in the British Museum. 383 



black spots on the anterior part of the pronotum, about 

 equidistant from each other and the lateral margins, and 

 the longitudinal black mark between the eyes, are features 

 quite peculiar to the species. There is an exceedingly 

 feeble greenish sheen upon the dark parts of the body, but 

 this is hardly perceptible upon the upper surface. 



Fruhstorferia curia, sp. n. (PL VIII. figs, 8 & 9.) 



Pallide flava, mandibulis, antenuis, vertice, tarsis elytrorumque 

 vittulis marginalibus rufo-brunneis, capite, pronoto, elytrorum 

 extremifcatibus pj'gidioque subtiliter setosis, pectore longe et 

 dense flavo-birto ; late ovata, convexa, capite opaco, parce punc- 

 tato, ante oculos late dilatato, pronoto lato, minute haud crebre 

 punctato, lateribus forbiter arcuatis, angulis anticis acutis, 

 posticis rotuudatis, basi trisinuato ; scutello sat crebre punctato ; 

 elytris irregulariter sat minute, prope suturam crebrius et fortius 

 punctatis : 

 . $ , clypeo truncato, haud reflexo, mandibulis productis, recurvatis, 

 acuminatis, margine externo dentato, pronoto fortiter dilatato et 

 convexo, toto opaco, elytris opacis, regione suturali paulo nitido : 

 2 , clypeo majori, recurvato, bilobato, pronoto minus convexo, 

 elytrorum lateribus opacis, marginibus externis ante medium 

 paulo incrassatis. 

 Long, (maudibulis exceptis) 15-16-5 mm. ; lat. max. 9-9*5 mm. ; 

 6 , mandibulaB long. max. 3 mm. 



Indo-China : Upper Mekong R., Pou Mi. (Nov., Dec). 



Examples of both sexes of this curious insect were found 

 by M. R. Vitalis de Salvaza. It is as distinctive in its 

 aspect as any species yet known of this remarkable genus, of 

 which every species seems to differ entirely both in shape 

 and coloration from all the rest. It is the smallest species 

 hitherto described and is peculiar also for its pale yellow 

 colour, relieved only by inconspicuous brown markings, its 

 very broad and compact outline, and the dull, unreflecting 

 upper surface of the male. 



The colour is a pale lemon-yellow, with the antennae, 

 tarsi, organs of the mouth, vertex of the head, apical margins 

 of the elytra, two or three longitudinal marks near each 

 shoulder, sometimes a small spot on each near the apex of 

 the scutellum, and another at the base between the latter 

 and the shoulder of a reddish-brown colour. The abdomen 

 of the male is also of this colour. 



The body is very short and stout, with the head very 

 broad in front of the eyes, the prothorax broader than the 

 elytra at the shoulders, the hind angles rounded and the base 



