EURYDEMA. 191 



iipical margin greyish : body beneath and legs hiteous ; lateral 

 margins of sternum and abdomen orange-yellow, and both with 

 lateral and central series of transverse black spots, those on the 

 abdomen sometimes fused as in above figure, and a series of small 

 marginal black spots at apices of incisures ; antennse, rostrum, 

 tibiae, tarsi, and apices of femora more or less black ; body above 

 finely punctate. 



Length 8 to 9 millim. 



Hah. Silihim. Assam ; Margherita (Dohert'f), Khasi and Naga 

 Hills (CheimeU). Burma; Teinzo, Bhamo (Fea). — A common 

 Javan species, and received from China and Sumatra. 1 also 

 l)Ossess a Queensland specimen wliich is apparent!}' conspecific. 



313. Eurydema litiirifenim, ij'alk. (Strachia) Cat. Hot. W, p. :'5:?6 



(18(J7). 



Eurydema vicarium & rav. suppleiis, Hon-. Termez. Fuxeteh, xii, 

 p. 32 (1889). 



AlYiQ&Xo E. inilclu-um,h\xt head not so broadly margined witli 

 ochraceous and with three reddish-ochraceous spots, one central 

 near base, and the other two on lateral lobes ; pronotum, scu- 

 tellum, and corium marked as in E. jiulcJintm, but corium with 

 the posterior lateral margin ochraceous : body beneath with the 

 black spots much smaller ; body longer, upper surface more dis- 

 tinctly punctate. 



Var. In some specimens the four discal spots on tlie pronotum 

 are obliterated. 



Length 10 millim. 



Huh. tSikhim ; Mungphu (AfJcinson Coll.). Burma : Teinzo 

 {Fea). 



314. Eurydema festivum, Liun. (Cimex) 8i/st. Naf. ii, p. 723 (1707) ; 



Dist. Sec. Yarkand Miss., llhynch. p,G (1879) ; Rent. Ilec. (VEnt. 

 iii, p. 68 (1884), et syii. 



Closely allied to E. Utariferiim, but shorter and naore ovate ; 

 liead either wholly black, with two spots, or with three as in 

 Walker's species. Beyond the size and shape of the body, which 

 appear to be constant characters, thei'e is little to separate this 

 Palaearctic species, which just enters North-western India, from 

 E. litui-ifcruin, which does not appear to extend farther west than 

 ISikhim. 



Length 8 to 9 millim. 



Hah. Kashmir ; 8ind A'^allej^ (StoUczl-a). — Distributed through- 

 oat the Patearctic Eegion ; I possess specimens from Madeii-a, 

 Morocco, and Eastern Turkestan ; it is also found in X.AV. Siberia 

 iiud at Astracan. 



