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Diallus lugens, 



D. niger, opacus ; prothorace fasciis tribus, elytrisque maculis 

 plurimis cinerascentibus ornatis. 



Hab. — Ceram. 



Black, with a dark opake pubescence, banded or spotted above 

 with pale ashy ; head with a few punctures scattered amongst the 

 ashy hairs ; prothorax rather strongly punctured, with three white 

 bands, one at the apex and one at the base, both well marked, the 

 intermediate one between the lateral spines indefinite ; scutellum 

 nearly triangular ; elytra irregularly punctured, one elevated line 

 on each, the ashy spots fewer than in the preceding ; body beneath, 

 legs and antennae with a coarse ashy pile. 



Length 4| lines. 



Diallus subtinctus. 



D. fuscus, sparse griseo-pubescens ; prothorace vittis tribus, 

 elytrisque antice maculis quinque, griseis, his postice albo- 

 maculatis. 



Hab. — Mysol. 



Dark brown, with a sparse greyish pubescence ; face and cheeks 

 apparently impunctate, covered with whitish hairs ; prothorax 

 rather strongly punctured, a short transverse slightly-raised ridge 

 in the middle, one central and two lateral greyish stripes ; scu- 

 tellum truncate posteriorly ; elytra coarsely punctured at the base, 

 a single raised line on each posteriorly, the basal half with five 

 greyish spots, one common at the apex of the scutellum, and two 

 on each side, the apical half with about twelve white spots, two 

 common to both elytra, but in all probability the number and size 

 will be found to vary ; body beneath black, shining, the sterna 

 and sides of the abdomen with an ashy pile ; legs and antennae 

 brownish-testaceous, with a pale-greyish pile. 



Length 5 lines. 



Otroea. 

 Caput parvum, antice sub-rotundatum ; tuberibus antenniferis 

 divergentibus. Oculi mediocres, supra sub-approximati. 

 Antennae corpore vix longiores, subtus fimbriatse ; scapo 

 cylindrico, baud cicatricoso ; articulo tertio longiore ; sequen- 

 tibus sensim brevioribus. Prothorax sequatus, antice angus- 

 tior, utrinque rotundatus, pone medium spina attenuata in- 

 structus, dorso regularis. Elytra sub-angustata, lateribus 

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