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obliquely fomvards to the side ; (3) a very broad yellowish-grey 

 band crosses the elytra behiud the middle, has its front margiii 

 somewhat rounded and its hind margin straight ; (4) an ill-detined 

 dark grey band at the apex. Antenna? almost as long as the 

 body in the d , about one-tifth shorter than it in the $ ; first four 

 or five joints black, the rest cinereous ; third and fourth with a 

 long spine at the apex, fifth as a rule unarmed, but occasionally 

 with a distinct spine at the apex. Prothorax oblong-ovate, as 

 wide in the middle as the base of the elytra. Elytra shortly spiued 

 at the outer angles of the truncate apex. Body beneath black ; 

 with a dense white pubescence formed into spots on the epimera 

 of the meso- and metathoras, and spread over the whole of the 

 second abdominal segment as well as the postero-lateral parts of 

 the first ; the sterna covered less densely with a greyish or white 

 pubescence. Legs black, sparsely setose, faintly pubescent ; the 

 fejuora distinctly but not very thickly punctured ; first joint of 

 the hind tarsus slightly longer than the remaining joints united. 



Lenr/th 10-14 ; breadth 2^-3^ mm, 



Hab. Southern India : Anaimalai Hills (iT. L. Andrewes). 



348. Demonax reticoUis, Gahan, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoc. xxxiv p '>8, 

 pl. 1, tig. 7 (1894). '" '^•~' 



Narrow and elongate ; black, the head and prothorax covered 

 with greyish pubescence, the prothorax white at the basal margin 

 on each side ; scutellum white. Elytra dark brown, somewhat 

 lighter in colour towards the base, marked with bands of ashy- 

 white pubescence ; the first band begins at the base close to the 

 scutellum, follows the suture for some distance, then diverges 

 from it and at about one-third from the base runs transversely to 

 the side but does not quite reach the outer margin ; the second 

 band is placed transversely a little behind the middle and is slightly 

 prolonged anteriorly at the suture ; the third band, also transverse, 

 IS placed at the apex. Body beneath grey, the sides of the breast 

 and of the first two abdominal segments whitish. Antennfe 

 covered with grey pubescence, a little shorter than the body in the 

 $ ; third and fourth joints armed each with a rather long'slender 

 spnie at the apex. Prothorax oblong-ovate, covered above and at 

 the sides with shallow punctures, the interstices very narrow and 

 feebly raised, forming a reticulation. 



Length 13 mm. 



IJab. Bunna : Kareuee (Feci). 



349. Demonax walkeri, Pascue (Clvtus), Trans. Ent. Soc. (•>) V p -yj 

 (1859). ' ^ ; , p. -/ 



Black ; densely covered above with ashy-grey pubescence ; pro- 

 thorax marked with two round black spots above ; elytra marked 

 each with three large black spots that extend from the outer 



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