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of thorax, basal four joints fulvous, rest black. Thorax strongly 

 transverse, sides rounded ; posterior margin straight at sides, 

 scarcely produced at middle and truncate at the latter place ; 

 surface entirely irnpunctate, with four black spots placed trans- 

 versely, the intermediate spots generally larger and of triangular 

 shape. Scutellum piceous or black, apex truncate. Elytra rather 

 strongly and irregularly punctured, the puncturation gradually 

 diminishing, entirely obsolete at apex ; the transverse band 

 narrow, rather deeply sinuate along the lower border, placed at 

 base and extended to the margins ; second band immediately 

 behind the middle and connected with the black margins at sides 

 and apex. Underside more or less marked with black, thickly 

 pubescent ; legs fulvous, apex of tibiae and the tarsi fuscous. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hob. Burma : Karen Hills ; Palon. 



The black markings of this species vary greatly ; in some speci- 

 mens the middle spots of the thorax are joined and form a short 

 transverse band ; the elytral basal band does not extend to suture 

 and the second band is of regular shape, not only connected at 

 the sides with the marginal stripe, but also at posterior portion of 

 suture which is likewise black. Sometimes the head is almost 

 entirely fulvous, while one or more of the thoracic spots are 

 obsolete. The species by its distinctly lateral elytral lobes and 

 strongly inflated abdomen is placed in jEtheomorpha. 



231. JEtheomorpha unifasciata, sp. n. 



Black ; thorax with margins and disc more or less fulvous ; 

 elytra flavous, with a short transverse black band near apex. 



Elongate and subcylindrical. Head transversely grooved 

 between the eyes, these very large ; lower portion of face more or 

 less fulvous, rather closely and strongly punctured ; anterior 

 margin of clypeus emarginate. Antennae not extended to base of 

 thorax, pale fulvous, second and third joints small, equal ; fourth 

 and following joints transverse, but not serrate or tootlied; 

 terminal two joints smaller and ovate. Thorax twice as broad as 

 long, subcylindrical, sides strongly deflexed, lateral margins feebly 

 rounded, posterior angles distinct, sides with a distinct oblique 

 groove near the base ; surface closely and finely punctured, the 

 whole disc more or less black in appearance as if crossed by 

 a broad transverse band. Scutellum fulvous. Pygidium partly 

 uncovered. Body and legs clothed with silvery pubescence. First 

 joint of tarsi distinctly longer than the second. 



Length 6-6| mm. 



Hub. Northern India ; Bengal (Brit. Hus.}. 



The markings of the thorax are obscure in the specimens 

 before me, but may probably be better defined in others ; the 

 elytral band is narrow and does not quite extend to the extreme 

 margins. 



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