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Tiarodes Meldolce, n. sp. Sanguineous ; head above, 

 apices of femora, bases of tibias, and abdomen blueish- 

 black, shining. Hemielytra, excepting a broad sanguine- 

 ous patch at base of costa, black opaque. Sternum with two 

 lateral and two central streaks of blueish-black. 



Long. 20 to 22 millims. 



Hab. Port Blair, Andaman Isles. (R. Meldola.) 



Allied to T. versicolor. Lap., from which it differs by 

 the difterent colour of the tibias scutellum and underside 

 of abdomen, its much greater size, and also by the rela- 

 tive depth of the anterior and posterior lobes of the pro- 

 notum, which are, in that respect, sub-equal. 



Fidgora andamanensis, n. sp. (Plate V., fig. 7, la). 



Rostrum long, slender, ascending, as long as body ; 

 beneath greenish-luteous, with the apex black, above black, 

 apical two-thirds, irrorated with small white spots, and a 

 luteous streak on each side within the eyes, which are also 

 luteous ; thorax above black, with dull luteous markings ; 

 abdomen above pale greenish-luteous, beneath black ; coxae 

 trochanters and femora fuscous, the last darkest, tibiffi and 

 tarsi black. Tegmina black, with the veins pale green, and 

 a number of brown spots encircled with pale greenish, 

 arranged in the following manner : a transverse row of 

 four near base, the upper three fused together ; two 

 irregular transverse rows on disk, a little nearer together 

 than from basal row, followed by a straighter transverse 

 row of three smaller ones ; remaining apical portion occu- 

 pied by about twelve spots, of which the largest are two 

 fused together on costa, and one with a very small brown 

 centre about apex of inner margin ; extreme apical spots 

 very small and somewhat indistinct. Wings blue, with the 

 apex broadly and outer margin somewhat narrowly black. 

 The veins on the blue portions of wings are green, with 

 the exception of two, which are narrowly black at base. 



Long, rostr. 20 millims. Long, body 20 millims. Exp. 

 tegm. 68 millims. 



Hab. Andaman Isles. 



Allied to F. Delessertii. Guer. and F. maculata, Oliv. 

 It somewhat resembles the first in pattern of tegmina, but 

 difiers in length of rostrum, which in F. Delessertii is but 

 about half the length of the body. In length and structure 

 of rostrum Avhich seems to be the structural character to 

 difierentiate the species of this genus, it is more closely 

 allied to F. maculata; the rostrum, however, is longer 



