318 



fiavis; abdominis segmentis singulis Jlavo-marginaiis . — Long. 

 7-8 millim. (^, 9. 



Mas, tarsorum anticorum ariiculo jmmo prodncto, troclianien- 

 hus intermediis conicis, distantihus . 



Hah. India, Calcutta (Mus. Desbrochers des Loges, hodie coU. 

 Gorham). 



The head in this species is blue, very closely punctures, with 

 black hairs, the mandibles are yellow with black tips, the labrum 

 is yellow, bluish at the base. The antennae are stoiit, scarcely ser- 

 rate, four joints at the base, and the two apical (in the maie) are 

 yellow, the middle and the apical joints are more or less infuscate. 

 The thorax is orange yellow, and shining, with a médian vitta, 

 extending from the base to the front, blackish blue ; the form is 

 the same as in A. fasciatus : scutellum blue. The elytra hâve 

 the same form and sculpture as A. fasciatus, their pattern is simi- 

 lar, but there is a much greater yellow area the blue markings 

 bling less extended. The legs hâve the front and middle tibiae as 

 well as the femora with their trochanters yellow, in both sexes, 

 the coxae are blackish. 



This species is very closely allied to the species hère identified 

 with CantJiaris fasciatus Fab. In so widely distributed a genus, 

 it will be probable that very similar but distinct forms will be 

 found. I hâve not yet seen any examples of an allied species from 

 Sumatra, but I think it will be found to be distinct from the Indian 

 species. 



79. Laius jucundus BonrgQOis. 



Belgaum, Kanara, Madura; Burma, Tharrawaddy. 



Obtained in considérable numbers both at Belgaum, and at 

 Kanara. « A very comaion species taken from March up to August. 

 During the early rains it is found in immense numbers crawling on 

 the damp earth after heavy rains, also on the banks of streams, and 

 occasionaly beating and sweeping. Once found in December. » 



80. Laius amœnus Bourg., Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, S""' sér., 

 II, 1891, p. 187. 



81. Prionocerus cœruleipennis Perty, Obs. Col. Ind., p. 33, 

 1. 1., f. 4. 



India, Burma, Maulmein, Tharrawaddy, Schwegyin. 



82. Prionocerus bicolor Redtenb., Reis. Novar., Il, p. 109, 

 t. 4, f. 3. 



India, Khasia Hills, Dibra, Assam; Burma, Rangoon, Tharra- 

 waddy; Malacca, Singapore, Bornéo. 

 Var. scutello flavo : 1 ex. 

 Burma, Tharrawaddy. 



