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30. Laccoptera philippinensis, Reiche. 



Voy. Pole. Sud., iv, p. 321, t. 18, f. 14. 

 Boh,, Mon. Cassid., vol. iii, p. 79. 



Two examples. 



Localities. — Mulang, Sarawak, i2-vii-i9io (Beebe); Kapte, 

 Sarawak, g-vii-igio (Beebe). 



Genus Metrionat Wiese. 



Insects with the following characters are placed in the genus 

 Metriona and are separated from Coptocycla. 



Claws with a tooth-like appendage at base, antennae not in 

 grooves round the eyes, the ridge on the anterior edge of prester- 

 num not interrupted, 3rd joint of antenna longer than 2nd. 



In Coptocycla the claws are simple (Weise, Deutsche. Ent. 

 Zeitschr., 1896, p. 13). 



31. Metriona circumdata (Herbst.) 



Boh., Mon. Cassid., 1855, vol. iii, p. 279. 

 Weise, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr., 1905, p. 125. 



Eighty-five examples. 



Localities, — Calcutta; Balighai, near Puri, Orissa, 16-20-viii- 

 1911 {Annandale 2ind Gravely)] Vaikam, Travancore, costal region, 

 5-xi-i9o8 (Annandale) ; Coromandel, S. India, 2500 ft., 23-X-1910; 

 Nilgiri Hills; Dehra Dun, foot of W. Himalayas. 



The varieties may be divided as follows : — 



, ^ ( colour dilute green . . var. d. 



Prothorax maculate J colour brown .. .. var. a. 



/Colour dilute green . . var, c. 



j ^elytral vittae 



j colour brown } dilute sanguinis var. b. 

 I C. elytral vittae black var. e. 



Prothorax immaculate 



Vars. a, 6, c, were proposed by Boheman. The large number 

 of examples before me warrants the division of this sp£cies into 

 five colour varieties. I, therefore, propose var. d and e as is shown 

 in the table 



In var. a the black mark in front of the scutellum varies in 

 shape and size. Generally it is a line scarcely reaching up to the 

 middle of the prothorax. The apex of this line, in some cases, 

 thickens and is produced into two horizontal lines curving inwards. 

 In others the black line is attenuated anteriorily, ver}" short, and 

 bifurcating. 



Var. dentatus, n. var. 



One example taken at Dehra Dun differs from all others in 

 having the elytral punctures deeper. Other characters being the 



