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Genus Prioptera, Hope. 

 4. Prioptera westermanni, Mannerh. 

 Boll,, Mon. Cassid.3 1850, vol. i, p. 45. 



Six examples. 



Localities. — Myawadi, Burmo-Siamese Frontier, Amherst dis- 

 trict, 900 ft., 24 — 26-xi-i9ii (F. H. Gravely); Shan Hills, Upper 

 Burma (/. C. Brown) ; Assam. 



5. Prioptera impustulata (Mannerh.). 

 Boh., Mon. Cassid., 1850, vol. i, p. 46. 



Two examples. 



Localities.— ColcnttSi, Nov. 18; Upper Tenasserim. 



6. Prioptera maculipennis, Boh. 

 Boh., Mon. Cassid., 1850, vol. i, p. 50. 



Five examples. 



Localities. — Dekhut BhuH, Nepal Terai, 30-iv-i907; Assam- 

 Bhutan Frontier, Mangaldai district, N.E., 26-xii-i9io (5. W. 

 Kemp). 



7. Prioptera lo-pustulata, Boh. 



Boh., Mon. Cassid., 1850, vol. i, p. 55. 



One example. 



Locality. — Misty Hollow, Dawna Hills, 400-2400 ft,, 22 — 30-xi- 

 1911 {F. H. Gravely). 



8. Prioptera decimmaculata, Boh. 



Boh., Mon. Cassid., 1850, vol. i, p. 60., 



Nineteen examples. 



Localities. — Siliguri, base of E. Himalayas, i-vii-1906; Sikkim, 

 E. Himalayas ; Dam Dim, base of E. Himalayas ; Cachar ; vShil- 

 iong, Assam Hills, 5000 ft.; Naga Hills; Sibsagar, Assam. 



There is a certain amount of variation in this species. It 

 chiefly consists in the colour which varies .between light yellow and 

 dark brown. The ultimate joints of the antcmnae are not always 

 black. The spots on the thorax and eh^tra are fairly constant in 

 size. 



P. pallidicornis. Boh. and P. decoiisignafa. Boh. are the same 

 as this species. 



9. Prioptera multiplagiata, Wagn. 

 Wagner, Mitt, Miinch. Ent. Ver. , v, p. 26. 



There are seven examples, all from the Andaman Islands, 

 including two specimens of one variety. In this variety one half 

 of the elytra is covered with a black patch, which proceeds diagon- 

 ally from the humerus up to the point where the explanate margin 



