BOSALIA. 179 



sometimes wanting, between the middle and apex. Femora sub- 

 linear, slightly thicker below the middle, subnitid, finely and rather 

 densely punctulate, the punctures with short setse. 



Length 24-36 mm. 



Hob. Sikhim : Darjeeling, Pedong ; Calcutta. 



B. Body beneath red in part ; femora subdavate. 

 a. Abdomen blade. 



195. Rosalia decempunctata, Westw. (Purpuricenus) Cab. Or. Ent. 

 p. 59, pi. 29, fig. 2 (1848) ; Lameere, Ann, Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxi, 

 p. 167, pi. 3, %. 6 (1887). 



Body beneath, except the prosternum, black; the prosternum 

 red, with the intercoxal parfc and a triangular spot on each side 

 black ; head black, sometimes with two red spots above ; pronotuni 

 and elytra red, the first with four, or sometimes only three, and 

 the latter with a variable number of black spots. Antennae of tf 

 extend by their last three joints beyond the apex of the elytra ; 

 first joint sparsely punctulate ; third slightly longer than fourth ; 

 third to fifth each with a blunt spine almost at right angles from 

 the apex, the spine on the third joint strongest ; antennae of $ 

 shorter than the body, joints third to fifth dilated, densely pubes- 

 cent and subspinose at the apex. Prothorax globose at the sides 

 in both sexes ; the disc with a tubercle on each side in the female, 

 without it in the male ; marked with four black spots, two median 

 and two lateral, the anterior median spot sometimes absent. 

 Elytra each with from two to five black spots two dorsally placed, 

 one at the middle and the other midway between it and the base, 

 one small lateral spot at about one-fifth from the base, one dorso- 

 lateral between the middle and apex ; in addition to these there is 

 sometimes a small black spot at the base close to the scutellum ; 

 the median dorsal spot is generally present, but any or all of the 

 other spots are liable to disappear. .Femora subclavately thickened 

 below the middle, sparsely punctulate and more or less nitid. 

 Intercoxal processes of pro- and mesosterna narrow. 



Length 20-35 mm. 



Hob. Sikhim : Darjeeling, Pedorig ; Assam ; Java ; Borneo. 



196. Rosalia Iffita, Lameere, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxi, p. 168, pi. 3, 

 fig. 7 (1887). 



Body beneath black, with the prosternum orange-red except 

 between and around the coxae ; head black, sometimes red on top ; 

 pronotum orange-red with three or four black spots two median 

 and two lateral, the antero-median spot very small and often 

 wanting, the postero-median sometimes replaced by two small 

 points ; elytra orange-red, each with four black spots two placed 

 obliquely, one dorsal and one lateral, at one-fourth or so from the 

 base, the third, dorsal, at the middle, the fourth a little behind 



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