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slightly widened at the middle, the sides nearly straight, the 

 surface scarcely perceptibly punctured, rather convex, fulvous, 

 the sides wilh a small, the middle with a large ovate black spot, 

 scutellum black; elytra slightly wider than the thorax, very 

 slightly depressed below the base, regularly and distinctly punctate- 

 striate anteriorly, the punctures nearly obliterated below the 

 middle, the suturai and latéral margins narrowly black, the dise 

 •with a broad black band from the base to below the middle, 

 femora fulvous, the posterior ones strongly dilated into a trian- 

 gular tooth, the anterior ones dentate to a less degree, the four 

 posterior tibiaB emarginate at the apex, claws bifid. 



Edb. Kanara, Belgaum, S. Bombay. 



This is a most variable species in regard to coloration, varying 

 from flavous to black, with or without black markings, sometiraes 

 the thorax is fulvous with the black spots confluent, in others the 

 head and thorax is fulvous and the elytra black with a pale flavous 

 apex, but ail thèse forms show that they represent the same species 

 by their shape and sculpture being identical, they may thereforebe 

 recognized by the short subquadrate not narrowly elongate shape 

 and by the transverse exceedingly finely punctured thorax and its 

 equal width; the typical banded form is of course easily known. 



Nodostoma semivittatum Baly belongs to Tricliona and is 

 closely allied, buth much larger. 



Tricliona apicata n. sp. 



Piceous, antennae and legs flavous, head finely rugose, thorax 

 strongly and extreraely closely punctured at the sides, elytra deeply 

 punctate-striate, the apex nearly impunctate, obscure flavous. 



Length 1 i/2-2 Unes. 



Of narrow and elongate shape, the head"densely and finely rugose 

 throughout, the latéral margins of the clypeus raised, antennae 

 flavous, the apical joints slightly stained with piceous, second and 

 following joints nearly equal, mandibles robust, thorax "with 

 strongly rounded sides, the anterior margin slightly produced at 

 the middle, the sides extremely closely and strongly punctured, the 

 punctures partly confluent, the dise more remotely punctate, scu- 

 tellum slightly broader than long, elytra with a shallow dépression 

 below the base, deeply punctate-striate, the punctures nearly 

 obsolète at the apex, the latter of flavous colour gradually shading 

 into the nearly black colour of that of the rest of the surface, the 

 interstices with some few and very minute punctures, legs entirely 

 flavous, the anterior and posterior femora dilated into a strong 

 tooth. 



Jffab. Belgaum, S. Bombay. 



