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lower surface shining black ; decorated with pale yellow markings 

 consisting of two or more minute spots placed transversely across 

 the middle of the pronotum, one on each mesosternal epimeron, 

 an irregular median patch upon each elytron, reaching the outer 

 but not the inner margin, and a transverse patch adjoining the 

 apical margin, a minute spot (often absent) on each side of the 

 pygidium, and a double series on each side of the abdomen. 



Moderately elongate and not very convex above. The head is 

 closely and rather finely punctured and deeply notched in front. 

 The protliorax is rather strongly but irregularly punctured and the 

 eh/tra are coarsely punctate-striate. The pygidium is sculptured 

 with fine transvei'se punctures, the metasternnm finely rugose and 

 clothed with tawny hairs, and the abdomen very sparingly punctured. 

 The sternal process is short, stout and blunt. 



cJ . The abdomen is faintly channelled beneath and the pro- 

 thorax is more tapered anteriorly than in the female, with the 

 sides almost straight. 



Length 13-17 mm. ; breadth 7-8 mm. 



Assam: Silhet; Burma: K.^ven-ni {Dohert)j\Vegw. {Atlcinson')-^ 

 Tenasserim : Plapu, Moulmeiu (Z. Fea, May 1887). 



Tgi^e in the British Museum. 



159. Clinteria oberthuri, sp. n. 



Deep copper-colour or black, with the pronotum, elytra and 

 pygidium opaque and the lower surface very thinly hairy. There 

 is a minute pale yellow spot on each side of the middle of the 

 pronotum, and each elytron is decorated with a pale yellow median 

 patch at the outer margin, \\\i\\ a short lobe directed towards the 

 suture, and a lunate apical spot at the posterior margin, not quite 

 reaching the suture. There is a minute spot in each lateral angle 

 of the pygidium and a single or double row of spots on each side 

 of the abdomen beneath. 



The body is moderately elongate and depressed, slightly tapering 

 behind. The head is not very long, feebly sinuated at the front 

 margin, coarsely and closely punctured, with a rugose pit on each 

 side between the eyes. The j)ronotum is thinly punctured, feebly 

 curved at the sides, and broadly and bluntly lobed behind. The 

 elytra are punctate-striate, strongly sinuated behind the shoulders 

 and rounded at the apical angles. The pygidium is closely striated 

 transversely, the metastemum coarsely rugose at the sides, and the 

 abdomen very coarsely punctured beneath. The sternal process is 

 horizontal, conical and bluntly produced, and the front tibia bears 

 three acute teeth. 



The sexes are almost identical. 



Length 14-1.5 mm. : breadth 7-o-8"5 mm. 



Sikkim : Karsiang {li. P. Bretandeau). 



Type in the British Museum ; co-types in coll. E. Oberthiir. 



The species is exceedingly like C. dacalis, but the clypeus is a 



