342 Dr. David Sharp on some 



Head and thorax yellow, the latter with only trace of fuscescence 

 at the base. Elytra blackish, with a very definite pallid fascia 

 near the base, the front margin of this fascia only slightly, the 

 posterior more strongly, irregular ; just behmd the middle there is 

 a large pale mark, not so definitely limited as the anterior fascia 

 and not extending to the suture, and at the extremity there is 

 another similar but smaller and still less definite pale mark. Under 

 surface more or less infuscate. 



This species has no trace of zigzag longitudinal marks 

 on the elytra, and comes near to L. siamensis, Shp., 

 from which it differs, however, in being considerably 

 smaller, and in having the pallid marks smaller, the 

 basal fascia especially being smaller and more definite. 



Colombo, in April. Fifteen examples. 



Laccophilus flexuosus. 



Laccophilus flexuosus, Aube, Spec. Gen. H^^droc, 

 p. 430 ; Eegimbart, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (b), ix., 

 p. 151. 



Colombo. One specimen. 



According to Dr. Eegimbart the insect considered by 

 me (Tr. Dubl. Soc. (2), ii., p. 310) to be L. flexuosus, 

 Aube, is really distinct therefrom, and he has proposed 

 the name of L. sharpi for it. The sj^ecimen found by 

 Mr. Lewis as above certainly agrees better with Aube's 

 description than those I previously identified therewith. 



Laccophilus rufulus. 



Laccophilus rufulus, Eegimbart, Ann. Mus. Genov. (2), 

 vi., p. 611. 



Colombo. One specimen. 



Neptosternus taprohanicus, sp. nov. 



Ovalis, subdepressus, rufo-testaceus, nitidus ; elytris uigricanti- 

 bus, fiavo-maculatis. Long. 3, lat. If mm. 



This is closely allied to the Madagascar species, N. ornatiis, but is 

 a rather smaller insect, and has much difference in the spots of the 

 elytra ; these are as follows, on each wing-case : two near the base, 

 the outer of them at the shoulder and not elongate ; a transverse 

 one just behind the middle, extending fr-om the outer margin more 

 than half-way to the si;ture ; and a large apical mark not extending 



