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Of rather short and rohust shape, the head impunctate, fulvous, 

 the vertex shining, the cljpeus separated at the sides by two 

 oblong dépressions or foveae, impunctate, its anterior margin 

 angulate-emarginate, labrum fulvous, apex of mandibles black, 

 eyes elongate, notched at their lower portion, antennae fulvous, 

 pubescent, the second aud third joints verj short, the others 

 transverse, the apical tvvo joints much narrower; thorax three 

 times broader thau long, the sides but slightly rounded, the 

 posterior angles obtuse, the surface wilh a transverse more or 

 less distinct dépression near the posterior angles, with a few 

 microscopically fine punctures at the sides and still fewer at 

 the middle, fulvous, scutellum broad, impunctate; elytra feebly 

 lobed below the shoulders at the base, very finely and closely 

 punctured, the punctures not deeply impressed, nearly indistinct 

 towards the apex and at the base, below the latter a narrow 

 transverse black band is placed, not extending to the suture and 

 consisting of two more or less closely connected black spots, 

 another somewhat similar band is placed below the middle, not 

 extending to either margin, legs fulvous, the tibiae more or less 

 stained with fuscous, the first joint of the posterior tarsi twice as 

 long as the following joint. 



Hab. Kanara, S. Bombay. 



I would hâve referred this species to A etlieomorpJia sodalis 

 Lac. who described it from a single female spécimen ; Lacordaire's 

 species agrées nearly with the unspotted variety of the présent 

 insect, but the author gives the length as 3 lines, and says 

 that the head is flat and the antennae are black which does not 

 agrée with the species before me, in ail the spécimens the head 

 has the latéral foveae meutioned above, distinct, but the underside 

 varies from black to fulvous. 



The species resembles in shape and gênerai colour Diapro- 

 morpJia melanopiis but in that species the head is black and 

 the elytral punctuation strong ; in some spécimens of G. Lacor- 

 dairei only a single black spot is visible at the sides below the 

 base of the elytra and frequently another spot is seen at the 

 flancs of the thorax below, the femora also are frequently more 

 or less black as well as the tibiae; of the unspotted variety 

 many more spécimens were obtained than of the typical form ; 

 the var. c has the entire posterior half or two-thirds of the 

 elytra black and looks at first sight like a totally différent 

 species, but there is not a single structural différence to be 

 seen from the typical form, this variety agrées nearly with 

 G. terminalis Lefèv. but that species is described with remotely 

 punctured elytra, the whole description consisting of four 



