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thorax very narrowly bordered with yellow pubescence at tht 

 front margin and at the sides of the basal margin ; scutellum 

 yellow ; elytra ferruginous at the base, each marked with two 

 rather narrow bands of yellow pubescence — the first obliquely 

 transverse, placed a little before the middle, the second directly 

 transverse, at an equal distance behind the middle ; the first band 

 narrowed and slightly curved forwards at its inner end, not 

 reaching to the suture, the second gradually widened towards the 

 suture, which it reaches. Antennae distant at base, extending 

 little past the base of the elytra in the $ , the last seven joints 

 gradually thicker. Prothorax as wide in the middle as the base of 

 the elytra, narrowed towards the base, and only very slightly in 

 front, its length not greater than its width at the middle, the 

 surface very closely punctate all over. Body beneath dark brown, 

 «ith spots of yellow pubescence on the episterna of the meso- and 

 metathorax and on the sides of the first two abdominal segments. 

 Hind femora of 5 reach a httle past the apex of the elytra. 

 Pirst joint of hind tarsi longer than the remaining joints united. 



Leiuith 5|-S| ; breadth l\-2 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon: Dikoya district {G. Lewis), Peradeniya {E. E, 

 Greeii). 



Genus ISCHNODORA. 



Ischnodora, Chevr. Mem. Soc. R. Set. de Liege, xviii, p. 332 (1863) ; 

 Lacord.Gen. Coleopt. ix, p. 72 (1869). 



Type, I. macra, Chevr. 



Bcunje. India. 



Head subvertical in front; antennal supports feebly raised, 

 widely separated. Antennae not reaching to the middle of the 

 elytra, slender ; third joint longer than the first or fourth, fifth 

 subequal to the third, sixth to eleventh successively shorter and 

 thicker. Prothorax subcylindrical, much longer than broad, slightly 

 wider in the middle. Elytra long, narrowed slightly from the 

 base for about one-third of their length, parallel-sided for the rest, 

 scarcely or not at all narrowed at the apex, which is very broadly 

 truncate ; vertically deflexed at the sides in the anterior third, the 

 deflexed part gradually widened towards the base. 



29S. Ischnodora macra, Chevr. Mem. Soc. R. Set. de Lieae, xviii, p. 332 

 (1863). 



Long and narrow, brownish black ; head and prothorax with a 

 very faint grey pubescence ; scutellum bordered with white pubes- 

 cence ; each elytron marked with two narrow pale bands covered 

 with white pubescence — the first band begins near tlie scutellum, 

 runs close by the suture for a short distance, then slightly diverges 

 from it and at about one-third from the base turns and extends 

 obliquely to the outer margin ; the second is placed a little behind 

 the middle and crosses obliquely from the suture to the outer 



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