TKICLIOKA. 475 



Head impunctate, fulvous; eyes notched at their inner margins; 

 clypeus broader than long, separated from the face by a shallow 

 transverse groove ; antennae pale fulvous, extending to the 

 middle of the elytra, third and fourth joints equal, terminal joints 

 scarcely thickened. Thorax fulvous, more than twice as broad as 

 long, slightly widened at the middle, the sides nearly straight, the 

 surface scarcely perceptibly punctured, rather convex. Scutellum 

 black. Elytra slightly wider than the thorax, very slightly depressed 

 below the base, regularly and distinctly punctate-striate anteriorly, 

 the punctures nearly obliterated behind the middle. Femora 

 fulvous, the posterior femora strongly dilated into a tooth, the 

 anterior pair dentate to a less degree ; the posterior four tibiaa 

 emarginate at the apex ; claws bifid. 



Var. . Head and thorax fulvous without spots ; elytra black, 

 the apex flavous. 



Var. b. Thorax and elytra black. 



Var. c. Entirely fulvous. 



Length 3 mm. 



Hob. Southern Bombay : Kanara ; Belgaum. 



This is a most variable species in regard to coloration, varying 

 from flavous to black, with or without black markings. In some 

 specimens the thorax is fulvous with the black spots confluent, 

 in others the head and thorax are fulvous and the elyti'a black 

 with a pale flavous apex, but all these forms show by their shape 

 and sculpture that they represent the same species. They can 

 be recognized by their short subquadrate, not narrowly elongate 

 shape and by the transverse exceedingly finely punctured thorax 

 and its equal width ; the typical banded form is of course easily 

 known. 



819. Tricliona picea, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bdg. xxxix, 1895, p. 284. 



Piceous ; basal joints of the antennae flavous ; the anterior 

 femora with a broad triangular tooth. 



Head extremely finely punctured with a more or less distinct 

 central ridge ; clypeus distinctly separated from the face, wedge- 

 shaped, its surface finely rugose ; antenna3 extending to the middle 

 of the elytra, the basal five joints flavous, the rest black or entirely 

 fulvous, third joint slightly shorter than the fourth. Thorax 

 rather broad, of equal width, the sides straight at the base, 

 rounded and slightly narrowed in front ; the disc rather sparingly 

 but distinctly punctured at the sides leaving the small middle 

 portion nearly impunctate, posterior margin straight at the sides, 

 slightly but broadly produced at the middle. Scutellum as broad 

 as long. Elytra very shallowly depressed below the base, deeply 

 punctate-striate anteriorly, the punctures much finer posteriorly 

 and closely approximate. Anterior femora strongly dilated into a 

 triangular tooth, the other femora less strongly dentate. 



