112 CHARADRONOTA CURVATA. 



tibiae more obtuse, the markings on the underside are 

 also smaller and those on the upper surface which are yellow 

 in the male are, perhaps owing to artificial causes, of a 

 red-brown colour. 



Ma c r m a ob e r t h iir i, n. sp. 



Head finely punctured , clypeus rounded and depressed 

 at the sides , widened in front , the apex rounded and slightly 

 raised ; shining black , the clypeus pale yellow narrowly 

 margined with black; antennae black, the club red-brown. 

 Thorax with coarse oblong punctures at the sides, the 

 disc very sparsely and finely punctured , the base slightly 

 produced in the middle over the scutellum ; shining black . 

 a broad lateral border extending inwardly along the base 

 and nearly united before the scutellum and a narrow trans- 

 verse band close to the anterior margin and interrupted 

 in the middle pale yellow , the lateral bands marked with 

 a small black spot in the middle. Scutellum black, impress- 

 ed at the base and impunctate. Elytra with sparse shal- 

 low irregular punctures on the disc, the base obsoletely 

 punctured , the sides behind the middle and the apex stri- 

 gose ; ochreous yellow , paler towards the apex , a very 

 narrow sutural border , a lateral border widened posteri- 

 orly and the apex black. Pygidium shining black, with 

 three longitudinal carinae , the central one acute , the others 

 obtuse and converging towards the apex , the impressed 

 parts finely strigose. Beneath shining black , the outer parts 

 and a small spot on each side of the metasternum and 

 exposed parts of the posterior coxae pale yellow , abdo- 

 men of the male deeply impressed in the centre. — Length 

 18—19 mm. 



Yerkalo, Thibet (Biet). 



This species is closely allied to M, xanthorina Hope and M. 

 mirahilis Faldm. ; compared with the former it is of a rather 

 more slender form with the clypeus a little broader iu 

 front, the thorax is narrower at the base with the cen- 



^otes from tlie Leyden ]yiu.seizm , Vol. X. 



