276 



CEEAMBTCTDJ5. 



326. Rhaphlima fallax, Cheir. 3Iem. Soc R. Sci.de Lierje, xviii, p. 276 

 (1863). 



Resembles R. 2)lacida, Pasc.,iu colour and structure, but differs 

 as follows : only one black spot (tbat at the apex) on each elytron ; 

 on the ventral side, the abdomen only black ; the antennae and 

 legs entirely yellowish testaceous. The front margin of the apical 

 black spot is almost transverse, with a slight angulation near the 

 middle, its hind border is, as in R. jylacida, covered with ashy-grey 

 pubescence ; on each elytron there is a small ashy-white spot 

 just behind the middle. The body beneath is banded ^^ ith white 

 pubescence in a manner very similar to R. pJac'ida. 



Length 13| ; breadth 2| mm. 



Hah. Bengal. 



327. Rhaphuma praeusta, Lameere, C. R. Soc. Ent. BeUj. 1890, 

 p. ccxii, 



Eesembles E. pJacida, Pasc. ; it is of the same colour above, the 

 head black, the prothorax and elytra testa- 

 ceous red, but there is only one black spot 

 on each elytron, that at the apex ; the 

 front margin of this spot is somewhat 

 rounded, the apical border is covered, as 

 in R. placida, with ashy-grey pubescence ; 

 there is a very small ashy-white spot 

 behind the middle of each elytron. On 

 the ventral side, the abdomen only is 

 black, the rest testaceous, banded with 

 white pubescence in a similar way to 

 R. placida. The legs and antenna? tes- 

 taceous, the hind femora sometimes 

 blacliish at the a^^ex. 



Lengtli 12 ; breadth 2| mm. 

 Hdh. Chutia jS'agpur. 

 This species is possibly not distinct 

 from R. frtJlax, Chevr., as it differs only in its somewhat more 

 distinctly reddish colour, and has the front margin of the apical 

 black spot of each elytron rounded instead of trans\erse. 



Fig. 93. 



Shaphuma prmusta, 



Lameere. 



328. Rhaphuma rhea, sp. n. 



Head black, somewhat sparsely covered ^vith ashy-white pubes- 

 cence ; prothorax dark red, very sparsely covered with tawny pubes- 

 cence, the basal margin on each side narrowly bordered \^it'h white ; 

 elytra yellowish testaceous, densely pubescent, marked each with 

 a round black spot a little before the apex. Antenna) testaceous, 

 as long as the body in the 6 , shorter in the $ ; third and fifth 

 joints subequal,each longer than the fourth and much longer than 

 the first. Prothorax oblong-ovate densely punctate above, not so 



