EEYTHBL'S. 231 



Hal). Assam (Jenkins) , type $ in Hope Museum, Oxford 

 Darjiling ; Brit. Bhutan (in coll. Oberthilr}. 



I have seen no male specimen that can with certainty be referred 

 to this species. The species is very closely allied to E. fortunei, 

 White, from China and Hong Kong. 



260. Erythrns westwoodi, White, Cat. Coleopt. B. M., Longic. p. 143 



(1853). 



Head to a greater or less extent, prothorax and elytra carmine- 

 red and very nearly opaque ; the prothorax with two black 

 spots or a single continuous band on each side of the disc ; an- 

 tenna?, scutellum, legs and underside black. Head densely punc- 

 tulate, with the occiput, anterior part of the clypeus and the 

 mandibles usually black ; sometimes very nearly 

 black. Antennae extend to the middle of 

 the elytra in the $ , and to a short distance 

 beyond it in the c? ; third and fourth joints 

 thickened at the apex, the fifth to tenth com- 

 pressed and dilated. Prothorax rugulose-punctate, 

 similar in form to that of E. bicolor, Westw., 

 furnished on the disc with four tubercles two 

 near the middle and two near the base, the two 

 Fig. 86. median tubercles rnamilliform, the basal less 



Erythrus west- strongly raised ; the black spots that cover the 

 woodi, White. tubercles usually extend between them so as to 

 form a band, sometimes prolonged in front, on 

 each side ; the disc evenly and rather feebly convex between the 

 bands. Elytra a little more strongly punctured than those of 

 E. bicolor ; each elytron with only a single dorsal costa, which is, 

 however, more prominent than the median costa in E. bicolor. 

 Body beneath black, except the prosternum which, like the rest of 

 the prothorax, is red ; very densely punctulate, and scarcely less 

 finely so on the metasternuin than on the other parts. 

 Length 17|-22 ; breadth 4-5 mm. 



Sab. Himalayas ; Northern India (Buckley) ; Almora ; Manipur 

 (Doherty). 



261. Erythrns coccineus, sp. n. 



Head, prothorax and elytra carmine-red, very nearly opaque ; 

 the prothorax with a small round velvety black spot on each side 

 of the middle of the disc ; antenna, scutellum, legs, meso- and 

 metathorax black ; abdomen brown, more or less deeply tinged 

 with dark red. Head densely punctulate. Antennae about three- 

 fourths the length of the body in the $ , not extended beyond the 

 middle of the elytra in the $ ; first joint densely punctulate ; 

 fifth joint angulate, and the sixth to tenth sharply dentate, at the 



