158 CHRYSOMELID^. 



The elytral markings differ from those of rnostof the other species 

 of the genus, but are somewhat similar to those of O. annamita, 

 Lefev., from China, only the position and shape of the bands are 

 quite different. 



^77. Clytra marginicollis, sp. ij. 



Black and shining ; lateral margins of thorax anteriorly fulvous. 

 Elytra fulvous, with transverse black band behind the middle 

 widened near suture. 



Head transversely grooved between the eyes, the lower portion 

 finely and irregularly punctured, anterior border subtriangularly 

 emarginate ; mandibles broad and robust, rather strongly pro- 

 duced; palpi fulvous ; antennae with the basal four joints fulvous, 

 the succeeding five joints black, the rest in the type and only 

 specimen wanting. Thorax strongly transverse, subcylindrical, 

 the sides strongly rounded ; posterior angles distinct, the extreme 

 lateral angles fulvous on the anterior portion, the rest of the 

 surface black, very shining and impunctate ; median lobe distinctly 

 produced and rounded. Scutellum black, rather convex and 

 pointed. Elytra feebly lobed at the shoulders, the black band 

 extends right across ; the puncturation arranged in very closely 

 approximate irregular rows, which become more separated and 

 almost obsolete near the apex. Beneath black. Tarsi robust, the 

 first joint about as long as the second. 



Length 7 mm. 



Hob. India (Coll. Jacoly}. 



Colouring similar to that of C. succincta, Lacord. ; size smaller, 

 the thorax with fulvous lateral margins anteriorly ; puncturation 

 of elytra very distinct, the band differently shaped and placed 

 nearer the apex. 



.278. Clytra fasciatopunctata, Lacord. (Melitonoma) Mon. Phytoph. 



ii, 1848, p. 381. 

 Clytra kanaraensis, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxix, 1895, p. 256. 



Head and body beneath black ; labrum and thorax fulvous. 

 Elytra fulvous, two or three spots before the middle and a curved 

 transverse band near apex black ; legs fulvous. 



Elongate and subcylindrical ; the head finely rugose and 

 pubescent ; antennae scarcely extending to the middle of the 

 thorax, blackish, the basal four joints fulvous, fourth and fol- 

 lowing joints transversely serrate. Thorax impunctate, twice as 

 broad as long, the posterior angles rounded, the surface im- 

 punctate. Scutellum fulvous. Elytra rather finely and irregularly 

 punctured, with a transverse arched black band near the apex, not 

 extending to the lateral margins ; a black spot on the shoulders 



