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Tricliona picea n. sp. 



Piceous, basai joints of the antennae flavous, thorax broad, 

 sparingly punctured,elytra strongly punctate-striate anteriorly,the 

 anterior femora with a broad triangular tooth. 



Length 1 1/2-2 lines. 



Head extreraely finely punctured with a more or less distinct 

 central ridge, clypeus distincily separated from the face, wedge- 

 shaped, its surface finely rugose, antennse extending to the middle 

 of the elytra, the lower fîve joints flavous, the rest black or 

 entirely fulvous, third joint slightly shorter than the fourth, thorax 

 rather broad, of equal width, the sides straight at the base, rounded 

 and slightly narrowed in front, the dise rather sparingly but 

 distinctiy punctured at the. sides leaving the small middle portion 

 nearly impunctate, posterior raargin straight at the sides, slightly 

 but broadly produced at the middle, scutellum as broad as long, 

 elytra very shallowy depressed below the base, deeply punctate- 

 striate anteriorly, the punctures much finer posteriorly and closely 

 approached, anterior femora strongly dilated into a triangular 

 tooth, the other femora less strongly dentate. 



Hab. Kanara, S. Bombay. 



T. picea differs form T. melanura Lefèv. in its entirely piceous 

 colour and the nearly impunctate head also in the absence of the 

 aeneous gloss of the elytra ; T. puncticeps Duviv. is narrower, the 

 head is rugosely punctured and the thorax of différent shape and 

 sculpture. 



Tricliona bifasciata n. sp. 



Subquadrate-ovate, below black, above and the legs fulvous, 

 thorax with two small latéral and a large central black spot, 

 nearly impunctate, elytra finely punctate-striate, the suturai and 

 latéral margins and a broad band from the shoulder to below the 

 middle, black, femora triangularly toothed. 



Var. a. Head and thorax fulvous without spots, elytra black, 

 the apex flavous. 



Var. b. Thorax and elytra black. 



Var. c. Entirely fulvous. 



Length 1 4/2 Une. 



Head impunctate, fulvous, eyes notched at their inner margin, 

 clypeus broader than long, separated from the face by a shallow 

 transverse groove, antennae not extending to the middle of the 

 elytra, pale fulvous, third and fourih joint equal, terminal joints 

 scarcely thickened, thorax more than twice as broad as long,. 



