228 Mr. G. A. K. Marshall on new 



confluent punctation. Elytra longer than broad and sUf^litly 

 dilated behind, the humeral callus small and rounded^ the 

 sulci broad and deep, closely punctate, and continued right 

 to the apices, whicli are separately rounded, the intervals 

 even and coriaceous, with a few very short recumbent set», 

 a shallow common transverse impression a little beiiiiid the 

 scutellum. Legs with the tibiee distinctly furrowed in (^ , 

 and the front pair slightly bent towards the apex 5 $ with 

 the front tibiae normal and the furrows indistincr. Sternum 

 with the punctation coarse and confluent at the sides, but 

 sparse in the centre, the meso- and metasternal epimera 

 densely pubescent. 



Long. 3|-4, lat. l|-2 mm. 



United Peovinces : Dehra Dun {E. P. Stehhing). Ben- 

 gal: Pusa (//. M. Lefrojj). 



I'l/pe.ij (^ ? , in the British Museum. 



Belongs to Jtkel's section Strigapoderus, but has the short 

 head of typical Apoderus. Tlie markings of the elytra vary 

 somewhat, the anterior spots being rarely absent, while 

 occasionally all the spots are enlarged and more or less 

 confluent. 



Both Mr. Lefroy and Mr. Stebbing record this species as 

 doing considerable domage to fcissu-trees {Dahlbergia sissoo), 

 which it defoliates. 



Apoderus lefroy i^ sp. n. 



Flavo-testaceus ; capita (rostro et collo exceptis), elytrorum area 

 basali, fascia apicali, maculis duabus diii'licutis singulatim in 

 declivitate, j)iceo-brunneis ; scutello et prothorace, punctis duobua 

 rufo-flavis exceptis, nigro-piceis ; sterno late ad latera, anguste 

 in medio metasterni, jdaga media in segmento 1° abdominis, 

 maculis lateralibus subrotundatis in segmentis 1-3 nigro- aut 

 brunueo-piceis ; pedibus flavo-testaceis, femoribus annulo lato 

 juxta-apicali nigro-piceo. Prothorace transverse, rude plicato, in 

 medio sulcato ; elytris subquadratis, ad apieem late truncatis, 

 bumcris acute recLangulatis, lateribus prope basin parallelis deia 

 ad apieem leviter ampliatis, supra rude punctato-sulcatis, tuber- 

 culis tribus conicis aeutis singulatim in serie obliqua ab humero 

 ad medium obsitis, tuberculo postico aliis multo majors. 



Head pitch-brown, the rostrum and neck testaceous yellow; 

 protboiax brownish b.ack, with two sn;all dorsal reddish- 

 yellow spots ; scutellum black ; elytra with the anterior 

 Iwo-tliirds pitchy brown, except the basal margin, which is 

 yellowish, the posterior third testaceous yellow, with a 

 common transverse row of four pairs of brown spots on the 



