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Of broadly ovate and convex shape, the head impunetate, the 
vertex with a black spot, frontal élevations narrowly transverse, 
carina acutely raised, lower portion of face rather elongate, flavous, 
the clypeus broad, penultimate joint of the palpi, incrassate, ter- 
minal joint acute, antennæ extending to the middle of the elytra, 
black, the lower two joints obscure fulvous, basal joint elongate, 
second one, one half shorter than the third, the latter slightly 
shorter than the fourth and following joints, thorax three times 
broader than long, flavous, the sides strongly rounded, with a 
narrow flattened margin, anterior angles thickéened, the surface 
sparingly and finely punctured, with four round black spots, placed 
transversely at equal distances, the two middle ones higher than 
those at the sides, scutellum very broad, flavous, triangular, 
elytra convex, reddish-brown, very finely but not very closely 
punctured, their epipleuræ flavous, underside and legs black, the 
first joint of the posterior tarsi, longer than the following two 
joints, claw-joint strongly swollen, tibiæ deeply chanelled. 
ab. Belgaum. 
ARGOPISTES LIMBATUS? Motsch. 
I refer some specimens from Belgaum to this species, although 
it would have been perfectly justifiable to describe them as new, 
as Motschulsky’s description of two lines is entirely useless; the 
shape of the insect is that of a small Coccinellu, the antennæ, 
underside and legs are fulvous, the head above, the thorax and 
elytra are black with a very narrow fulvous margin, which agrees 
with the author’s description; the head is sometimes fulvous and 
the sides are entirely occupied by the very large eyes which are 
divided by à very narrow space only, the clypeus formes as usual 
in this genus à highly raised triangular ridge, the sidés being 
deeply concave, the antennæ do not reach to the middle of the 
elytra and are rather slender, the terminal joints are scarcely 
thickened, the basal one is long, the three following joints are 
short and the others slightly more elongate, the thorax agrées in 
shape with the othér species of the genus and is, like the elytra 
very finely and closelÿ punctured, the elytral epipleuræ have their 
inner margins placed deeply within, posterior femora strongly 
dilated, their tibiæ short, widened and sulcate, the apex produced 
laterally and provided at the middlé with a strong spur, the 
metatarsus is as long as the following joints together; metaster- 
num with an elongate boat-shaped smooth depression, the first 
abdominal segment scarcely longer than others; prosternum longer 
than broad; the length of the specimens is 1 1/2 line. 
It is of course possible, that the present species is specifically 
