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XTCIDJE. 



Conderis signicollis. 

 (Plate XV. fig. 1.) 



Calopteron signicolle, Kitsch, Mitt, aus d. k. zool. Mus. zu Dresden, 



1875. 

 Metriorrliynchus (gen. 28) festivus, Waterh., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, 



pp. 102 & 110. 

 Metiiorrhyiiclius (gen. 28) velutiuus, Waterh., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, 



p. 110. 



Niger : thorace quinqueareolato, lineis elevatis rubris ; elytris 

 rubris, qnadricostatis, interstitiis convexiusculis subinterruptis, ob- 

 solete biseriatim punctatis, unguiculis testaceis. c? , $ • 



Long. 4-6 lin. 



Hcib. Sumatra (Bti.rton). 



The male has the antenna^ only slightly more dentate than in the 

 female ; they are rather broad, and of nearly equal width through- 

 out in the typical specimen. 



In the British-Museum collection there are three female examples, 

 which differ from the type in having the antennae less broad, less 

 strongly dentate, more tapering towards the apex, and apparently, 

 also, rather shorter ; they have, moreover, the thorax entirely red. 

 One of these specimens was received from Sumatra with the type 

 examples, one is from India, and the other from Java from Mr. 

 Bowring. There is also a single example, without locality, having 

 the red thorax, which has the antenna; broad, as in the type 

 example. 



It seems best, at least for the present, to consider these specimens 

 varieties of the same sjiecies. 



The example which I named M. velutiuus (Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, 

 p. 110) has the mesial areolet of the thorax black, and the antennae 

 less robust ; but I believe this will prove to be a variety of C. signi- 

 collis, Kirsch. 



Conderis major. 

 (Plate XV. fig. 6.) 



Ferrugineo-niger ; thorace quinqueareolato, rufo ; scuteUo ely- 

 trisque rufis, his quadricostatis, interstitiis biseriatim fortiter punc- 

 tato-striatis. 2 • Long. 7 lin. 



Hab. Allahabad (J. C. Bowring, Esq.), Darjeeling (CajJt. Downes). 



Much larger and broader than the preceding species, and less 

 velvety. Thorax with the mesial areolet small, lanceolate, not 

 reaching the base nor the anterior margins. Scutellum obtuse at 

 the apex, not emarginate. Each interstice of the elytra has a 

 double row of very strong irregular quadrate punctures. 



