54 CETONIIN^. 



approximating behind, the posterior angles rather obtuse, and the 

 base broadly lobed. The scuteUuni is rugose except in the middle. 



Length 15-20 mm.; breadth 7"5-9 mm. 



Tenasserim : Thagata {L. Feci) ; Malay Peninsula. 



Tiqje not traced ; type of annce in coll. li.. Oberthiir and a co- 

 type in the British Museum. 



This is another species in which the sexes are strikingly 

 different and have not hitherto been associated, although they have 

 been found together in several different localities. The pronotum 

 of the male is generally entirely black, but there is sometimes a 

 fine marginal white line upon the anterior half. The male 

 specimens from Thagata (in the Genoa Museum) are without the 

 white band upon the pygidium. 



The name of the species is evidently due to a mistake in its 

 habitat. The type is said to have inhabited Ceylon, but that 

 locality cannot be accepted. 



20. Macronota bufo, sp. n. 



Brownish, with the head, legs, and lower surface dull metallic 

 crimson ; the shoulder, a median longitudinal stripe and another 

 bordering the scutellum and extending to about the middle of the 

 length of each elytron red, decorated with the following yellowish 

 markings : — two longitudinal lines on the head, a lateral border on 

 each side of the pronotum and two discoidal lines converging 

 towards the base, the base and apex of the scutellum, and numerous 

 small indefinite patches upon the elytra. The pygidium (except 

 an indefinite dark spot on each side) and the entire sides of the 

 body beneath, except two rows of sn)all bare spots upon each side 

 of the abdomen, are of the same colour. The body is sparingly 

 clothed with fine inconspicuous greyish setae except upon the disc 

 of the elytra. 



The form is depressed, short and rather broad at the shoulders. 

 The ch/peus is strongly punctured and notched in front and the 

 forehead is longitudinally carinate. The prothorax is small, about 

 as long as it is broad, uniformly and very coarsely punctured 

 above, with the sides abruptly angulated before the middle and 

 concave behind, the hind angles sharp and the base strongly lobed. 

 The elijtra are irregularly striated on the inner part and rugosely 

 punctured at the sides and apices, they are very feebly sinuated at 

 the lateral margins but taper sti-ongly behind. The pi/f/idium is 

 closely strigose, the inctca-teDiam and ahdomen coarsely punctured 

 in the middle. The mesostenmm is not produced but rounded in 

 front and bears a small sharp tooth upon its anterior face. The 

 ler/s are rather slender, the front tibia bears three sharp teeth and 

 the middle tibia bears a sharp spine at its outer edge. 



I have not seen the male. 



Lenijth lo'o mm.; breadth 7"5 mm. 



Madras: Travancore {G. S. Imray), Xilgiri Hills, 2,500 ft. 

 (//. L. Andrewes). 



