POLTZONUS. 



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or bands, ^Ybich are bordered with violaceous black, and placed 

 one at about one-fourtb from the base, the other at one-third trom 

 the apex ; the anterior spot directed obliquely forwards from near 

 the suture to the side, tbe posterior spot obliquely backwards trom 

 near the suture to tbe outer margin. Tbe antenn|B extenaed 

 past tbe apex of tbe elytra bv the last joint or two m the c? ; sixth 

 {o tenth ioints sbgbtly angulated at the apex, and only very little 

 broader than the preceding joints. Prothorax finely striated all 

 over the upper surface and at tbe sides, except on and just 

 around the short lateral tubercles ; tbe stria? transverse, those on 

 tbe middle and posterior part of tbe disc curved forwards 3ust 

 before they reach the middle line. Elytra finely and very densely 

 ruc^ulose-punctate ; distinctly and rather strongly rugulose at the 

 base around tbe scutellum and along tbe suture ; tbe yel ow bands 

 covered witb a very fine tawny pubescence. Body beneatb covered 

 with silvery-grev pubescence. Hind femora of the S not reaching 

 to the apei of the elytra. First joint of the bind tarsi a little 

 louo-er than the second and third united. Tifth abdominal segment 

 truncate, and the sixth sinuately emarginate at the apex, in 



the 6 . 



Lenath 16-21 ; breadtJi 3^-5 mm. 



Hah. Madras? (Walter Elliott) ; Assam; Mann^ur (Dohertij). 



Var. megaspilus, nov. 



In the sculpture of the prothorax and in coloration very like 

 tbe type, but with the yellow spots of the elytra larger and less 

 oblique ; the anterior spot extends to the outer margin but, not 

 quite to the suture and has its borders more or less angulated ; 

 the posterior spot reaches from the outer margin to the suture, 

 and thus forms a complete band across the elytron its hind 

 mar<-in sinuate or oblique and its front margin angled on the 

 middle oL" the disc. This variety attains to a larger size than the 

 type, and seems to be limited in its range to the southern part of 



India. 



Length 18-20 ; hreadtJi 4-6^ mm. 

 Hab. Mysore; Malabar; Nilgiri Hills. 



Var. microspihis, nov. 



This varietv differs from the type not only by the smaller size 

 of the yellow spots on the elytra, but to some extent also m the 

 sculptui4 of the prothorax. The anterior yellow spot is rounded 

 or obliquely oval and about equally distant from the suture and 

 the outer margin : the posterior spot is oblique, and reaches 

 almost or quite to the outer margin but not to the suture irs 

 inner end rounded and slightly distant^ from the suture. The 

 Brothorax is regularly striate at the sides and near the front 

 Clinasinthe^vpe; but on the middle of the disc_ the striaa 

 are more or less "interrupted or broken, a somewhat irregularly 



