430 CHKYSOMELIDJS. 



punctate-striate, dark fuscous or fulvous, closely covered with 

 scales and short single erect black hairs ; behind the middle a 

 transverse obscure band is visible, caused by the absence of scales. 

 Femora with a stout triangular tooth ; intermediate tibiae feebly 

 notched near the apex ; claws bifid. 



Length 4 mm. 



Sab. Upper Burma : Thagata, 



755. Demotina ceylonensis, Jac. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 72. 



Broadly ovate, robust ; fuscous, clothed with fulvous pubescence ; 

 the basal three or four joints of the antennae fulvous ; elytra 

 with a transverse whitish band at the middle, the apical portion 



Broader and more robust than D. thoracica, with the pubescence 

 fulvous instead of whitish. The elytra, instead of being finely and 

 distantly punctate-striate, are here strongly and closely punctured, 

 and a transverse band, composed of thick white pubescence, is 

 placed at the middle ; this band is narrowed towards the suture 

 and is, in one specimen, followed by a broad black denuded space, 

 while the apical portion is variegated by white and fulvous 

 pubescence ; in another specimen, which 1 refer to the same 

 species, the transverse band is only indicated, acid the space below 

 it shows some small fuscous spots, alternated by white and fulvous 

 pubescence. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon: Galle. 



756. Demotina lewisi, Jac. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 71. 



Fuscous or dark piceous, covered with yellowish scale-like 

 pubescence; basal joints of the antennae fulvous; scutelluin 

 whitish ; elytra closely punctate-striate, each elytron with two 

 more or less distinct rows of white spots. 



Antennae more than two-thirds the length of the body, the 

 third and fourth joints equal, the terminal five joints slightly 

 thickened. Thorax twice as broad as long, the sides strongly 

 rounded, the surface closely and finely rugose-punctate like the 

 head. S'-utellum thickly clothed with whitish pubescence. Elytra 

 closely covered with yellowish scale-like pubescence, the punc- 

 turation distinct, close and arranged in rows; each elytron with 

 two stripes of whitish pubescent spots, of which one is placed at 

 a little distance and close to the suture, the other at the middle 

 of the disc and extends from the shoulder to the apex ; besides 

 the pubescence, single short stiff black bristles are visible on 

 the surface of the elytra. Legs dark fulvous ; the femora with 

 a distinct tooth. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon: Galle. 



