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puipiirasc Mit-C'ipper anil small patclie^ of gliort golden-yellow piiliescence 

 iiiieniiixed with black, the .scuilpture sti()i);ily coriaceous with superficial and 

 inodeiatelv close puncturatiou. Abdomen black with slight metallic reflex, 

 the first three (visible) segments narrowly reddish-testaceous posteriorly, the 

 first four in the middle Hue at the ba>e with a very obscure triangular patch 

 of scanty yellow pubescence, and ou either side of it with tonientose brownish 

 patch, pubescence otherwise rather scanty and coarse, blackish intermixed with 

 shorter and more sparing silvery hairs; puncturation rather fine, moderately 

 close at the bases of the anterior segments, more spai'ing behind. 



(5. 6th ventral segment with rather broad semicircular excision. 



Hah. South Coorg, Pollibetk (T. B. Fletcher). 



Aiiiicltroius ele//((}is, n. sp. 



Head bronze-black with greenisii retiex ; thorax red ; elytra red, the 

 posterior margin narrowly testaceous, with a large blue-black spot near the 

 postero-external angles; abdomen with the first three (visible) segments red, 

 the first two of them with a large black spot in the middle extending to the 

 posterior border, the third with a smaller spot at the base, the sixth and 

 seventh (4th and 5th visible) segments black, the latter narrowly testaceous 

 posteriorly, the eighth with the base yellow and apex black. Antennae black 

 with the first three joints reddish and the last three or four yellow ; legs 

 reddish-testaceous. Length 11-12 mm. Difiers but little in build from 

 A. saraicakensis Bernh., but ou the average larger and with the temples more 

 giadimlly rounded, and the head much more finely punctured. Head trans- 

 versely suborbicular, the eyes large anil prominent, the temples short; the 

 disc with a small smooth shining space, the front between the antennal 

 tubercles coarsely coriaceous, scarcely punctured, the rest of the surface closely 

 covered with moderate umbilicate punciures; mandibles reddish, long, fiilci- 

 foini, with an obtuse tooth near the base of each ; palpi reddish. Antennae 

 with the 3rd joint longer than th^- :?nd, the 4th and Sth a little longer than 

 bniad, the 6th to the 10th about as long as broad and not increasing in widtii, 

 the Uth oval. Thorax longer than broad, widest in front, the sides narrowed 

 and sinuate posteriorly, red, scarcely shining, closely punctured as on the head, 

 pubescence ti'ie and yellow. Scutellum red. Elytra scarcely as long as, but 

 broader than the thorax, quadrate, red, the posterior margin narrowly yellow 

 irin"-ed with golden pubescence intermixed with longer black hairs, near the 

 postero-external angles with a large oval blue-black spot, rot extending- to 

 the suture or on to the reflexed margin ; sculpture very fine, dense, and 

 granular, pubescence moderately fine yellow ou the red and black on the spot. 

 Abdomen of the colour above indicated, pretty closely and finely punctured 

 except on the 8th segment, which is nearly smooth ; pubescence very distinct 

 and intermixed with longer black hairs, black and golden, the latter especially 

 noticeable on the 5th (true) segment, where it forms a transverse fascia across 

 the posterior half. 



(5 . 6th ventral segment with crescentic impression at the posterior 

 uiargln, which is triangularly excised. 



llab. Sidapur, Coorg (T. £. Fletcher). 



