DEMONAX. 295 



white. Antennae reach to the apical third or fourth of the elytra 

 in the $ ; its third and fourth joints feebly spined at the apex. 

 Prothorax oblong-ovate, nearly one-third longer than broad, finely 

 and very densely granulate-punctate. Elytra transversely trun- 

 cate at the apex, scarcely dentate at the outer angles. Episterna 

 of metathorax strongly overlapped in front by the sides of the 

 elytra. The hind femora extend by nearly a third of their length 

 past the apex of the elytra. First joint of hind tarsi about twice 

 as long as the second and third united. 



Variation. The posterior black spot on each elytron is some- 

 times very small and occasionally disappears ; the black area at 

 the base is sometimes limited to a band surrounding the pale grey 

 spot or even to two lines at the side of it united by an oblique 

 line posteriorly. The sides of the abdomen along their whole 

 length and the metasternum, except in the middle, are sometimes 

 white. 



Length 8-10 ; breadth 2-2% mm. 



Hal). Southern India : Nilgiri Hills (H. L. Andrewes). 



359. Demonax albomaculatus, Allard (Clytus), Le Naturaliste, (2) 



viii, p. 162 (1894). 



Black, rather closely covered with short lead-grey pubescence ; 

 elytra with three small oval spots of white pubescence one on 

 the disc of each at somewhat less than a third of its length from 

 the base ; the third spot sutural, placed at a short distance behind 

 the scutellum. Body beneath grey, the episterna of the meso- 

 and metathorax and four spots along each side of the abdomen 

 white. Antennae extend to the apical fourth of the elytra in the 

 $ , to the apex in the c? ; third and fourth joints feebly spined at 

 the apex, third subequal in length to the fifth, distinctly longer than 

 the fourth, second subcyliudrical, one-third longer than broad. Pro- 

 thorax oblong-ovate, very densely and very finely punctate. The 

 hind femora extend by about a fifth of their length past the apex 

 of the elytra in the <$ . First joint of hind tarsi less than twice 

 as long as the second and third united. Episterna of metathorax 

 strongly overlapped in front by the sides of the elytra. 



Variation. In some examples that differ in no other respect 

 from the typical form the white spots of the elytra are wanting 

 and the whole of the upperside presents a uniform lead-grey 

 colour. 



Length 9-11 ; breadth 2-2| mm. 



Hob. Southern India : Madura, Kodaikanal Mts. (/". Castets). 



B. Antennal spines distinct. 



360. Demonax divisus, Chevr. Mem. Soc. R. Sci.de Li6ge, xviii, p. 271 



(1863). 



Black, rather densely covered with ashy-grey pubescence ; scu- 

 tellum blackish ; elytra black, marked with three pubescent white 



