202 ASPIDIMERUS. 



Aspidimerus. 



Mtrfs. Spec. p. 944 (typ. Speneii). 



Prosternum produced in front covering the men turn, labrum 

 hidden by the clypeus, tibiae entirely hidden by the femora, which 

 are received into grooves in the 1st ventral segment; epiplenrae 

 obsolete after the posterior femora, thorax margined at the base, 

 punctuation uniform. 



Aspidimerus Speneii.* 



Aspidimerus Speneii, Jfuls. Spec. p. 945. 1 (T). 

 India (Hop). 



Aspidimerus Mouhoti, sp. n. 



Ovate, fulvous, spotted with black, closely and rather strongly 

 punctate ; head fulvous, thorax black, rufo-piceous in front, 

 anterior angles with a fulvous subquadrate spot; elytra fulvous, 

 suture broadly, external margin narrowly (interrupted behind) 

 black, 3 tolerably large spots, 1 on the callus, 2 a little behind the 

 middle transversely placed (touching the suture and the external 

 margin), apex triangularly black ; body beneath rufo-piceous. L. 

 2| lin. Laos (Mouhot). Kindly ceded to me by Mr E. Saunders. 



Aspidimerus Ariasi. 



Aspidimerus Ariasi. Muls. Op. in. p. 137 (1853) T. 



Suborbiculate, head fulvous, thorax black, anterior margin 

 (very narrowly) and the anterior angles fulvous; elytra fulvous 

 with a large common discoidal spot, and each with 2 dots (1 dis- 

 coidal about the middle, 1 a little before the apex) and the apical 

 margin narrowly black. L. 1^ lin. India (Deyrolle). 



Aspidimerus fulvocinctus * 



Aspidimerus fulvocinctus, Mais. Op. in. p. 138 (1853). 



"Bricvement ovale, pubescent. Thorax noir borde de roux 

 testace aux angles de devant, elytres noires, ornees chacune d'un 

 bordure externe d'un roux testace* couvrant les f externes de la 

 largeur et le tiers posterieur de la suture." L. lg lin. Asia 

 (Motschulsky). 



Var. fulvivestis; elytres entierement d'un roux testae!. 



Aspidimerus stellaris* 



Aspidimerus ? stellaris, Mule. Op. vn. p. 151 (1857). 

 Aspidwnertu nigrovittatus, Mats. Bull. Mbac. xxxix. p. 424. 

 Subovatus, convexus, nitidus, sparsim puberulus, pallida fiavus, 

 elytris utrinque vitta lata nigra, apice non attinguenda. L. 1 lin. 



(Nura Ellin) Ceylon. 



