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Differa from nil other species in the peculiar yellow markiuf; of the elytra. 

 lUihiUit, America. Found abundantly by Mr. Smith in the island of Grenada, in 

 the West Indies. 



Sacium formosum, sp. n. 



L. c. \\ lin. = 1'37 mm. — Subovatum, valde convexum, nitidissimum, pilorum 

 fere expers, leviter et sat remote punctatum, pronoto rufo, elytris nigrescentibu.s, 

 macula maf;na ovali flava utristjue notatis; pronoto rufo, disco plus miuusve obscurato, 

 antice ovaliter rotuiidato, fortiter reHexo, et pellueide tlavo, distincte et sat remote 

 punctato, interstitiis f:;labriK, nitidis, margine basali leviter sinuatii, angulis rectis ; 

 fli/tris pronoto parum latioribus, dujilo longioribus, ante media latissimis, leviter et 

 remote punctatis, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, nigrescentibus, macula magna, ovali, 

 flavii pone media utrisque notatis, lateribus leviter marginatis, apicibus flaves- 

 centibus, modice rotundatis ; abdomine rufo, parum exserto ; pedibus atque antennis 

 brevibus, robustis, laete flavis. 



Body subovate, very convex, and very shining, almost without hair, faintly and 



rather remotely punctured, with the thorax red, and elytra black with the apex 



and a large oval spot on each yellow. 

 Head moderate, rufescent ; eyes moderate ; antenna- short, robust, bright yellow. 

 Thorax red, more or less dusky on the disc, ovally rounded, much reflexed, and 



pellucid yellow in front, distinctly and rather remotely punctured with the 



interstices smooth and shining, basal margin slightly sinuated, with the angles 



right angles. 

 Sciitellum rather large, rounded at the apex. 

 Elytra rather broader and twice longer than the thorax, widest before the middle, 



lightly and remotely punctured with the interstices smooth and shining, black 



with a large, oval, bright yellow spot on each beyond the middle, sides slightly 



margined, extremities liavesccnt, moderately rounded. 

 Abdovun red, not much exposed. 

 Le^s robust, bright yellow. 

 Under jmrts castaneous, venter rufescent. 

 Differs from S. ocellatian in its rather larger size, broader form, longer thorax, 



much larger and dififerently placed spots, and concolorous suture of the elytra, 



and in sculpture. 

 Habitat, Asia. Found in Ceylon by Mr. Lewis. 



Sacium fenestratum. 



Arthrolipsfcncstrattis, Keiller (Artltrolips) Verb. Zool.-bot. Ges. p. 155-194, 1878. 

 6'. occellatum, Matthews, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Col. ii. pt. i. p. Ill, tab. iii. figs. 14, 14a. 



L. c. iS~}o li°- = 1'25 — 1 mm. — Elongato-ovale, modice convexum, nitidum, 

 pilis brevibus aureis vestitum, rufo-i)iceum, pronoto plus minusve tlavescenti, 

 elytris fascia angusta luniformi Hava intra apices, atque macula magna, rotundata 

 flava in disco, notatis ; pronoto parvo, antice augustato, margine auteriori modice 

 reflexa, minute sed distincte punctato, interstitiis nitidis, linea basali sat profunda, 

 margine basali sinuata, angulis fere rectis ; elytris sat brevibus, ijronoto latioribus, 

 fere duplo longioribus, prope humeros latissimis, confertim et sat profunde 

 punctatis, stria suturali profunda, postice attenuatis, apicibus rotundatis ; pygidio 

 longe exserto, flavescenti ; pedibus atque antennis la?te flavis. 



Body elongate-oval, moderately convex, shining, clothed with short golden hair, 

 rufo-])iceous with the thorax more or less flavescent, and a crescent-shaiied 

 yellow fascia near the apex, and a large round yellow spot on the hinder part 

 of the disc of the elj-tra. 



