RHAPIIUMA. 277 



wide in the middle as the base of the elytra. Elytra very feebly 

 dentate at the outer angles of the truncate apex. Metasternum 

 reddish brown, abdomen black ; the episterna of the thorax and a 

 transverse band, widened triangularly at the sides, on each of the 

 first four abdominal segments, covered with dense white pubes- 

 cence ; the mesosternum and borders of the metasternum with a 

 less dense whitish pubescence. Legs testaceous, with the femora 

 and tibiae of the hind legs dark brown towards the apex ; first joint 

 of the hind tarsus twice as long as the second and third united. 



Length 10-11 ; breadth 2| mm. 



Hob. Southern India : Anaimalai Hills (H. L. Andreives). 



329. Ehaphuma CLuinquenotata, Chew. Mem. Soc. R. Sri. de Liege, 



xviii, p. 278 (1863). 



Head black except at the lower border, closely covered with 

 yellowish-white pubescence ; prothorax reddish, more or less 

 densely clothed with yellow pubescence; elytra pale testaceous, 

 densely pubescent, marked with five black spots one, elongate, 

 placed at the suture a little before the middle, one across the 

 middle of each elytron from the outer margin to within a short 

 distance of the suture, and one, obliquely oval, on each between 

 the middle and the apex ; there is sometimes in addition a dark- 

 brown spot behind each shoulder. Antennae testaceous, reaching 

 to the middle of the elytra in the $ , beyond it in the c? ; third 

 joint much longer than the first, fifth a little shorter than the third 

 and longer than the fourth. Prothorax oblong-ovate, slightly 

 longer than broad, almost as wide in the middle as at the base of 

 the elytra, closely punctured on the middle of the disc, narrowly 

 bordered with white at the basal margin on each side. Body 

 beneath black, varied with bands and spots of white pubescence, 

 the bands on the abdomen narrow in the middle and wide at the 

 sides. Legs testaceous, with the middle femora, except near the 

 base, and the hind femora dark brown, the tibiae also more or less 

 infuscate. 



Lenyili 11 ; breadth 2| mm. 



Hub. Southern India : Anaimalai and INllgiri Hills. 



330. Rhaphuma trimaculata, Chevr. Mem. Soc.R. Sci.de Liege, xviii, 



p. 281 (1863). 



Black, densely covered with greenish-grey pubescence ; elytra 

 marked with a sutural black band which extends from a little 

 behind the scutellum nearly up to the middle and is slightly 

 widened at each end, also with a small black spot on the middle 

 of each at about one-third from the apex ; body beneath covered 

 with greenish-grey pubescence. Antennae extend to the apical 

 third or fourth of the elytra in the <$ . Episterna of metathorax 

 strongly overlapped in front by the sides of the elytra. The hind 

 femora extend by about one-fourth of their length past the apex 



