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head ; anterior margin straiglit, posterior margin rounded ; the 

 sides parallel ; nearly quadrate, slightly hroader than long ; pro- 

 zona tumid. Elytra broad, finely punctulated ; deep red, shaded 

 with black towards the apex and the margins, obHquely truncate 

 at the apex ; humeral carina distinct and complete. Wings 

 prominent, black, with a yellow spot near the base. Legs deep 

 red, the knees and tibiae darker or black ; tarsi darker. Abdomen 

 deep dark red, somewhat dilated in the middle, narrowed towards 

 the extremity; lateral tubercles black, very distinct; the whole 

 abdomen is finely punctulate ; last dorsal segment transverse, 

 hinder margin straight, with a faint median depression, a reddish 

 blunt elevation over the insertion of the forceps and a small 

 tubercle on the outside angles ; penultimate ventral segment of S 

 ample, rounded. Pygidium of d strongly depressed, triangular ; 

 two small pale obtuse lobes are visible below the apex of the 

 pygidium, projecting beyond the border of the produced penul- 

 timate segment, and visible from below. Torceps of 6 with the 

 branches slender, long, remote at the base and tricarinate there, 

 slightly diverging at first, then subsinuate until the apices meet 

 and cross ; there is at the end of the first and second third of the 

 total length a strong triangular depressed tooth ; the forceps are 

 red at the base, darker towards the apex ; the inner margin of the 

 basal third is finely creuulate. $ unknown. 



6 



Length of body 12-14-3 mui. 



„ forceps 9 ,, 



SiKKiM {coll. Bun-) ; Assam : Kurseong. 



Ty^je in the author's collection. 



This handsome species resembles the preceding in colour, but the 

 elytra are more strongly shaded with red ; they are also finely 

 punctulate and not rugose, and the forceps are nearly straight, 

 horizontal, with two strong teeth which are not near each other. 



Genus HOMOTAGES, Burr. 



Honiotao:es, Burr, (09) p. 327. 

 Anechura, Bormans (partiin). 



Type, Anechura few, Borm. 



Antennae with 15 segments (?), fourth subconical, more than 

 half as long as third, which is subconical, the rest elongate, 

 becoming cylindrical. Head smooth, sutures obsolete. Pronotum 

 trapezoidal, sides straight and angles rounded, broader posteriorly 

 than anteriorly. Elytra ample, not strongly rounded at the 

 shoulders, smooth and with no keel. Wings ample, smooth. 

 Sternal plates truncate, less broad than in the other genera. Legs 

 long, slender : tarsi long, first segment equal to the other two 

 united ; second long, scarcely dilated, more than half as long a» 

 the third, Pygidium of S nearly rectangular. Forceps of <S 



