-grey pubescence. The elytra 

 with black markings consisting, on each, of: l***^ a short basal 

 vitta which unites, behind the scutellum, with its fellow to form 

 a triangular or Y-shaped figure; 2'"^ an irregular patch placed 

 below, and extending a little behind, the shoulder; 3''^ a trans- 

 verse plaga or fascia situated at about the middle; and 4^"^ a 

 somewhat similar plaga between the middle and the apex. The 

 prothorax is longer than broad , somewhat constricted towards 

 the base, with the sides feebly rounded in the middle, and each 

 furnished with a minute and almost imperceptible tooth ; the 

 disk exhibits some minute, asperate, scattered punctures. The 

 elytra appear rather thickly punctured towards the base and 

 as far as the middle, but are almost impunctate towards the 

 apex. The disk of each elytron in the male is armed at some 

 distance from the base with a small backwardly directed spine. 



In three examples from the Garin Hills, which I take to be 

 females of this species, on account of their very close agreement 

 in colour and markings with the male type , this discal spine 

 of the elytra is wanting; the disk of the prothorax also does 

 not show the asperate punctures which are present in the male. 



The species is undoubtedly congeneric with R. spinosula, Pasc. 



