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in front of the posterior angles, very minutely and somewhat 

 closely punctured, fulvous, the sides with a semicrescent band 

 consisting of two subquadrate black spots which just touch 

 each other at the middie, the lower spot of which is double 

 the size of the other and is resting on the basai margin, the 

 upper one not extending to the anterior margin of the thorax, 

 scutellum rather broad, black, its apex acute, elytra distinctiy 

 lobed at the sides of the base, strongly and closely punctured 

 anteriorly, much mores finely so towards the apex, fulvous, 

 with a transverse black spot placed on the shoulder and a trans- 

 verse, subquadrate rather broad band below the middie, not 

 quite extending to either margin, the underside and the femora 

 black, clothed with fine silky pubescence, the tibiae and tarsi 

 fulvous, the claws black, the first joint of the posterior tarsi 

 as long as the foUowing two joints together, pygidium not 

 covered by the elytra. 



Eab. Kanara, S. Bombay. 



Of this species numerous spécimens were obtained which show 

 no variation except in the shape of the black thoracic bands which 

 are sometiraes nearly entire and of equal width, while in other 

 spécimens they are divided into two spots as described above ; the 

 species is closely allied to D. Dejeani Lac. but that species is of 

 broader and shorter shape, the thorax has a transverse black band 

 at the base instead of two semicircular bands as in the présent 

 insect and the posterior elytral black transverse band is placed 

 nearer the apex. 



Tituboea Andrewesi n. sp. 



Elongate, parallel, entirely fulvous, head minutely punctured, 

 thorax impunctate, elytra very sparingly and finely punctured, 

 shining. 



Length 3-4 lines. 



Head finely and sparingly punctured, depressed between the 

 eyes and more closely punctured and longitudinàlly strigose at the 

 same place, anterior margin of epistome angularly emarginate, the 

 apex of the mandibles black, antennse entirely fulvous, the second 

 and third joints small, the fourth broader, the following joints 

 strongly transverse, thorax rather more than twice as broad as 

 long, slightly narrowed anteriorly, the sides but little, the poste- 

 rior angles strongly rounded, the médian lobe scarcely produced, 

 the surface impunctate with the exception of some small punctures 

 placed at the basai lobe, scutellum large, triangular, elytra paral- 

 lel, subcylindrical, minutely and rather sparingly punctured with 



