TEMNASPIS. 



long, transversely grooved at the base and apex, each side of the 

 disc with a thick longitudinal elevated ridge, the inner margin of 

 which is bounded by a shallow fossa, 

 surface distinctly but less closely punc- 

 tured than the head ; middle of the disc 

 with a broad vitta, rather broader 

 behind, abbreviated at the base and 

 apex. Scutellum triangular, its apex 

 entire. Elytra subelongate, sides paral- 

 lel, above subdepressed along the back, 

 convex at the sides and apex, surface 

 closely punctured, each elytron with 

 two indistinct longitudinal ridges, ful- 

 vous ; a broad black subquadrate patch 

 extends across the middle of each 

 elytron and is abbreviated at the extreme 

 outer margin ; this patch forms a common 

 transverse fascia, emarginate on the 

 suture at its base and apex, the hairs 

 on its surface concolorous. Beneath 

 shining, a large irregular patch on the 

 pleura3, another transverse one across 

 the middle of the abdomen and a large 

 spot on the outer surface of the pos- 

 terior thighs, black ; hinder femora much incrassate, ovate, armed 

 at their lower edge in the middle with an obtuse tooth. 

 Length 7 mm. 

 Hob. Northern India. 



Fig. 15. Tcmnaspis downesi. 



166. Tenmaspis flavicornis, Jac. Ann, Mus. Ci. Genova, xxxii, 1892, 

 p. 875. 



Eeddish-fulvous ; antenna? flavous, anterior, intermediate tibiae 

 and the tarsi black. Elytra black. 



Broad and robust in shape ; the head remotely punctured on 

 the vertex, closely near the eyes, and sparingly clothed with 

 black hairs ; clypeus transversely sulcate ; antennas flavous, ex- 

 tending to the base of the elytra, the basal four joints shining, 

 the others opaque, strongly flattened and widened. Thorax 

 narrowed towards the apex, the posterior angles produced into a 

 blunt tubercle; the disc rather depressed at the middle, very 

 sparingly punctured and pubescent. Scutellum fulvous. Elytra 

 slightly " constricted posteriorly, the shoulders prominent and 

 obliquely shaped, the surface shining, finely punctured and 

 furnished with black pubescence. The posterior femora with two 

 stout teeth, the outer margin of the tibiae and the tarsi black ; 

 metasternum raised at the sides into a conical protuberance. 



Length 10 mm. 



Hub. Burma: Karennee. 



