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suturai area also fuscous, apices of discoidal and suturai areas and 

 spots to costal area greyish-white; head beneath and sternum 

 ochraceous, the latter with some black discal spots; abdomen 

 beneath piceous with latéral black segmentai spots ; legs testaceous, 

 the tarsi black; pronotum with three nearly straiglit longitudinal 

 carinse arranged as in B. delineatus, the disk coarsely piniclate, the 

 latéral areas foveately reticulate; hemelytra reticulate, the areolets 

 distinct, those on the costal membrane tranversely quadrate. 



Length 4 1/2 mill. 



Hab. : Calcutta. 



Allied to D. delineatus by the straight pronotal carinations, but 

 easily separated by the distinct colour and markings, especially by 

 the two black spots to the pronotum. 



14. — Bredenbachius humeralis sp. n. — Head above 

 greyish-white, the central lobe and spine in front of each eye very 

 pale ochraceous; eyes black; antennae with the first, second and 

 fourth joints castaneous-brown, third joint ochraceous; pronotum 

 sordidly greyish, the latéral areas and coarse punctures between 

 the longitudinal Striations to its posterior area pale castaneous, on 

 the greyish anterior area are two irregularly defined dark spots ; 

 elytra sordidly greyish, inner margins of the discoidal area, a 

 central onter spot or sufîusion to discoidal area extending through 

 subcostal area, apex of discoidal area, and a small spot near upper 

 apex of suturai area pale castaneous; abdomen beneath castaneous- 

 brown; sternum sordidly greyish; femora castaneous, the tibise 

 and tarsi ochraceous, apices of the latter castaneous; head with 

 the apex of the central lobe appearing as a short produced spine 

 between the bases of the antennae; pronotum with the anterior 

 vesicle or hood short, compressed, the latéral areas gibbons, 

 directed upwardly and a little outwardly, their areolets large with 

 their margins very prominent, the longitudinal carinations robust 

 and strongly raised; elytral areolets somewhat small and regular 

 in size and shape. 



Length 3 mill. 



Hab. : Upper Indian Province; Dhikala, Naini Tal (Indian Mus.). 



This species is to be principally distinguished by the gibbous 

 latéral areas of the pronotum. 



15. — Elasmognathus nepalensis sp. n. — Piceous-black; 

 antennae and less brownish-ochraceous, antennae with the basai 

 joint and apical joint (excluding extrême base), extrême apices of 

 the tibia} and the tarsi piceous-black ; costal area of the elytra 

 greyish white with the margins of the areolets piceous-black, and 



