58 Mr. H. W. Bates on Trionides, 



Genus Nicias. 



Nicias, J. Thomson, Arch. Entom. i. p. 136. 

 SamadryadeSi Thomson, lib. cit. p. 22 {olim) . 



1. Nicias alurno'ides. 

 J. Thomson, Arch. Ent. i. p. 23, pi. 9, f. 3. 



N. niger, nitidus, elytris stramineis, quarta parte api- 

 cali maculaque utrinque mediana transversa nigris ; 

 abdomine rufo-testaceo. 



Long. 7 lin. $ . 



I found two examples of this pretty and singular 

 Prionid, on different days, on the foliage of trees at 

 Ega ; one of them is now in my own collection, the other 

 I believe was sent to Paris. The beautiful figures of 

 M. Thomson render further description unnecessary. 



