868 Description of a new genus and species of Coleopjtera. 



towards tlie front, the line separating it from the head 

 obliterated in the middle, the apex notched, the margins, 

 the canthus of the eye and the mandibles black ; the apical 

 joint to the maxillary palpi piceous, deeply impressed 

 above. Thorax arched, broadest behind, narrowed in 

 front, very sparingly punctured, the anterior angles slightly 

 obtuse. There are eleven black spots placed as follows : — 

 two oblong spots in the middle of the front with a small 

 oblique spot on each side, a triangular spot on the lateral 

 margin ; an oblong spot in the centre near the posterior 

 margin, with a round spot on each side of it; a small 

 elongate spot on the posterior border just by the shoulder. 

 Scutellum in a curvilinear triangle, slightly transverse, 

 margined with black. Elytra scarcely broader than the 

 thorax at the base, enlarged posteriorly, rounded towards 

 the apex, the surface somewhat uneven, with some black 

 lines and spots placed as follows : on each elytron a small 

 spot a little below the scutellum, two others oblique 

 behind the middle, two small humeral spots, two others 

 near the margin, and lastly two flexuous parallel lines 

 reaching from the middle of the elytra to near the apex. 

 There is a line of punctures near the suture, another line 

 running obliquely from the shoulder to the first black spot 

 and after approaching the scutellum again descends and 

 joins the sutural line. The lateral and other spots are 

 bordered with large punctures. The underside of the 

 insect is pale yellow, with various spots and the borders of 

 the abdominal segments piceous. The tibiae are brownish 

 on the innerside ; the tarsi are black. 



Hab. India, Allahabad {Bowring). Coll. Brit. Mus. 



The markings and sculpture of the elytra are so unusual 

 in this insect that I was in doubt whether they might not 

 be the result of accident ; I have, however, now seen a 

 second smaller specimen from Darjeeling, which agrees in 

 every particular, and shows that these peculiarities are 

 natural to the species. 



