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latter joint slightly narrower than the fifth. Thorax more than 

 twice as broad as long, the sides rounded, finely and closely 

 punctured, with the usual feeble impressions, the margins darker 

 red. Scutellum pubescent and punctured. Elytra twice as 

 strongly punctured as in E. ornata, the basal portion more 

 closely and irregularly so, the rest more sparsely also in irregular 

 rows, interstices smooth ; the first blue spot on the shoulders small 

 and round, sometimes only indicated, the second near the suture 

 at about one-third the length of the elytra, larger, transverse ; the 

 transverse band straight, widened gradually towards the suture, 

 not quite extended to either margin. 



Length 6 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon : Anuradhapura. 



259. Epimela dilutipes, sp. n. 



Obscure dark blue ; head and thorax pubescent ; elytra fulvous 

 with four dark blue spots placed transversely. 



Head entirely clothed with short grey pubescence ; labrum fulvous ; 

 eyes subquadrately emarginate ; antennae black, not extending to 

 base of thorax, basal four joints fulvous, third joint extremely 

 small, the rest strongly transverse. Thorax twice as broad as 

 long, of equal width, sides rounded, surface pubescent like that of 

 the head, with two small tubercles near the anterior margin. 

 Scutellum rather pointed and elongate, pubescent. Elytra very 

 strongly punctured in irregular rows, interstices rugose, partly 

 costate near suture, each elytron with two blue spots before and 

 two behind the middle ; of the former two one is placed on the 

 shoulders and one near the suture, the latter two are transverse. 

 Tibiae fulvous, stained with fuscous ; femora bluish, all densely 

 pubescent like the underside. 



Length 5 mm. 



Bab. Southern India : Madura. Type in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 



Separated from E. insularis, Weise, by the entirely pubescent 

 head which obscures the sculpture, and by the elytral markings 

 and the arrangement of the punctures in rows. 



Genus PANTOCOMETIS. 



Pantocometis, Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. ii, 1848, p. 366; Chapuis, 

 Gen. CoUopt. x, 1874, p. 129. 



Type, P. hirsuta, Lacord., from India. 



Range. India ; Ceylon. 



$ . Oblong ; entirely clothed with long pubescence. Head 

 short ; eyes rather large ; antennae robust, second and third joints 

 subconical, very short, equal, following joints serrate, obliquely 

 trigonal. Thorax very short, subcylindrical, sides straight, 

 posterior angles rounded. Scutellurc rather large. Elytra feebly 



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