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pronotiiin, uarrowed at sulcus, two minute disoal dots one beljiud the other, three 

 lateral spots, namely one elongate, apical, the second behind it, also elongate, bnt 

 shorter, the third broader, situated at lateral carina, three basal spots, the mesial 

 one large, the lateral one minute ; spots of elytra small, dispersed, the median one 

 situated between stripes 2 and 5 or 6 the largest, subquadrangular, four double 

 spots at suture : one square behind scutellum, the second before middle, the third 

 minute, behind middle, the fourth before apex ; on a level with these sutural 

 spots are four limbal ones, and on the interspaces stand several discal dots ; a 

 basal adhumeral spot is forked ; a triangular lateral spot on pygidium ; and an 

 antemedian ring on tibiae, all clayish buff ; tarsi not ringed with buff. 



Tlie tliree dorsal carinae of rostrum abbreviated in middle. Frons very narrow 

 in both se.xes. Eye elongate, oblique. Pronotnm with transverse sulcus, strongly 

 punctured laterally ; angle of carina ronnded, lateral carina straight, oblique. Elytra 

 coarsely punctate-striate. First segment of tarsi long. Abdomen of J with 

 tubercle on first segment. Antennal segments 5, 6 and 7 of c? compressed, 

 resembling segment 8, but being narrower. 



Length, 7 to 8J mm. 



Hab. Khasia Hills, Assam. 



A series. 



29. Litocerus leucopsilus spec. uov. 



?. Black, pubescence of nnderside greyish white. Rostrum, cheek and a thin 

 mesial line on occiput and the following markings on pronotnm and elytra white. 

 Pronotnm : three spots behind carina ; three mesial ones, the first linear, the other 

 two mere dots ; two discal ones before middle and behind each another, which stands 

 at the carina, two linear lateral ones, almost joined together : dorsally of the hinder 

 end of the anterior lateral line a dot ; a minute dot also in front of the first discal 

 spot. Each elytrnm with about thirty dots which are nearly evenly distributed, the 

 median lateral ones more or less linear, two postmedian dots in stripes 2 and 3 

 conflnent. Tibiae with two white rings ; apical half of first tarsal segment also 

 white. 



Rostrum with three abbreviated carinae. Eyes subcircular, not close together, 

 very little oblique. Pronotnm densely punctured, except in middle ; with transverse 

 antemedian sulcus ; angle of carina completely rounded. Pygidium short, almost 

 semicircular. 



Length, 7 mm. 



Bab. Khasia Hills. 



One ?. 



Similar to khasianm, easily differentiated by the numerous white dots of the 

 upperside, the two white rings of the tibiae, the white apical half of the first tarsal 

 segment, the completely rounded lateral angle of the pronotal carinae and the short 

 pygidium. 



3iJ. Litocerus kuehni spec. nov. 



(?. Brown-black, slightly rufescent here and there ; underside of body spotted 

 with grey laterally. Head, a broad mesial vitta on pronotnm, constricted in middle, 

 followed by a separate basal spot, a large basal area on elytra, extending from 

 shoulder to shoulder, occupying at suture the basal fourth, a conspicuous postmedian 

 spot between imnctured stri|)es 1 and (i, a number of minute spots bc^fore apex and 

 most of the punctures of stripes 7 to 'J, the pygidium, except middle, a sabbasal and 



