AlJTTnB ACOPHOllA . Ill 



•agf^lonieration). There is a similar sprinkling upon the pygldium, 

 the sides of fhe metasteruum and abdomen, and the middle and 

 hind femora. 



The form, size and markings are very variable and the latter 

 are liable to disappear entirely. The Jteadis moderately punctured, 

 the clypeal margin being reflexed and very feebly sinuated in 

 front. The j^rothorax is coarsely punctured at the sides, scarcely 

 punctured in the middle, with the lateral margins strongly curved 

 and slightly sinuated before the posterior angles, and the base very 

 feebly and nan-owly emarginate in the middle. The scutellum is 

 rather short and moderately sharp at the apex. The elytra are 

 uniformly striated with irregular lines of coarse punctures and the 

 alternate intervals are distinctly raised. The p>jgidium is coarsely 

 rugose. The vieta sternum and abdomen are smooth in the middle 

 and decorated with large crescent-shaped impressions at the sides. 

 The sternal process is very bluntly conical, with its anterior face 

 nearly vertical. The front tihio' are armed with three strong acute 

 teeth. 



Length 15-21 mm. ; breadth S-11 mm. 



United Provinces : Dehra Dun ; Bengal : Sahibganj, Pusa, 

 Purneah Dist., Berhampur ; Bombay; Surat ; Madras: Banga- 

 lore ; Ceylon. 



Type in the Paris Museum ; that of atromaculata in the Copen- 

 hagen Museum. 



The var. ceylonensls was described from a single example differing 

 from typical specimens only in a few small details which appear 

 to me of no importance; but in case further specimens should 

 prove these to have a greater value than I can at present assign 

 to them, I give the following description from the type specimen 

 kindly lent me by the Berlin Entomological National Museum. 



Var. ceylonensls. 



Black, with the head, legs aud lower surface shining and the 

 upper surface and pygidium opaque ; decorated with small greyish 

 spots upon the head, pronotum (a lateral and sublateral line of 

 spots on each side), scutellum (a spot in each angle), elytra, 

 pygidium, and the sides of the metasteruum and abdomen. The 

 spots are most closely aggregated behind the outer margins and 

 at the apices of the elytra, upon the pygidium aud the sides of the 

 body beneath. 



The form is as described above, but it is larger; the front 

 margin of the clypeus is straight, the sides of the prothorax are 

 angulated exactly in the middle and the base is angularly emar- 

 ginate before the scutellum. There are a few coarse punctures 

 close to the sides. The scatellum is rather long and narrow. The 

 elytra are coarsely punctured in irregular rows and the alternate 

 intervals are elevated. The pygidium is coarsely rugose, the 

 middle of the metastermmi and abdomen sparsely punctured, and 

 the sides decorated with large crescent-shaped impressions. The 



