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sinuation just behind the middle, then gradually rounded to 

 the ajiex; inner apical angles rounded: each elytron with an 

 elongate spot near the shoulder, a much larger spot considerably 

 before the middle, a broad fascia behind the middle, and the 

 apex black. Length 7-10 mm. 

 Valdivia, Chili (Germain). 



Besides the great dissimilarity in the pattern and cohii'atiou 

 of the elytra, this insect differs from Lioschema nthrovarhim in 

 having the metasternum rather more strongly punctured, and 

 the prothorax rather more abruptl}^ roimded at the sides. The 

 males of L. gennami aho appear to have the apex of the pygidium 

 more sharply pointed than those of the other species. 



Although judging from the words '• elytris nigris rufo pictis" 

 in the description of L. rnbrovarium , MM. Fairmaire and Germain 

 have considered this form as a variety, I cannot coincide in this 

 view. M. Germain himself seems to have been undecided on 

 this point, for I possess a specimen from his collection labelled 

 in his own handwriting " Lios. sp. nov. aut rubrovarium var.?" 

 I have examined a considerable number of specimens of these 

 insects, and have come to the conclusion that they do not vary 

 materially in colour or markings, and have, therefore, dedicated 

 the form described above to M. (Termain. 



TROGOSITIDtE. 



IIELOTA. 



MacLeay, Annulosa Javanica, p. 42 (1825). 



Reitter has (Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. xx, p. 31), and I think 

 Avith reason, placed this genus in a separate subfamily at the 

 head of the Trogositidcc. 



List of Species. 



Helota vigorsi. 



Helota vigorsi, MacLeay, Ann. Jav., p. 43, pi. i, hg. 9. 

 India, Java, Malacca. 



Helota servillei. 



Helota servillei, Hope, Col. ]\Ian., vol. iii, p. 187, pi. iii, lig. 4. 

 Bengal, Foonah, Travaucore. 



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