GLYCTPHANA. 125 



epimera, three discoidal aud four marginal spots on each elytron 

 (the 4th occupying the apical angle), two spots at the base and 

 two in the lateral angles of the pygidium (sometimes coalescing), 

 and the entire sides of the sternum and abdomen. 



The form is depressed, moderately elongate, parallel- sided and 

 scarcely narrowing behind. The head is densely punctured and 

 moderately notched in front. Thepronotum is sparsely punctured, 

 narrower than the elytra, with the sides strongly converging in 

 front aud well rounded behind, the posterior augles obsolete and 

 the base very feebly and broadly emargiiiate before the scutellura. 

 The latter is short, moderately broad at the base aud very blunt at 

 the apex. The elytra are feebly punctured, strongly sinuated 

 behind the shoulders, and sharply angular but not spinose at the 

 apical angles. The pygidium is concentrically striated and the 

 metasternum and abdomen are strongly punctured except in the 

 middle. The sternal process is truncated and very short. 



The sexes are alike, but the (5 is distinguishable by the shorter 

 and sharper spurs of the hind tibiae. 



Length 12-13 mm. ; breadth 5'5-6 mm. 



NiCOBAB Is. 



Type in coll. 0. E. Janson. 



Some examples of a closely related Australian species, G. con- 

 spersa, G. & P., almost exactly resemble this in size, colour and 

 markings, but they are always a little broader and more strongly 

 punctured. 



102. Glycyphana nepalensis. 



Glycyphana nepalensis, Kraatz,* Deutsche JEnt. Zeitschr, 1894, 



p. 294. 

 Glvcyphana aspera, Gestro (nee Wallace), Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) 



i, 1891, p. 847. 



Dull olive-green, witli the pygidium brick-red, the pronotum 

 and pygidium opaque, the scutellum and elytra moderately shining, 

 and the head, legs and lower surface very shining. There are pale 

 yellow markings consisting of a pair of minute spots behind the 

 eyes, a pair, widely separated, at the middle of the pronotum, and 

 another pair placed closer together in front of the last ; and about 

 eight minute spots on each elytron. The sides of the pygidium, 

 sternum and abdomen are also pale yellow. 



This is a very small, elongate and depressed species. The head 

 is densely punctured and not very strongly emarginate in front. 

 The pronotum is strongly punctured all over, narrower than the 

 elytra but distinctly transverse, with all the angles obsolete, the 

 sides strongly curved, and the base gently sinuated. The scutellum 

 is long, with curvilinear sides, and very blunt at the apex. The 

 elytra are coarsely punctate-striate, with the sides strongly sinuated 

 behind the shoulders, and the apical augles acute. The pygidium 

 is concentrically striated, and the sternum and abdomen are clothed, 

 like the legs, with short yellow sette, except along the middle line, 

 where they are smooth and shining. 



