86 CELEBIA SUTURALIS. 



lateral! , uitide nigris instructis ; pedibus cinerascentibus. — 

 Long. 7^/2 lin. 



ObloDg ovate, black, scales more or less riifescent, those 

 on tlie legs either greyish or cinereous ; rostrum finely 

 punctured and having a black median line; club of the 

 antennae black , except at the base ; prothorax irregularly 

 and finely punctured , a raised median and two black lines 

 on each side; scutellum small oblong; elytra with the su- 

 ture and four raised lines on each glossy black , the lines 

 on each side with a row of punctures and the intervals 

 covered with closely imbricated yellowish scales , more or 

 less tinged with brick-red; body beneath entirely covered 

 with white , somewhat pearly , scales , having a slightly 

 rufescent tint , and finely but distinctly punctured , each 

 puncture bearing a silky hair. 



The collection contains four examples of this very 

 distinct species , and the above is about all that can 

 be said of them collectively as a species ; one (9) has 

 shorter lines between the others. From Celehia azu- 

 reipes — the only hitherto described species — this, 

 besides the striking difference of colour , is , inter alia , 

 characterized by its elevated suture. Of C. azureipes in 

 my collection three or four species or sub-species might 

 be described were it not for other individuals difficult 

 to place in either. Of the allied genus Eupholus all the 

 transversely banded forms I have seen are in my opi- 

 nion but varieties of one variable species , of which the 



llab. Cambodia. 



Elliptic, brown inclining to chestnut, somewhat glossy, without scales, 

 except some patches or spots above of light rose-coloured scales, and beneath 

 of whitish scales uniformly dispersed; head and rostrum with three deep groo- 

 ves; eyes prominent, or even subpedunculate; antennae blacii , rather stout , 

 clothed with scattered settc; prothorax apparently a little longer than broad, 

 the sides nearly straight and slightly inflected, rugose, the disc witli three 

 deep grooves, and four coui'se round impressions in the middle, the side 

 grooves filled with rosy scales; scutellum small, round; elytra shortish, each 

 bluntly apiculate, punctures large and approximate, placed in very shallow 

 striae, the shoulders, middle and a few spots posteriorly composed of rosy 

 scales; legs clothed with whitish seta;. 



Notes from the Leyclen IMuseum , Vol. V. 



