180 Mr. Joseph S. Baly on the 



tinct, transverse, slightly curved, dilated on their inner side, 

 divided from each other by the broad carina, and separated 

 from the fr-ont by a deep groove. Thorax transverse, 

 finely and distantly pimctured, impressed just behind the 

 middle of the disk Avith a broad ill-dehned transverse 

 groove, abbreviated at either end. Scutellum trigonate. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, parallel, slightly depressed 

 transversely below the basilar space, distinctly punctured. 



^nidea ornata. 



Elongata, obscure frdva, nitida, tarsis totis, antennarum- 

 que articulis dorso, ])iceis, femoribus tibiisque extrorsum 

 nigro-lineatis ; elytris nigris, utrisque vitta lata alba, a 

 paullo infra basin ad longe pone medium extensa, apice 

 intus fere ad suturam producta, instructis. 



Long. 2^—3 lin. 



Hob, — Nagasaki ; also Shanghai. 



Head shining, impunctate ; encarpre thickened, trans- 

 verse, scapulariform, their upper half contiguous, their 

 lower half separated by the narrow compressed carina ; on 

 the lower edge of the front, and bounded beneath by the 

 encarpte, is a deep oblong fovea. Thorax transverse, 

 shining rufo-fulvous or fulvous, impressed just below the 

 middle of the disk by a broad ill-defined transverse groove, 

 similar in form to the one on the thorax of ^. armata. 

 Scutellum narrowly trigonate. Elytra wider than the 

 thorax, parallel, slightly excavated below the basilar space, 

 very finely punctured, shining black ; on each elytron is a 

 broad white vitta, which, commencing just below the base, 

 runs down the outer disk for four-fifths of its length ; it 

 then curves suddenly inwards and terminates close to the 

 suture. 



j^nidea abdominalis. 



Subelongata, nigra, nitida, capite (antennis exceptis), 

 thorace abdomineque sanguineis ; thorace fere impunctato, 

 late transversim excavato. 



Var. A. Abdomine nigro, apice sanguineo. 



Long. 2 1 lin. 



Hah. — Nagasaki. 



Head smooth, impunctate; encarpte slightly raised; 

 antennas black, two or three lower joints testaceous 

 beneath and at the base. Thorax about one-fourth broader 

 than long, sides straight and parallel, anterior and pos- 



