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me. I may mention that besides the secondary sexual 

 characters in the antennae, etc., the males of all the four 

 species liave the abdomen furrowed beneath. 



1. Clypeus emarginate at the apex. 



A. Antennae in the male very large, 

 the club nearly as long as the head. 



a. Base of thorax moderately lobed, 

 scutellum with an impressed yel- 

 low median line quadrilineata Hope. 



b. Base of thorax strongly lobed, 

 scutellum with yellow marginal 



line scenica G. & P. 



B. Antennae in the male with the 



club much shorter than the head . virgata Jans. 



2. Clypeus broad and entire at the 



apex Goryi Jans. 



1. T. quadrilineata Hope. 



This species has the clypeus emarginate at the apex, 

 the club of the antennae very large in the male , the tho- 

 rax is slightly narrowed at the base and but moderately 

 lobed behind, the scutellum is slightly sulcate with an 

 impressed and punctured yellow median line, the elytra 

 have a strong longitudinal discal carina , the pygidium 

 has only one central linear yellow spot, and the legs are 

 always entirely black. 



I have a specimen agreeing with Hope's type in having 

 the ground color of the elytra entirely black, and have 

 seen specimens intermediate between it and the ordinary 

 form. I also have examples in which there are scarcely 

 any indications of the usual black markings. It is repre- 

 sented in most collections and appears to be moderately 

 common in the Himalayan region of India. I have speci- 

 mens from Nepaul, Darjeeling and Assam. Mr. Doherty 

 has recently taken it in some quantity in N. Manipur. 

 Notes from tte Leyden IMuseum, Vol. XIV. 



