66 CBTOIfllX^. 



slender. The head, pronotum, and pygidium are coarsely 

 granulated. The head is flat, with a smooth tubercle on the 

 vertex and moderately notched in front. The prothorax is almost 

 circular iu shape, with all the angles almost obsolete, and 

 moderately depressed behind. The elytra have a silky sheen and 

 each has a strong costa and is feebly siuuated beliind the shoulder. 

 The front tibia' have each three slight teeth, and the four jyoaterior 

 tibia', are without teeth or spines at the middle. The antcanal 

 chib is of moderate length. 



The male is not yet known. 



Lenf/tJi 15 mm. ; breadth 6 mm. 



AssAjr : Naga Hills (Doherti/), Kbasi Hills ; Bhutan : Maria 

 liasti (L. Durel). 



Type iu the British Museum. 



Genus CLEROTA. 



Clerota, Bur^n., Handb. JSiit. iii, 1842, p. 317 ; Lacord., Gen. Col. 

 iii, 1856, p. 504. 



Type, C. buddha, G. & P. (Java). 



liange. India and the Malayan lieglon. 



]3ody very smooth, boat-shaped and longitudinally grooved 

 above at the middle. Clypeus long, almost pMrallel-sided, deeply 

 and narrowly excised in front. Prothorax dilated to the hind 

 margin and strongl}' lobed behind. Scutellum acutely pointed. 

 Sides of the elytra scarcely sinuated and apices flat. Meso- 

 steruum strongly produced, slender, curved and acutely pointed. 

 Legs moderately stout ; front tibia? acutely and obliquely 

 tridentate, spurs of the hind tibi» long. Mandibles rather 

 strong. Maxillae without teeth. Mentum deeply notched. 

 Palpi truncate. 



The front tibiae are similar in the two sexes, but a little more 

 slender in the male, in which the hind tarsi are considerably longer 

 and the pygidium broader. 



Only a single Indian species is known. 



'il. Clerota vittigera. 



]Macronota vittigera, Hope* Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1841, p. 34; 



Wv^ttc, Arcana Ent., i, 1842, p. 104, pi. 28, fig. U. 

 Clerota buddha var. d, Bunn., Handb. Ent. iii, 1842, pp. 317 



& 807. 



Black and entirely shining, with orange markings consisting 

 of a median line upon the head, median and lateral lines upon 



