132 CHBYSOMELIDJS. 



third near the apex. Body beneath flavous, the upper portion 

 of the breast, the apex of the tibiae and the tarsi more or less 

 black. Pygidium not covered by the elytra, its lower portion 

 black. 



Length 3| mm. 



Hob. Assam ; Siam. Type in Brit. Mus. 



A small species that differs from all its allies in the number 

 and position of the elytra! spots. 



236. JEtheomorpha decemnotata, Jac. (Gynandrophthalma) Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Genova, xxxii, 1892, p. 884. 



Fulvous ; base of head, terminal joints of antennae, scutellum, 

 and underside (partly) black. Elytra each with two spots at base, 

 two behind the middle and one near apex, black. 



Oblong-ovate, rather broad ; head irnpunctate, upper half black, 

 lower portion fulvous, the two colours sepa- 

 rated by a transverse sulcus, at base of which 

 are three small depressions placed triangu- 

 larly ; eyes large and elongate, nearly entire ; 

 clypeus feebly emarginate, broad ; labrum 

 fulvous ; antennae rather long and robust, 

 extending to the base of the elytra, basal 

 three or four joints fulvous, rest black, third 

 joint extremely small, fourth and following 

 transversely dilated. Thorax nearly three 

 times as broad as long, sides rounded, 

 ~e\g.3$.Mtkecmorpha slightly narrowed anteriorly, impunctate, 

 decemnotata. fulvous, sometimes with obscure fuscous 



markings. Scutellum triangular. Elytra 

 very closely and rather strongly punctured in irregular rows, 

 apex very obsoletely punctate ; each elytron with five black spots, 

 one on the shoulders, another near the scutellum, one on the 

 middle near the lateral margin, the fourth near the suture behind 

 the middle, and the fifth narrow and elongate near the apical 

 margin on the side. Body beneath clothed with silvery pubes- 

 cence ; legs fulvous. First joint of anterior tarsi longer than the 

 second. 



Length 4-5 mm. 

 Hal). Burma : Karen Hills. 



Differs from jE. 14-ptmctata, Jac., in the absence of thoracic 

 spots and in the number and position of those on the elytra. 



237. JStheomorpha parvula, sp. n. 



Pale fulvous ; head with a transverse black band ; elytra with 

 two spots near suture behind the middle, a humeral spot and a 

 narrow marginal band near the middle of each elytron, blackish- 

 blue. 



