,134 CLRCrLlOXID.l-. 



sides, tlis upper surface closely granulate and without any central 

 furrow, the extreme apices of the granules bare. Scutdlum tri- 

 angular. Elytra jointly sinuate at the base, gradually narrowing 

 behind from the shoulders, the apices separately pointed, the 

 punctures in the striae diminishing behind, the intervals broader 

 than the stria?, smooth, almost plane and with very short de])ressed 

 white setse. Legs piceous, with dense scaling ; the tibia? with 

 shallow dorsal furrows, the hind pair with the internal apical 

 angle produced and the corbels almost transverse to tlie long axis,, 

 their apex produced dorsally into a sharp acute angle; the front 

 coxfe contiguous. 



Anal segment of the § rounded at the apex and with the 

 margin slightly raised, with a short basal stria on each side in 

 both sexes. 



Length, 12g -18| mm. ; breadth, 5|-7;j mm. 



Madras: Berhampur {E. T. Atkinson). Bengal: Konbir, 

 Chota Nagpur (C«rc^o«); Dacca; Sahibganj (Ind. Mus.) ; Pusa, 

 Bihar (T. B. Fletcher). Stkkim : Mungphu {E. T. Atlinson). 

 Assam: Tej\mt (Desenne — Pusa Coll.). Bukma : Shwegu (-Fm). 



Tifpe in the Copenhagen University Museum ; of variabilis at 

 Stockholm. 



Schonherr (I. c.) suggested that Curcidio achdtus, Oliv., might 

 be the grey form of this species ; Avhile Paust has assigned that 

 name to specimens which he separates specifically from A. chrgso- 

 cJilorus. Through the kindness of Dr. Heller I have been able to 

 examine two of these specimens, and I cannot regard them as 

 specifically separable from Wiedemann's species. Unfortunately 

 M. P. Lesne informs me that he cannot recognise Olivier's type 

 with certainty in the Paris Museum Collection, from which it was 

 described. But seeing that Olivier definitely gives Surinam as 

 the locality of his insect, there may yet be found a South Ameri- 

 can species which can be referred to it. If the name is to be used 

 for an Indian insect, Olivier's crude figure agrees best with the 

 species here described as A. neglectns, sp. nov. 



92. Astyciis flavovittatus, Pasc. 



Astycusjlaiovittatvs, Pascoe,* Cist. Ent. ii, 1880, p. 588. 

 Astycus q/iadriviryatus, Desbrochers des Loges, C. E. Eut. See. 

 Belg. 1891, p. cccliv. 



Colour black, with dense metallic green scaling, each elytron 

 having two broad golden yellow stripes, one on interval 2 and 

 half of 3, the other partly on intervals 7 and 8 ; these stripes 

 unite broadly near the apex and almost meet at the base. 



The only constant external structural characters by which this 

 species can be distinguished from A. chrysochlurvs, "\Vied., are 

 that the rostrum is slightly convex dorsally, the lateral margin 

 being less sharply defined and the sides less steep ; the second 

 joint of the funicle is distinctly longer than the first ; the elytra 

 are proportionately much narro^^•er, the basal margin being more 



