888 DYTISCID-GENIJS LACCONECTUS (MOTSCH.) 



maciilfe whicli sometimes form a crossband ; there is also a 

 sublateral macula in the middle and a diffuse broad crossband 

 before the end ; as a rule the colouration is faint and indistinct ; 

 reticulation extremely fine, very regular and finely punctured ; 

 the strigp of elytra moderately strong, also the two medimn 

 rows normal, the one near the suture marked by some points 

 in the posterior third. 



Length of body 6.5—7 mm. 



Locality : South India. 



L. si:\roNi Eeg.*. 



3a Ventral side brownish black. 



Abdomen reddish, prosternum, the base of epipleurse, legs, 

 antenngp and palpi reddish.-yellow : above black, head anteriorly 

 and a bicf macula red ; prothorax with a broader lateral margin 

 dilated behind the eyes ; elytra as a rule with a red 

 marking, consisting of two subbnsal. a sublateral one in the 

 middle and one before the end. which latter is combined with 

 the lateral one; of the two basal maculae the interior small, 

 rounded, often missing, the external one much bigger, 

 transverse, reticulation very fine, especially on el\i:ra, which, 

 as also the prothorax (less in the 9^ is covered by strong, 

 very short, deeply impressed streaks, among which the two 

 discal stri?p stand out only faintly. 



Localitv : Cevlon. 



* Another species. Lacconectns festfe Griff, from Ecuador is 

 unkno-mi to me. The species in colouration is similar to L. basalis but 

 seems to be distincruished by its size (6.5 mm.) and the lack of 

 strife of elvtra. The occurrance of a species of this genus otherwise 

 confined to the Indo-Malayan region, is certainly strange. A closer 

 examination, however, will perhaps show that L. fester has to be entered 

 within the very closely related American genus Aglymhus Sch. 



