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287. Clytus montamis, Nonfried, Berl. cnf. Zeit. xxxviii, p. 337 (1893). 



"Blackish brown, clothed with dense and somewhat lono- 

 yellowish-brown pubescence ; the pubescence on the underside 

 light yellow, not so dense as on the upperside. The pubescence 

 on the head, the autennoe and thorax of even denseness, the eyes 

 reddish yellow. The thorax itself is strongly arched, cyhndrical, 

 narrowed anteriorly, the sides strongly curved outwards. The 

 clypeus rounded, somewhat paler in colour. Elytra parallel-sided 

 slightly broader at base, convex, ending posteriorly in two acute 

 spines ; very densely and finely punctured, clothed with lone- 

 pubescence ; marked with six blackish spots, of which two of 

 elongate shape are placed between the pronotal convexity and the 

 scutellum, two transversely in the middle, and two rounded ones 

 below these. Underside clothed with beautiful light yellow 

 pubescence, most densely between the breast and the abdominal 

 segments ; in the middle of the breast is a horseshoe-shaped mark 

 of red pubescence. Legs whitish on the outer side, yellow beneath, 

 the tarsi densely and completely covered with brown pubescence 



" Lengtli 10 mm." 



Hah. Manipur. 



288. Clytus minutissimus, Nonfried, Bed. eat. Zeit. xxxviii p 339 

 (1893). ' ^' 



" Dark nut-brown, dull, and densely pubescent, spotted with 

 white ; beneath some\\-hat shining, \ ery finely punctured with 

 short pubescence ; the lateral margins of the breast and of the 

 abdominal segments covered with dense matted pubescence. Head 

 with light grey pubescence. Antenna? longer than the head, with 

 dull brown pubescence. The collar strongly convex, with rounded 

 lateral mai-gins, densely punctured and clothed with matted orev 

 pubescence, with here and there solitary erect long hairs, the base 

 and the margins narrowly white. Scutellum rounded, very small, 

 grey in colour. Elytra massive, convex, parallel-sided, ending 

 posteriorly in two very small spines, covered densely with dark 

 nut-brown pubescence, spotted ^^■ith Mhite ; the spots are placed 

 in the following succession : — one arched spot on the pronotal 

 convexity, from whence it extends up to the suture ; a broader 

 transverse spot about the middle of the length of the elytra ; and, 

 lastly, a whiter spot in the angle of the suture. Underside, espe- 

 cially along the whole margin of the breast and abdominal segments, 

 with dense white pubescence. Legs long, nut-bro\^n, with very 

 short pubescence and erect brown solitary hairs. 



" Lemjih 6 mm." 



Hah. Manipur. 



