LEIS. 121 



Leis Dunlopi, sp. n. 



Reddish-testaceous, thorax paler, with a basal spot (vai'iable in 

 size) in front of the scutellum, which is black; elytra with five 

 black spots, placed 1, 2, 1, 1; one on the callus, two transversely 

 placed before the middle (one near the margin, one near the suture); 

 one near the margin at three-fourths, one sublinear, close to the 

 suture, subapical (not touching the apex) ; body beneath and legs 

 testaceous. L. 3|- lin. India (Dublin, B.M.). 



In some specimens an additional spot is present near the suture. 



Leis cerasicolor, sp. n. 



Hemispherical, rich carmine-red, head, body, and legs dirty 

 orange; thorax black, anterior angles orange; scutellum black, 

 elytra carmine-red, the suture very narrowly edged with black, 

 and with two black fasciae; one just before the middle, narrowest 

 at the margin, and irregular along both edges; the other arcuate, 

 concave posteriorly at three-fourths, thus mclosing an apical spot; 

 the two fasciae faintly indicated on the epipleurae, the metaster- 

 num and base of the first ventral segment black. L. 1 lin. Bourou 

 (Wallace). 



Leis aterrima, sp. n. 



Similar to L. cerasicolor but entirely black, except the labrum, 

 the anterior edge of the clypeus, the anterior margin of the thorax 

 from the angle to the bottom of the emargination, the inner basal 

 angle of the elytral epipleurae, which are orange; punctuation 

 extremely fine and obsolete. L. 4 lin. Ceram (Wallace). 



Leis papuensis, sp. n. 



Again very similar to L. cerasicolor in form, but with the 

 punctuation clearer and more evident; the colour is reddish orange, 

 or even ochreous yellow; thorax black, the anterior angles mar- 

 gined tolerably broadly with ochreous from the middle of the sides 

 to the bottom of the emargination ; the elytra every where narrowly 

 margined with black, and with two black fasciae; the first is 

 - slightly oblique from the suture to the margin ; the second is 

 broader and more angulated than in L. cerasicolor. L. 4 lin. New 

 Guinea (Wallace). 



The metasternum at the sides and the exterior margin of the 

 epipleurae black. 



Var. suffusa. 



The black colour has extended down the elytra, leaving a quad- 

 rate spot at the humeral angle and a rounded subapical spot 

 orange; a very small orange dash in the broad black fascia shews 

 that it is composite. L. 4 lin. N". Guinea. I had at first re- 

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