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spots and two very broad transverse asby-white bands — one sub- 

 median, tbe otlier apical, the base narrowly covered witb darker 

 grey pubescence ; one of the tbree wbite spots is at tbe suture 

 just behind the scutellum, the others are placed one on tbe disc of 

 each elytron a little in front of the submedian band. Body be- 

 neath ashy grey, the meso- and metathorax whitish at the sides, a 

 large white spot at each side of the first and second abdominal 

 segments. Anteunte, which extend a little past the middle of the 

 elytra, ashy grey ; third and fourth joints spiued at the apex, the 

 fifth also, but very feebly. Episterna of metathorax strongly 

 overlapped in front by the sides of the elytr?. 



Lenr/th 11 ; breadth 2| mm. 



B((h. Southern India : Nilgiri Hills. 



3(31. Demonax albicinctus, Ilojje (Clytus), Grai/'s Zool. Misc. p. 28 

 (1831). 

 Clytus iiliformis, Lap. et Gory, Hist. Nat. et Iconoyr. des Ins. Coleopt. 

 {Moyi. du (jenre Clytus), p. 95, i^l. 18, fig. 112 (1811). 



Black ; the elytra marked with three ashy-white bands ; the 

 first band, w hich is very narrow and whiter than the other two, 

 begins at the suture a little behind the scutellum, runs obliquely 

 backwards a short distance and then curves out to the edge of the 

 disc : the second crosses straight from the suture to the outer 

 margin a little behind the middle ; the third is placed transvex'sely 

 at the apex. Body beneath black, faiiitly covered with grey 

 pubescence, with spots of white pubescence on each side of the 

 mesothorax, metathorax and first abdominal segment. Autennse 

 scarcely reach past the middle of the elytra in the $ , a little 

 longer in the 6 : third, fourth and fifth joints spined at the apex, 

 the spine on the fourth distinct, that on the fifth minute. Pro- 

 thorax oblong-ovate, nearly as wide in the middle as the base of 

 the elytra, densely reticulate-punctate. Hind femora extend \xe\\ 

 beyond the apex of the elytra in both sexes. First joint of hind 

 tarsi twice as long as the second and third united. Episterna of 

 metathorax almost entirely overlapped in front by the sides of the 

 elytra. 



Length 7-9 ; breadth ]J-2 mm. 



Hab. Nepal. 



3G2. Demonax ascendens, Pascoe (Clvtus), Trans. Ent. Soc. (2) v, p. 27 

 (1859). 

 Ilhaphuma geuiculata, Chcvr. Mem. Soc. It. Set. Lieye, xviii, p. 280 

 (1863). 



Black ; head and prothorax very faintly veiled \\ith bluish-grey 

 pubescence, the prothorax with a median black spot above ; elytra 

 marked each with three ashy-grey bands and a \ev\ narrow wliite 

 one; the latter begins at the suture a little behind the scutellum, 

 diverges slightly from the suture as it passes backwards, and at 

 rather more than one-third from the base curves outwards to the 



