144 Mr. O. E. Janson's Notices of 



A very variable species apparently most nearly allied to G. 

 moluccainim^ Wall., whicli it resembles in its elongate form ; in a 

 long series of specimens before me some have the spots very 

 large and conspicuous whilst in others they are scarcely 

 preceptible. 



Glycyphana nicoharica, n. sp. 



G. supra laete viridis, opaca, capite nigro albo bimacnlato, 

 thorace marginibus maculisque quatuor albis, elytris maculis 

 septem albis ornatis, subtus iiitida, lateribus albis. Long. 12 mm. 



Head black, slightly shining, with two small white S2:)ots at the 

 base, closely punctured, the punctures coarser and confluent at 

 the sides and base, margins of clypeus depressed, apex slightly 

 emarginate and impressed. 



Thorax transverse, strongly rounded l^ehind, slightly emargin- 

 ate above the scutellum, opaque green, a large spot at the 

 anterior angles continued narrowly along the lateral margins, and 

 four small spots on the disc white, sides coarsely punctured and 

 hirsute. 



Soitellnin obtuse at the apex, opaque green, impunctate. 



Kljitra with numerous shallow, elongate punctures arranged 

 in rows on the disc, irregular and setiferous at the sides and 

 apex, opaque green, with seven white spots on each, one on the 

 disc near the base, one just below it at the margin, three in a 

 row along the suture (the third lieing at the apex), and two 

 larger, transverse, on the margin l^ehiiul the middle, the epimera 

 are also white. 



Pycjidium strigose with a smooth, elevated longitudinal line, 

 red with a white angular mark on each side. 



Beneath brownish-green, shining, pimctured and hirsute, with 

 large white 2)atches at tlie sides, apex of abdomen reddish ; 

 mesosternal process short, Ijroad, slightly rounded and trans- 

 versely grooved at the apex ; legs shining black, punctured and 

 hirsute, trochanters reddish, anterior tibite with three acute 

 lateral teeth. 



Hab. Nicobar Islands. 



Allied to G. gJaiica, Blanch., and G. aromatica. Wall., two 

 specimens now before me (apparently females), and several 

 others which I have seen exhibit no marked variation. 



