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distinct from Motschulsky’s who described his type from the 
Amur river but the coloration at all events is identical. 
Argopistes laevigata n. sp. 
Subhemispherical, fulvous, the thorax with two, the elytra with 
three small spots placed triangularly, the upper surface impunctate. 
Var. Thorax and elytra without spots. 
Length 2 lines. 
Head impunctate, the eyes elongate, large, clypeus raised into 
an acute triangular ridge, penultimate joint of the palpi incrassate, 
antennæ extending slightly beyond the thorax, entirely fulvous, 
the first joint very long and slender, the second thickened, short, 
the following three joints equal, terminal joints thickened, scarcely 
longer than broad, the last one longer ; thorax strongly curved, 
the sides oblique, the anterior angles thickened, the anterior 
margin deeply concave at the sides, nearly straight at the middle, 
posterior margin strongly curved and oblique at the sides, the 
latter sinuate, produced into à short lobe in front of the scutellum, 
the surface impunctate, fulvous, with a round black spot at each 
side of the base, scutellum small, triangular, elytra strongly 
rounded, impunctate, two spots placed transversely before the 
middle and another near the apex and intermediate between the 
others, black, underside and legs coloured like the upper surface, 
tibiæ triangularly widened, posterior femora strongly incrassate, 
their tibiæ with a short spur, clothed with yellowish pubescence, 
prosternum elongate. 
ab. Kanara. 
At first sight, this species is identical with À. bistripunctata 
Duv. likewise from India, the colour and the presence of the three 
elytral black spots is the same, but the antennæ only extend to 
the base of the elytra (not half the length ofthe body as Duvivier 
describes his species) and the entire upper surface is without 
punctures or.the latter are so fine as to be practically called, absent ; 
the thorax has also two large round spots {although the variety is 
spotless) there is no trace of a double row of punctures at the 
elytra or at the sides of the thorax. Weiïise has separated the 
species of Duvivier from Argopistes and placed it in his genus 
Chilocoristes, if rightly or wrongly I am not in a position to say, 
but I see no reason to separate the present insect, it is easy 
to multiply the genera to any extend in the exotic species, if every 
little difference is thought of generic importance. In the insect 
before me I see neither hairs at the side of the thorax nor a 
tuberculous setæ at the posterior margin of the same part of which 
Weise speaks. 
