150 CHRTSOMEMD2E. 



264. Clytrasoma palliata, Fabr. (Clythra) Sytt. Ekuth. ii, 1801, p. 30 ; 



Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. ii. 1848, p. 191. 



rf. Clytra gibbosa, Vigors, Zool Journ. ii, 1826, p. 241, pi. 9, 

 fig. 11. 



Fulvous ; head, antennae, underside and legs black ; elytra 

 with humeral, subapical spot and a transverse band at middle,, 

 black. 



Fig. 50. Clytrasoma palliata. 



cJ . Head black, closely pubescent in front of eyes, forming a 

 pointed triangular space at each side, middle with deep groove, 

 lower portion of face finely strigose ; antennae rather short, second 

 and third joints fulvous, following joints shaped like transverse 

 laminae with an additional 12th joint. Thorax about two and a 

 half times broader than long, opaque, sides feebly rounded, median 

 lobe short; surface when seen under a strong lens extremely 

 minutely punctured, with an angulate black mark on each side of 

 the base, or the base entirely black. Scutellum black. Elytra 

 strongly dilated, opaque, minutely and extremely closely punctured ; 

 a spot on shoulders, a more transverse spot near apex and a 

 transverse band at middle, composed of two more or less confluent 

 spots, black. Beneath black, closely pubescent ; claw-joint partly 

 hidden at base. 



<j> . Elytra slightly or not at all dilated, shining. 



Var. a. Thorax fulvous without spots. 



Var. b. Thorax black, margined with fulvous. 



Var. c. Thorax black. 



Length 12-15 mm. 



Hob. Throughout India. 



A rather common species, the sexes very dissimilar in shape, 

 the elytral pattern subject to variation in regard to number of 

 black markings. 



265. Clytrasoma conformis, Lacord. (Clythra) Mon. Phytoph. ii, 1848, 

 p. 194. 



Black, pubescent beneath ; thorax and elytra fulvous, a spot on 

 the shoulders, two behind the middle, and another near apex, black. 

 Thorax with two or three spots. 



