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022. Pseudostonopa bicolor, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvii, 1903 r 

 p. 90. 



Dark fulvous, more or less marked with black ; thorax with broad 

 black band ; legs spotted, apex of tibi?o and the tarsi fulvous. 



cT . Head closely punctured anteriorly ; clypeus longitudinally 

 striate at the anterior edge, the latter triangularly emargiuate ; 



Fig. \22.-Pxuilosioiiojxt bicolor. 



antennae fulvous, terminal joints more or less piceous. Thorax with 

 disc more or less piceous, closely punctured at middle, sides with 

 a more or less distinct transverse eulcus. Elytra feebly depressed 

 below base, with short rows of iine punctures, distinct only below 

 the base ; the base and the apex fulvous, disc more or less black. 

 Legs fulvous. Beneath more or less piceous. Tibia? widened at 

 apex, first joint of anterior tarsi dilated. 



$ . Thorax without sulcus ; anterior tarsi less widened than in 

 the <$ . Otherwise similar. 



Var. Nearly black ; apex of elytra flavous. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hab. Southern India : Nilgiris. 



The amount of black on the elytra is variable, and sometimes 

 assumes the shape of a longitudinal band ; the knees also are more 

 or less piceous in some specimens, in one specimen they are nearly 

 black ; a small humeral spot, the anterior margin of the thorax 

 and apex of elytra alone are pale fulvous. 



023. Pseudostonopa biplagiata, Jac. (Nodostoma) Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Genova, xxvii, 1889, p. 162. 



Piceous ; basal joints of antenna), head, anterior margin of 

 thorax, legs and abdomen fulvous ; elytra fulvous, each with 

 a discoidal oval black spot. 



$ . Oblong and subcyliudrical ; upper portion of head iin- 

 punctate ; clypeus strongly and remotely punctured, anterior 

 margin feebly emarginate ; antenna3 with the basal three joints 

 flavous, rest more or less fuscous, joints rather short and stout, 

 third joint shorter than the second and fourth, apical joint scarcely 



