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ilange a little before the middle of the outer margin. The 

 pygidium is fiat and oblique. 



Length, 14-17 mm. ; breadth, 8-9 mm. 



Madras: Coimbature {T. B. Fletcher, 8ept., Oct.), Bangalore, 

 300U ft.; Bombay: Surat (June), Khandesh, Dhulia (June); 

 Central Provinces: Nagpur {E. A. d'Abreu); Punjab: Lyail- 

 pur (July), Amballa (July) ; United Provinces : Dehra Dun 

 (Sept.); Bengal: Pusa (H. M. Lefroy, May, June), Chapra 

 (il/ac/ue«2iV), Calcutta, Chota Nagpur ; Sikkim ; Assam: Sibsagar; 

 Andaman Is. 



Type unknown ; that of A. fraterna in the Halle Museum ; 

 that of A. centralis in Dr. Ohaus' collection. 



This variable insect seems to be almost universal iu the plains 

 of India and is constantly attracted by light. I have received 

 specimens taken on Datura and also on Bhindi flowers. 



A. dorsalis var. («). 



Testaceous, with the vertex, extreme posterior margin of the 

 pronotum, scutellum (generally), elytral suture, hind tibiie and all 

 the tarsi black. 



Bengal : Chapra ; Madras : Podanur. 



A. dorsalis var. (6) centralis. 



Testaceous, with the vertex, pronotum (except the lateral 

 margins) and the elytra black, the clypeus, hind tibiae and all 

 the tarsi deep red. 



^ Punjab : Simla (Paris Mas.) ; Haiderabad : Secundarabad {A. 

 K. Weld Downing) ; Bengal : Chota JVagpur (Berl. Ent, Mus.). 



A. dorsalis var. (c) fraterna. 



Chestnut-red with the forehead, the scutellum and a jjarrow 

 sutural line dai-k. 



Bengal: Pusa {II. Maxwell Lefroy), Maldah {W. B. Irvine), 

 Khoolna (April); Central Provinces: Gwalior; Punjab: 

 Amballa (July). 



Section III. 

 1 (74) Non-metallic. 



'2 (3) Lower surface black ; front tibia hi- [p. 142. 



dentate transversa, Burm., 



3 (2) Pale-coloured (sometimes partly dark 



above) ; front tibia trideutate, with 

 a few exceptions.* 



4 (39) Longer claw cleft on the middle feet. 

 6 (6) Front margin of the clypeus gently 



excised bcnyalensis, BL, p. 143. 



6 (5) Front margin of the clypeus not ex- 

 cised. 



* A. anchoralis, nigrovaria, tincticeps, nilgircnsis, discors, variivestis, ma- 

 drasica, pellucida, and hlanchardi. 



