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Genus Aulacolepis, Baly. 

 Journ. of Entoin. ii. p. 162. 

 Corpus oblongum, subcylindricum, squamis latis, magnis, ri- 

 gidisj dorso concavis, adpressis vel suberectis vestimm. 

 Caput breve, perpendiculare, tborace profunde insertuni ; 

 antennis ultra thoracem vix extensis, extrorsum modice 

 incrassatis, basi gracilibus, articulo basali incrassato, se- 

 cundo breviori, modice incrassato, articulis tertio ad sextutn 

 singulis prime fere Eeqiialibus sed perparum longitudine 

 decrescentibus, septimo ad decimurn modice incrassatis, inter 

 se fere acqualibus, submoniliformibus, undecimo paullo 

 longiore, ovato ; ocul'/s iiitegris ; mento angulato-emarginato. 

 Thorax transversus, antice subcylindricus, disco gibboso, 

 tuberculato, margine laterali distincto, interdum serrato. 

 Elytra thorace multo latiora, subparallela, rugoso-pimctata, 

 squamis adpressis dense vestita, liic illic fasciculis squamarum 

 erectarum ornata. Pedes robusti ; femoribus subtus dente 

 robusto armatis ; </6/is curvatis ; unguiculis h\?id\s. Proster- 

 num transverso-quadratum ; episterno antico scapulariformi, 

 a prosterno sulco profundo separato. Mesosternum breve, 

 transversum, apice concave. 



1. Aulacolepis decorata, n. sp. (PI. V, fig. 8.) 

 Breviter oblonga, convexa, obscure nigro-picea, dense rufo- 

 piceo-squamosa ; thorace bimamillato, vittis tribus elytrisque 

 plagis nonnuUis e squamis nigris formatis ornatis ; his 

 squamulis albidis suberectis hie illic sparse decoratis. 

 Long. 3 lin. 

 Hab, Sumatra. 



Head densely clothed with adpressed rufo-piceous scales ; an- 

 tenna; obscure rufo-fulvous. Thorax transverse, sides rotundate- 

 ampliate, disk furnished just 'before the middle with two large 

 parallel conical tuberosities; surface coarsely punctured, densely 

 clothed with rufo-piceous scales, with the exception of three longi- 

 tudinal vittae which extend from the basal margin to beyond the 

 middle of the disk, the scales on which are black. Elytra coarsely 

 punctured, basilar space slightly raised, shoulders prominent; 

 surface covered with rufo-piceous scales, intermixed here and 

 there with irregular patches of black scales on the surface ; a 

 broad transverse patch below the basilar space is nearly denuded 

 of scales; placed near the middle of the suture is a short 



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