384 DYTISCID-GENUS LACCONECTUS (MOTSCH.) 



L. BASALTS Sharp. 



4. Elytra at the base with a blackish, in the middle slightly 

 wider border, behind this an obsolete yellowish crossband 

 consisting of two or three confluent macnlsp. 



Broad — oval, slightly convex; ventral side reddish, epi- 

 pleurae blackish except near the base; dorsal side also reddish, 

 head near the eyes, the eyes and the prothorax in the 

 centre, slightly darker; elytra shining, slightly iridescent, 

 yellowish-brown, the above mentioned subbasal band and a 

 broader lateral band posteriorly hghter yellowish, tlie latter 

 not quite reaching to the margin but interrupted ])y a narrow- 

 blackish band, which behind the middle takes the shape of a 

 small macula and before the middle c-ontinues as a much 

 broader band reaching the shoulders. Dorsal side with very 

 fine, on the head and prothorax somewhat stronger 

 reticulation; elytra finely and not deeply, but fairly densely 

 punctured ; the four l)asal joints of the fore and middle tarsi 

 in o* fairly strongly dilated. 



Length of body 5—5.5 mm. 

 Locality : Burma, Cochin China. 



4a Elytra at the Ijase slightly lighter coloured than on the 

 disc, but the colouration vague, not forming a crossband ; 

 basal margin without darker band. 



L. RITSEMAB Eeg. 



5. Body 4.6—5.2 mm. ; lateral margin of elytra with narrow 

 blackish band. 



Oval, only slightly convex, moderately shining, the whole 

 body yellowish-reddish, only the head near the eyes and the 

 prothorax anteriorly and on the disc vaguely darker coloured ; 

 elytra light brownish, showing vague signs of a yellowish-red 

 colouration near the base and on the disc ; the reticulation with 

 extremely fine punctures, more indistinct behind the middle, 

 posteriorly disappearing almost entirely and showing only 

 somewhat stronger punctures ; striae distinct ; the four basal 

 joints of the fore and middle tarsi in cf only slightly dilated, 

 only slightly broader than in 9 • 



Locality : Java, Burma. 



