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Rather broad and convex; head, thorax and scutellum as in 



JE.fallax. Elytra with the 

 black lateral band of un- 

 equal width, as if composed 

 of three confluent spots, of 

 which the first is placed on 

 the shoulders, the second 

 just before the middle and 

 the third at the apex ; of the 

 other spots the first is 

 situated below the base, 

 longer than broad and ovate, 

 the other posterior to the 

 Fig. 34. JZihcomoi-pfia niyropicta. middle and close to the 



suture, irregularly rounded 



or transverse and with a tendency to join the second dilatation of 

 the marginal stripe. Beneath obscure pale fulvous ; sides of breast, 

 abdomen and the pygidiuni blackish. 

 Length 4-4i mm. 



Hab. Bengal : Mandar ; Tranquebar, Kanara, Belgaum ; Ceylon. 

 This species seems subject to great variation in regard to the 

 elytral markings, which in some specimens are only indicated and 

 even entirely absent ; the elytra are finely and irregularly striate- 

 punctate, nearly smooth near apex. In some of the Indian 

 specimens, which are of rather more elongate shape, the elytral 

 stripe is interrupted and the second spot unites with it. ^E. picti- 

 pennis, Jac. closely resembles the present species, but may 

 be distinguished by the 4-spottecl thorax and strong elytral 

 puncturation. 



There is but little doubt that JE. cincta, Weise, is identical with 

 Lefevre's species ; the only difference seems to lie in the sutural 

 spot which in "Weise's species is separated instead of confluent, but 

 the genus in which Weise has placed the insect is no doubt the 

 correct one. 



Elytra ivith longitudinal bands. 

 224. JEtheomorpha nigromarginata, sp. n. 



c? . Flavous ; the base of the head, the scutellum and the under- 

 side black. Elytra with a marginal black stripe from base to apex. 



Subcylindrical and parallel-sided ; the head with three more or 

 less distinct fovese, placed triangularly, nearly impunctate, the 

 upper portion as far as the eyes black, the rest flavous ; clypeus 

 feebly emarginate ; antennae fuscous, extending to the base of the 

 elytra, basal two or three joints flavous, fourth and following 

 joints transverse. Thorax about two and a half times broader 

 than long, sides nearly straight, posterior angles rather indistinct, 

 surface impunctate, with an obsolete transverse depression near 

 the posterior angles. Scutellum trigonal, impunctate, apex 

 slightly truncate. Elytra feebly lobed below the shoulders, the 



