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constricted at the latter place; scutellum black, its apex pointed, 

 eljtra finely punctured in irregular double rows, flavous, each 

 with a subtriangular large patch on the shoulder, not extending 

 to the suture but nearlj to the middle, a transverse laterally 

 strongly narrowed band below the middle and the extrême apex, 

 black, below and the legs black, the anterior tibiœ flavous at the 

 base, rather widened near their apex; fist joint of the posterior 

 tarsi slightly longer than the following one. 

 Hdb. Dalhousie, Himalayas. 



Clythra kanaraensis n. sp. 



Head, breastand abdomen black, basai joints of the antennœ, the 

 labrum and legs fulvous, thorax impunctate, fulvous, elytra finely 

 and closely punctured, fulvous, a spot on the shoulder, two spots at 

 the middle and a transverse band near the apex, black. 



Length 2 i/a lines. 



Head black, finely strigose at the sides and sparingly pubescent, 

 eyes large, entire, pale, spotted with black, clypeus not separated 

 frora the face, sparingly punctured, labrum fulvous, antennae not 

 extending to the base of the thorax, blackish, the lower four joints 

 fulvous, second and third joints equal, short, the others very 

 moderately transverse, thorax more than twice as broad as long, 

 the sides rounded at the base, narrowed in front, the anterior angles 

 distinct, the médian lobe but slightly produced, the surface entirely 

 impunctate, fulvous, very shining, scutellum picous, its apex 

 truncate, elytra rather closely but somewhat obsoletely, punctured 

 in semiregular rows, the punctures rather shallow and often 

 indistinct, the shoulders not prominent, each elytron with a small 

 spot on the shoulders, two, placed transversely at the middle, of 

 which the inner one is much larger than the other, and a narrow 

 transverse band of curved shape, the convexityof which is upwards, 

 black, in one spécimen the extrême apex is of the same colour; 

 below black clothed with long yellowish pubescence, legs fulvous, 

 the first joint of the posterior tarsi one half longer tban the follo- 

 wing one. 



Hab. Kanara, S. Bombay. 



The black head, unspotted thorax and the position and shape 

 of the elytral spots séparâtes this species from G. Lefevrei and 

 C. annamita Lefèv. 



Diapromorpha sexmaculata Jac. (sub GynandropKthalma). 



This species was described by me from spécimens obtained by 

 Sign. Fea at Bhamô in Burmah and placed in Gynandrophthalma, 



