458 Mr. C. J. Galian on new 



punctulatis, nitidis ; humeris promimilis, uoimihil tuberculi- 

 formis ; epipleuris brevibus, concavis, ab margine externa modice 

 distantibiis ; corpore subtus fiavo, metasterno nigro. 

 Long. 10-11 mm. 



Hah. India. 



The characters of the shoulders and the epipleura of the 

 elytra will separate this from the somewhat similarly shaped 

 and coloured species, such as 0. tarsata, Baly, 0. sordida, 

 Baly, and 0. ivdica, Baly. In the present species there is a 

 very slight oblique depression above each of the shoulders, 

 so that the latter appear like tubercles. The epipleura of 

 the elytra are moderately distant from the external margin, 

 they are somewhat expanded just about opposite the middle 

 of the metathoracic episterna^ and are then abruptly cut away 

 behind. The species may further be distinguished by its 

 liaving the whole of the underside of the body, the meta- 

 sternum excepted, testaceous 3^ellow. The legs are similarly 

 coloured, with the underside of the third joint of the tarsi 

 black. 



It is probable that in a large series of the species some of 

 the specimens would be seen to have black spots on the abdo- 

 men. There are very slight indications of such in the two 

 specimens before me. 



O'ides coccinelloidesy sp. n. 



^ubhemisphserica, flavo-testacea, maculis duabus prothoraeis et 

 maculis duodccim elytrorum nigris ; corpore subtus pedibusque 

 flavis, postpectore et maculis decern abdominis nigris ; elytris valde 

 ampliatis, epipleuris ab margine externa distantibus; antennis 

 brevibus, flavis, articulis tribus vel quatuor ultimis fuscis. 



Long. 10-13 mm. 



Hah. North India, Sikkim {Dr. Hooker). 



Yellowish testaceous. Head with a transverse impression 

 between the eyes. Pronotum a little more than twice as 

 broad as its median length ; anterior margin strongly con- 

 cave, basal margin feebly convex, sides rounded, with the 

 anterior angles acute ; surface almost irapunctate, with a 

 longitudinally ovate spot on each side near the base. Elytra 

 nitid, almost impunctate, each with six black spots in the 

 order 2, 2, 2, with the outermost spot of each of the two 

 anterior pairs considerably elongated in the transverse direc- 

 tion, so as to form a sort of band. Sides of the elytra ex- 

 tending downwards to a considerable extent beyond their 

 epipleura, so that the latter are seen as two ridges — one on 

 the inner side of each elytron at a long distance from the 



