19ß 



(iiiU s])(it. This s])ot (\\]\h ihe exception of Ihe ]iiiiij>k') 18 

 ])uncliiiT(l und nigose, und this is alikc in ;ill ilie exiuiiplcs. 



Of t^ix exampleP beforo inc iwo arc iiialcs and h\() are 

 (if Ihe vai'iety willi pitchy-ved Icgs, in llip otlicrs llic legs ave 

 lilack and in oiic or Iwo of Uiese tlic hnnici-al cailus is blaclv 

 aiid llic 8|)ots on ihe spines are al>seiit or nitli diflloiiltv discorned, 



It is not. iTnpi-ol)ab]o, Ihat Ibis is tbe .s])ecies alludcd (o by 

 Jannes Frivaldszky Ternias. Fnzetck VoL VI. 1S82, ji. 4. as 

 A. hyatrirosna Gorst, var. hornecHsis l'roni a singk' foinale 

 examplo witli pilchy-brown feniora. As having sccn botb sexes 

 of our insect and iVoni tbe otber (blVcrcnces notcd. I fecl con- 

 vincrd ol' its being a dislinct spicios. 1 Ibiuk it m ill bc botter 

 to-adopt a ncM" specific name in any casc. 



Amphisternus eruptus sp. n. 



Niger, sul)opacus. elytris ovatis, })avnni nitidis- ]>rothorace 

 transverso, obsolete eanalicnlato, latcribus siiuiatis. angnbs anlieis 

 acntiuscnbs, panlnluni })romin('ntil)ns, elytris vage, ad suturani 

 Serie punctatis, hunieris carinatis, tuberculis sex, duoluis ])rope 

 basin parvis, duobus ante medium elevatioribns. dunl)ns ante 

 apicem flavis. Lcmg. 9 — 9.5 millini. ,j. ^. 



Hab. Soekaranda. 



Mas, tibiis anticis dente lato iniVa medium armatis. 



Var.? Elytris carinula nigra proj)e )>asin et tuberculis 

 duobus ut in .1. rn/jito tantum mnnitis. 



Hab. Tavoy. Mus. Calcutta (Atkinson). 



Allied to .1. tiibercidattts Germar and })erbaps only to be 

 regarded as a local variety of that species. Of three specimens 

 before nif all boMc\ci- are quitc black, -with the exception of 

 tbe tubercules and in tbe one, from Tavoy. tbe basal tubereule 

 (which is usually cariniform) is black also; there is bowever 

 a snmll difference in the form of the humeral carina. In a $ 

 example of Ä. tnherculafiis now before me, this carina ends 

 posteriorly in a small tubeicule, sharply raised like a small 



Stett. entomol. Zoit. 1901. 



