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nd apex, with two transverse yellow bands, placed one a little 



before, the other just behind the middle, the posterior band 



usually a little the broader of the two, and the intervening space 



about equal to it in breadth ; antenna) with the first joint blue, 



tlie rest black ; tibisB and tarsi black ; body 



beneath covered with silvery -grey pubescence. 



.Head, prothorax and first antenna! joint 



very densely rugulose-punctate ; the head 



somewhat elongated below the eyes ; the 



prothorax sometimes more or less violaceous 



on the middle of the disc. !Scutellum finely 



and rather densely puuctulate. Elytra finely 



and very densely punctate, the punctures a 



little larger and more distinct on the dark 



band next the base, i'emora dark blue, or 



^-^ sometimes in great part black ; densely 



Annhisrn!r^,White, punctate ; the_ hind pair extend very little 



^. X 't- beyond the hnid margin of the posterior 



yellow band of the elytra in both sexes. 



Eifth and sixth abdominal segments of the c? minute at the apex, 



the sixth half at least as long as the fifth and always distinctly 



visible ; fifth segment of 2 rounded at the apex. 



Length 14-19 ; breadth 3—4 mm. 



Hab. Sikhim : Darjeeling, Mungphu ; Burma : Bhanio, Teinzo, 

 Karenee {Fea), Moulmein ; Siaiu ; Malay Peninsula ; 8. China. 



247. AnuMs rostratus, Bates, Cist. Ent. ii, p. 412 (1879). 



Eelatively a little narrower than A. inermis. White ; of a some- 

 what brassy dark-blue colour ; the elytra deeper blue, opaque in 

 the middle, marked with two transverse fulvous-yellow bands ; 

 body beneath covered with silky pubescence which has a somewhat 

 golden gloss. Head strongly elongated and narrowed between 

 the eyes. Antennae of d do not exceed the body in length. 

 Prothorax gradually narrowed in front, densely subrugosely 

 punctured, with a short smooth fine along the middle of the disc. 

 Elytra obtusely rounded at the apex. Sixth abdominal segment of 

 the d" very long, longer than the fourth and fifth united. 



Length 19 mm. 



Hab. Burma : Karenee (Fea) ; Cochin China : Saigon. 



248. Anubis bipustulatus, Thoms. Sijst. Ceramh. p. 569 (1865). 



Metallic green or, more rarely, dark blue and uitid ; legs and an- 

 tenna) black ; elytra marked each with a yellow spot placed towards 

 the side at about one-third of its length from the apex, the spot 

 bordered with violaceous ; body beneath covered with silvery-grey 

 pubescence. Head rather short below the eyes ; densely rugulose- 

 punctate. Antenna) scarcely thickened towards the apex. Pro- 

 thorax rounded in the middle at each side, constricted at the base; 



