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than the fourth; thorax not more than twice as broad as long, the 

 sides rounded, narrowly margined, the margin reflexed, the 

 anterior angles obllquely thickened, the surface impunctate, scutel- 

 lum triangular; elytra convex, minutely and rather closely 

 punctured, the latéral margins rather tlaltened, preceded by a 

 groove, below and the legs coloured like the upper side, posterior 

 tiblae deeply sulcate. 



Hab. Anamalais. 



Closely allied to several other Eastern species, but principally 

 distinguished by the much less transversely shaped thorax, thia 

 character and the much more slender and elongate antennse 

 séparâtes the species also from S. af/înis Jac. and S, nigricornis 

 Baly. 



ARGOPISTES QUADRIMACULATUS sp. n. 



Rounded, convex, testaceous, thorax finely granulate, elytra 

 very closely and finely punctured, with two black spots each, one, 

 rounded, near the scutellum, the other more elongate, below the 

 middle. 



Var. Elytra wilhout spots. 



Length 3 mill. 



Head nearly hidden in the thorax, impunctate, lower portion of 

 face concave, antennse closely approached at the base, fulvous, the 

 intermediate joints sometimes fuscous, the second and third joint 

 small, equal, the fourth longer, the others slightly more elongate ; 

 thorax strongly transverse, at least three times broader than long, 

 narrowed anteriorly if viewed from above, the sides rather strongly 

 deflexed, the anterior angles thickened, posterior margin sinuate, 

 the surface extremely minutely punctured and granulate, scutellum 

 triangular, elytra extremely closely and scarcely more strongly 

 punctured than the thorax, v^ith a round black spot near the 

 scutellum and another more elongate one below the middle, 

 posterior femora very strongly incrassate, their tibise broadly 

 dilated at the apex, deeply sulcate and ending into a point laterally, 

 also provided with a spur, the metatarsus elongate. 



In the variety the elytra are without spots, other difïerences are 

 not visible. 



ORTHAEA FULVA sp. n. 



Rounded and strongly convex, pale fulvous, the apical joints of 

 the antennse black, head impunctate, thorax strongly transverse, 

 very fmely punctured, elytra strongly punctured in closely approa- 

 ched rows. 



Length 5 mill. 



