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Elongate, parallel, variegated, the head being black, the thorax 

 red, and the elytra tricolorous, blue at base, black at apex and red 

 in the middle, the proportions being almost equally divided; the 

 underside of the body is red with the three apical segments of the 

 abdomen black; head triangular, rather strongly punctured; 

 antennae half red and half black, with a rather loose three-jointed 

 club, joints 7-8 somewhat dilated; thorax a little larger than broad 

 with sides gently rounded in front and gradually narrowed behind, 

 distinctly punctured, impressed at base, the basai impression being 

 coarsely punctured and furnished with a small longitudinal stria on 

 each side; scutellum red; elytra with regular rows of large and deep 

 punctures, interstices narrow and indistinctly sculptured; legs fer- 

 ruginous, with the apical half of the femora black, and some- 

 times the anterior tibiae partly fuscous; coxal lines wanting or 

 very obsolète. 



Barway, Bengal (P. Cardon) : three spécimens. 



The only two species at ail resembling this are Languria 

 trifasciata- Say ; from North America and Dasydactylus sellatus 

 {Languria sellata Crotch.), from Mexico. 



Doubledaya Severini, n. sp., Mas. 



Elongata, niticla; capite, thorace, corporeque subtus lœte rufis, 

 elytris cxruleo-cyaneis, abdominis ultimo segmentofusco, anlennis 

 pedibusque nigris; capite triangulari, asymmetrico, lœvi; antennis 

 teretioribus , clava lata, compressa, 4-articulata ; thorace vix 

 transverso, antice valde rotundato, postice sinuatim contracto, 

 subtilissime vix evidenter punctato, ad basin depresso, impres- 

 sionibus utrinque longitudinalibus divergentibus ; scutello rufo ; 

 elytris apicem versus sensim contractis, seriatim punctatis, 

 interstitiis alutaceis ; tribus penultimis segmentis abdominis late 

 utrinque impressis, punctatis; prosterno levissime iransversim 

 rugoso; pedibus anticis sat elongatis, tarsis {maris) valde 

 dilatatis, compressis. — L. 14 mm. 



Elongate, shining, gradually narrowed behind; head, thorax and 

 underside of body bright red, last segment of abdomen fuscous ; 

 antennae and legs black, the former with a large compressed four- 

 jointed club; head triangular, asymmetrical (asis so often thecase in 

 Doubledaya), almost smooth; thorax transversely cordate, scarcely 

 punctured, with a dépression at base, bounded on each side by a 

 distinct longitudinal impression, the impressions being divergent; 

 scutellum distinct, red; elytra with rows of rather large, but not 

 deep, punctures, interstices alutaceous, apices truncate, apparently 

 reflexed ; underside almost smooth in front, with the three penul- 

 timate segments of the abdomen furnished wiht large and broad 



