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described by Mr. F. Walker now in British Museum. 281 
35. Mordellistena defectiva (Mordella), op. cit. 1, 260. 
Dark, reddish-brown, not black, as described by Walker, with the 
head, antennae and legs ferruginous. Antennae slender, 2nd joint 
about equal to the Ist, 3rd and 4th short, together scarcely longer 
than the 2nd, 5th to 11th elongate, subequal, about 3 times as 
long as wide. Elytra short, not covering the prepygidium. Pos- 
terior tibiae with 5 oblique comb-ridges, none of them reaching half- 
way across the tibia; 1st tarsal joint with 4 short ridges, 2nd with 3, 
and 3rd with 2. Anal style long and slender. 
The type is a ¢ with the genital armature protruding 
beyond the tip of the style. 
‘A © from Kandy (G. E. Bryant) has the last seven joints 
of the antennae stouter, only about twice as long as wide, 
and the elytra longer, extending a little beyond the base of 
the pygidium. 
Fam. MELOIDAE. 
36. Mylabris humeralis, op. cit. ii, 285. 
M. eustrutata Thunb. 
A common and well-known insect from Ceylon and 
S. India. 
37, Mylabris alterna, op. cit. 11, 285. 
M. THUNBERGI Billb. 
Of two specimens so named, one is labelled in Walker’s 
handwriting, and agrees with the description, the other 
lacks the sutural black spot behind the median fascia. 
This is apparently M. kandyana Pic., and should be regarded 
only as a variety of M. thunbergi. 
38. Decapotoma recognita (Mylabris), op. cit. 11, 259. 
D. Rouxi Cast. 
The type has completely lost the yellow patch usually 
enclosed in the broad black apical patch of the elytra. To 
this extent the name may be retained as a colour variation 
of D. rouxi, but a series will show all stages in the dis- 
appearance of this patch. 
N.B.—This species would almost be better placed in 
Coryna than in Decapotoma. The large club-like last joint 
of the antennae certainly shows a suture near its base, but 
