MACRONOTA. 



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behind. The clypeus is weW notched and the vertex of the head 

 not cariuate. The elytra are strongly sinuated at the sides and 

 sharply narrowed behind and the stria? upon the inner posterior 

 part are well marked. 



(S . Black, \^ith the anterior half of the elytra brick-red, except 

 a common black patch (generally nearly circular) behind the 

 scutellum, and with the following white markings : — patches at the 

 base aud apex of the scutellum and the adjoining margins of the 



Fig. 13. — ISIacronota malabariensis, male fleft). 

 and female (right). 



elytra, a slightly augulated line common to both elytra about the 

 middle at the hinder limit of the anterior black patch, and a short 

 transverse lateral postmedian line upon each at the anterior limit 

 of the posterior black patch, a broad longitudinal line at the middle 

 of the pygidium, and the margins of the mesostei'ual epimera, 

 sternal plates and four abdominal segments, the marginal lines of 

 the last usually coalescing on each side. 



The prothorcLv is about as long as it is broad, velvety, not very 

 distinctly punctured and scarcely depressed behind, the sides 

 strongly angulated before the middle and nearly parallel behind, 

 the base not strongly lobed and the posterior angles rather 

 sharp. 



$ . Black, with the anterior two-thirds of the elytra brick-red ; 

 the pronotum covered with greyish yellow matter, except a 

 circular patch on each side and a wedge-shaped patch between 

 them ; the scutellum similai-ly covered, except a central spot. The 

 margins of the elytra adjoining the scutellum, a common V-shaped 

 mark at the middle, the posterior half of the suture, a transverse 

 apical line upon each and a lateral line on each side at the limit of 

 the red area are of the same colour. The middle line of the 

 pygidium, the margins of the mesosternal epimera, the sternal 

 plates aud the first four ventral segments are pale, the marginal 

 lines of the last generally coalescing on each side. 



It is relatively a little shorter than the male. The pronotum is 

 rugose, especially in the hinder part, \\here, however, there is a 

 smooth elevated carina in the middle. It is slightly transverse, 

 the sides strongly angulated before the middle and slightly 



