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each side; scutellum white ; elytra marked with an oblong ashy- 

 grey spot behind the scutellum, another at each shoulder, a 

 narrow, obliquely transverse band on each a little behind 

 these, a transverse band behind the middle widened gradually 

 towards the suture and a broad ashy-grey band at the apex. 

 Body beneath black, glossy, with a large transverse spot on the 

 prosternum ; the episterna of the meso- and metathorax, the 

 middle of the mesosternum, the sides and hind border of the 

 metasternum, and a transverse band at the hind border of each of 

 the first two abdominal segments, densely covered with white 

 pubescence. Antennae about half the length of the body ; fifth 

 to eighth joints ashy grey, the rest dark brown. Prothorax 

 globose, alveolate-punctate. Elytra scarcely so wide as the pro- 

 thorax and not more than twice as long. Middle femora with a 

 fine carina along each side ; hind femora not carinate, extending 

 a little past the apex of the elytra in the $ . First joint of hind 

 tarsi about equal to the remainiug joints united. 



Length 9 ; breadth 3| mm. 



Hal>. Ceylon ; Southern India : Pondicherry. 



310. Caloclytus melancholicus, Chevr. (Anthoboscus) M6m. Soc. R. 



Sci. de Liege, xviii, p. 299 (1863). 



Very closely allied to C. moestus, Chevr., and of the same 

 colour ; the chief and almost only difference is in the ashy- 

 white markings of the elytra. These consist of a small oblong 

 spot at each shoulder, a narrow band that begins behind the 

 scutellum, continued a short distance along the suture, and then 

 curved outwards to each side ; a transverse band behind the 

 middle which is more strongly produced anteriorly at the suture 

 than the corresponding baud in C. moestus, and a broad apical 

 band. The species is relatively a little longer and narrower than 

 C. moestus, but agrees with it in structural details. 



Length 11 ; breadth 3 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon. t 



311. Caloclytus dohertii, sp. n. 



Black ; densely covered with pubescence which is of a greenish- 

 yellow colour on the head, prothorax and elytra and of a somewhat 

 brighter yellow colour on the body beneath : elytra marked each 

 with four or five rather small black spots two close to the base, 

 one, transverse, at the middle and one halfway between the 

 middle and the apex ; the fifth spot, when present, placed a little 

 behind the basal two ; antennae and legs covered with ashy-grey 

 pubescence. Antennas reach to the middle of the elytra in the $ , 

 to a short distance beyond it in the <$ ; third joint subequal in 

 length to the first and scarcely longer than the fourth, fifth sub- 

 equal to the third in $ , slightly longer in 3 . Prothorax oblong- 

 ovate, not so wide in. the middle as the base of the elytra. Elytra 



