and Asiatic Species of Laius. 333 
transverse, obliquely plicate, the external portion with a 
large deep fovea, the inner portion concave and with the 
raised curved edge obliquely truncate near the base, as seen 
im profile (Pl. VIIT. fig..11). 
Var. The subapical elytral fascia partly white. 
9. Las kanarensis, Pic, Mélanges exot.-entom. xxy. 
p. 4. (1917). 
Hab. Cayton (type of Walker, in Mus. Brit.; coll. 
~ Andrewes, ex Colombo Museum), Plains and Khandulla (ex 
coll. H,. E. Cox, in Mus. Oxon.: typical form and var.) ; 
Inp1a, Caleutta (Mus. Brit.), Nilgiri Hills [ typical form and 
_var.], S. Mysore, Igatpuri [var.], Lamta, Balaghat District 
(coll. Andrewes), Kanara (type of Pic), Gopaldhara (coll. 
Andrewes). . 
A widely distributed insect, of which long series taken at 
Khandulla and the Nilgiri Hills have been examined. The 
basal joint of the ¢-antenna has a very different appearance, 
when viewed in profile, and it is possible that L. variolosus, 
Bourg., also from Ceylon, may prove to be inseparable from 
L. plagiatus ; the second antennal joint ( ¢) of the former, 
however, is described as ‘‘ valde inflato, fere globoso, intus 
auriculato.”” These insects are black and pilose, and have 
the elytra very coarsely punctured, nigro-cyaneous or nigro- 
violaceous in colour, with two transverse rufescent or 
testaceous fasciz, which are connected along the suture. 
16. Laius foveicornis. 
? Laius foveicornis, Pic, Mélanges exot.-entom. xxv. p. 5(¢ Q) (1915). 
3. Very like L. plagiatus, Walk., but differing as 
follows: head broader, the eyes larger ; antennal joint 2 
extremely large, transverse, less produced within (thus 
appearing to be articulated to the preceding joint near the 
inner basal angle), grooved and foveate near the. apex, the 
inner margin simply rounded, the fovea on the outer portion 
much smaller than in L. plagiaius (Pl. VIII. fig. 12); elytra 
very coarsely punctured. 
?. Elytra a little shorter, more inflated posteriorly. 
Hab. Invi (Mus. Brit.), Himalaya (types of Pic), River 
Sarda Gorge [xii. 1918], W. Almora Division of Kumaon, 
and Chakrata, Jaunsar (H. G. Champion). 
A male and two females found in the Himalaya by my 
eldest son may belong here. The definition of the second 
(third of Pic) antennal joint of ¢—“ transverse et supra 
foveolato ’—would apply equally well to L. plagiatus, with 
which the present species is compared by the author. 
