124 CHRTSOMELID.E. 



222. JEtheomorpha suturata, Jac. (Clytra) Ann. Ent. Soc. Bely. xlii, 



1898, p. 185. 



Var. uEtkeomorpha multiplaariata, Jac. Ann. Ent. Soc. Bely. xlvii, 

 1903, p. 87. 



Fulvous; thorax \\ith three spots; elytra with a sutui-al, 

 posteriorly wideped band, sides and apex, a transverse band behind 

 the middle, a humeral and central spot near margins, black ; 

 tibise at apex and tarsi black. 



Narrow and parallel-sided ; vertex of head black, impunctate ; 

 clypeus concavely einarginate at the anterior edge ; antennae 

 extending to the base of the thorax, basal three joints fulvous, 

 rest fuscous. Thorax short and transverse, more than twice as 

 broad as long, sides straight, posterior angles obtuse; surface 

 extremely minutely punctured, a round black spot on each side 

 and a somewhat heart-shaped one on the middle. Scutellurn 

 black. Elytra with a slight basal depression at suture, distinctly 

 and regularly punctate-striate, the suture with black band from 

 base to middle, its end suddenly widened, sides with another band 

 to which is attached a humeral and a median black spot and a 

 transverse band behind the middle ; pygidium partly uncovered by 

 the elytra, epipleural lobes of latter feeble. Body beneath clothed 

 with silvery pubescence, breast more or less fuscous ; anterior 

 femora, apex of the others and base of tibiae fulvous ; tarsi rather 

 broad. 



Length 3-4 mm. 



Hab. Bengal : Mandar, Barway ; Xilgiris ; Malabar Coast : 

 Mahe. 



This species is neither typical of ^Etlieomorplia nor of Clytra, 

 having some of the characters of each ; it is more elongate and 

 narrower than ^32. fallatc, Lacord. but agrees with the latter in the 

 punctate-striate elytra. The above description is that of a 

 strongly marked specimen ; in many others all the markings are 

 greatly reduced and in some only the lateral elytral stripes and a 

 small sutural spot behind the middle remain; many are inter- 

 mediate. I have placed it in ^Etheomorpha on account of the 

 elytral lobe and the partly free pygidium, but as a matter of fact 

 the latter character only applies to some specimens, in others it is 

 quite covered by the elytra. The species must stand as J$. suturata 

 with sB. mult'tplagiata as a variety. 



Elytra not or very slightly punctate-striate. 



223. JEtheomorpha nigropicta, Lefev. (Gynandrophthaluia) Bull 



Soc. Ent. Bely. xxxv, 1891, p. cclii. 

 .Etheomorpha cincta, Wcise, Dcut. ent. Zeit. 1903, p. 28. 



Testaceous ; antenna? (the basal three joints excepted), sides of 

 breast and apical abdominal segment partly blackish ; elytra with 

 a black lateral stripe and a spot in front of and posterior to the 

 middle near the suture. 



