144 cuECIJLTO^'ID.l:. 



A. limbatus var. hampsoni, nov. 



This differs from ty|)ical specimens in lia\iDg a narrow line of 

 green scaling along the sutui'e of the elj'tra, while the broad 

 lateral stripe is continued right up to the base, its outward ex- 

 tension near the base being nnich narrower and often absent ; on 

 the prothorax the d has no lateral green marking, and the $ has 

 a broad lateral green stripe which is sharply defined on both 

 edges, while in limbatus the whole side and undersurface is 

 covered with green scales. 



Lear/th 6|-10 mm. ; breadth 2^-4^ mm. 



Types S $ in the British Museum. 



I can detect no difference in the male genitalia of these two 

 forms. 



104. Astycus griseus, Deshr. 



Asti/cus yriseiis, Desbrochers des Loges,* C. 11. Soc. Ent. Belg. 

 1891, p. cccUv. 



Colour black, with rather thin grey or brownish scaling, often 

 with a slight metallic reflexion ; in the darker examples there is 

 an ill-defined paler lateral stripe on the prothorax and elytra and 

 a pale central stripe on the former. 



Head with scattered coarse punctures and fine ones in between, 

 the forehead convex, the central furrow of the rostrum ascending 

 it for only a very short distance, and with a narrow longitudinal 

 furrow above each eye ; eyes oval, slightly prominent. Rostrum 

 scarcely longer than broad, parallel-sided, plane and finely punctate 

 above, with a narrow central furrow and on eacli side t>.\'0 lateral 

 carinas enclosing a broad and deep longitudinal impression. An- 

 tennce red-brown, the funicle witli joint 1 longer than 2, 3 and 4 

 subequal, 7 conical and about as long as broad. Prothorax a 

 little broader than long, its sides rounded, broadest behind the 

 middle, constricted near the base and the apex, the basal margin 

 truncate, the upper surface closely and coarsely granulate, except 

 along the apical margin, with a narrow central furrow reaching 

 from the base almost to the apex. SctUelhim transverse. Elytra 

 rather narrow at the shoulders, the sides slightly rounded, a little 

 broader behind tlie middle, especially in the 5 , punctato-striate, 

 the punctures smaller but distinct behind, the intervals broad, 

 smooth and slightly convex, the sette short, broad and subflepressed, 

 those at the sides not longer or more numerous and lying longitu- 

 dinally. Leijs black, with grey scaling ; the tibia? not sulcate, the pos- 

 terior pair not produced internally at the apex and with the corbels 

 sliglitly ascending the dorsal edge; the front coxse contiguous. 



Anal segment of the $ rather concave. 



Length, 4^-(i| mm. ; breadth, 1^-4 mm. 



BE]!fGAL : Barwa, Chota Nagpur (Crtrt^on). Bombay: Dharwar. 



Tyjpe in the Brussels Museum. 



