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275. Clytra orientalis, Lefcv. Bull. Soc. JEnt. Bely. xxxv, 1891, p. ccl. 



Black ; clothed with grey pubescence, above bright fulvous ; 

 antennae black, the basal three joints fulvous ; elytra with a large 

 triangular patch placed near the apex at the sides and the apical 

 margins narrowly black. 



Elongately oblong. Head with two confluent foveae, the vertex 

 punctured ; the clypeus smooth ; mandibles prominent, large, their 

 apices black. Thorax slightly broader than long, the sides nearly 

 straight, the posterior angles rounded, above convex, very smooth, 

 with an oblique fine sulcus at the sides, strongly punctured in 

 front of the scutellum at the base. Elytra impunctate. Legs 

 robust and short. 



Lentfth 9-10 mm. 



Hub. Bangalore (Calcutta JMus.). 



This insect might easily be mistaken for ^Ethioilactyla lateralis, 

 Lacord., with which it agrees in size and somewhat in coloration ; 

 but it is, no doubt, a true Clytra, on account of the short legs and 

 tarsi ; other differences are to be found in the short thorax, the 

 punctured vertex of the head and base of the thorax, and in the 

 black apical margins of the elytra. 



S76. Clytra cardoni, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xli, 1897, p. 424. 



Fulvous ; head and thorax with two black spots ; scutellum 

 black ; elytra with a transverse subquadrate black spot at base 

 and a medially constricted black band behind the middle ; breast 

 and base of femora black. 



Head impunctate ; an elongate black spot above eyes ; 

 anterior edge of clypeus semicircu- 

 larly emarginate ; labrum fulvous ; an- 

 tennae not extending to base of thorax, 

 fuscous, basal three or four joints fulvous. 

 Thorax about one-half broader than long, 

 sides nearly straight, basal margin slightly 

 produced at middle, angles distinct ; surface 

 impunctate, a triangular mark at middle 

 of disc, sometimes separated into two spots. 

 Scutellum black, strongly pointed. Elytra 

 narrow and elongate, a few fine punctures 

 near suture on the basal portion, rest 

 impunctate ; an abbreviated transverse spot 

 or band, slightly oblique, from shoulders 

 towards suture, a second band nearly 

 extending to either margin behind the middle. Abdomen fulvous. 

 Length 5 mm. 

 Hob. Bengal : Mandar. 



Fig. 55. 

 Clytra cardoni 



