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lateral part of the disc ; one of the grey bands is at the base and 

 is somewhat indistinct, another at or just before the middle, 

 approaches closely lo the hind part of the white band, the third is 

 at the apex. Body beneath black, with white bands on the episterna 

 of the meso- and metathorax and on the first abdominal segment. 

 The antennae do not reach past the middle of elytra in the $ ; 

 brownish black, the first two joints testaceous, second nearly twice 

 as long as broad ; third, fourth and fifth spined at the apex, the 

 spines very small. Prothorax subglobose, densely punctulate. 



Length 6|-8 ; breadth 1^-2 mm. 



Hab. India: North- West Provinces, Saharanpur (E. P. Stebbing); 

 Ceylon. 



363. Demonax formicoides, Lameere (Clytus), C. R. Soc. Ent. Bely. 

 1890, p. ccxii. 



Black ; the head sparsely covered with yellow pubescence in 

 front ; prothorax glabrous, glossy ; elytra dull black, faintly 

 tomentose, marked with three elongate spots and a transverse 

 median band of pale yellow pubescence, the apex broadly covered 

 with ashy-grey pubescence; one of the spots placed on the suture 

 a little behind the scutellum, the other two farther back, placed 

 obliquely one on the disc of each elytron. Body beneath black, 

 the postero- lateral borders of the metasternum, the episterna of 

 the metathorax, a spot on each of the mesothoracic episterna and 

 a large spot at each side of the first abdominal segment covered 

 with dense white pubescence ; front femora entirely, the middle 

 and hind femora at the base, ferruginous red. The antennae extend 

 a little past the middle of the elytra ; first two joints and the 

 bases of the next three or four ferruginous, the rest dark brown ; 

 third, fourth and fifth spined at the apex, the spine on the fifth 

 minute, that on the third and fourth quite distinct. Prothorax 

 rounded at the sides, narrowed at base, its surface asperate. Epi- 

 sterna of metathorax overlapped in front by the sides of the elytra. 

 The hind femora extend well beyond the apex of the elytra. 



Length 7|-8 ; breadth 2 mm. 



Hab. Chutia Nagpur : Kunbir and Nowatoli. 



364. Demonax niaculicollis, sp. n. 



Black; head covered faintly in front with grey pubescence; 

 prothorax glabrous, subnitid, marked with a small median spot of 

 yellow pubescence a little in front of the base ; elytra marked with 

 three spots of yellow pubescence in front, a transverse band of 

 yellow pubescence just behind the middle, and another similar band 

 at the apex which is partly yellow, partly ashy grey. Body be- 

 neath black ; a large transverse spot on the prosternum, a spot on 

 each of the meso- and metathoracic episterna, the postero -lateral 

 angles of the metasternum and a large spot on each side of the 



