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CEEAMBTCIDJE. 



346. Demonax decens, sp. n. 



Head and prothorax testaceous red ; the first covered somewhat 

 sparsely in front and on the vertex with luteous-white pubescence ; 

 prothorax very faintly pubescent, but marked on each side above 

 with three small white spots one at the front margin, one at the 

 middle and the third at the base ; 

 elytra testaceous for about a third of 

 their length from the base in the 

 middle and to a greater extent at the 

 sides, the rest black-brown, each ely- 

 tron marked with a round spot at the 

 base and three bands of ashy-white 

 pubescence; the first band begins a 

 little way behind the scutellum, runs 

 along the suture up to the middle, and 

 thence bends outwards to the middle 

 of the disc ; the second band placed 

 behind the first, follows a similar 

 course but extends farther outwards, 

 reaching almost to the lateral margin ; 

 the third lies along the apical fifth of 

 the suture and is slightly wider at its 

 posterior end. A ntennse a little longer 

 than the body in the tf, shorter in 

 the $ ; testaceous in colour ; third 

 and fourth joints, and the fifth less 

 strongly, spined at the apex. Prothorax oblong-ovate, as wide in 

 the middle as the base of the elytra ; with a feebly raised obtuse 

 median costa on the hinder half of the disc. Breast and abdomen 

 black, banded with white pubescence ; the prothorax marked just 

 above the coxa with a white spot which is united by a white line 

 with the basal spot seen from above. Legs testaceous ; with the 

 hind femora dark brown towards the apex ; first joint of the hind 

 tarsus equal in length to the remaining joints united. 

 Length 8-12 ; breadth 2-3 mm. 



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

 Hills. 



Fig. 95. Demonax decens, 

 Gahan. X f- 



347. Demonax decorus, S p. n. 



Moderately elongate ; deep black, with a tawny-grey pubescence 

 that covers the head and most of the prothorax and a yellowish- 

 grey pubescence formed into bands on the elytra. Prothorax with 

 a narrow transverse black spot on each side of the middle of the 

 disc. Elytra with (1) a triangular dark grey spot on each at the 

 base ; (2) a narrow yellowish-grey band that begins at the suture 

 a little behind the scutellum, passes obliquely backwards towards 

 the middle of the disc, which it reaches at about one-fourth of its 

 length from the base, and then is sharply curved round and runs 



