198 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



23 (b) . Laius variipes, sp. n. 



? . Elongate, narrow, ratlicr convex, widened posteriorly, 

 the head and prothorax somewhat shining, the elytra opaqne, 

 finely pnbescent ; the head, prothorax, the autennal joints 

 1-6, femora, and tarsi testaoeons or flavons, the rest of the 

 antennae, the palpi, and tibipe piceons or black ; the elytra 

 piceous, with the base, outer limb, and apical margin, and 

 the sntural region broadly and indeterminately, testaceous, 

 and each with two large, transverse, whitish fasciae on the 

 outer part of the disc, the subapical one curving forwards 

 externally ; densely, minutely, the elytra rugulosely punctate. 

 Head grooved in the middle between the eyes ; antennae 

 long, stout, tapering towards the apex, joint 2 very stout, 

 elongate, subcylindrical, 7-10 also elongate. Prothorax 

 convex, elongato-cordate, rather narrow, deeply, transversely 

 depressed before the base. Elytra long, widest towards the 

 apex. Legs comparatively short, rather stout, the posterior 

 tibiae feebly curved. 



Length 2^ mm. 



Hab. Assam, Patkai Mts. (Duherty). 



One specimen. Very like the Philippine L. rectefasciatus, 

 the antennpe and legs differently coloured, the prothorax 

 narrower, elongate, and more narrowed behind, the whitish 

 elytral fasciae broader, the antennae ( ? ) longer. 



24. Laius 2nctus. 



Laius jncttis, Er. Entomographien, p. 63 (c?) (1840) ^ 

 Tar. Laius duplex, Champ. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) vii. p. 339 (J ) 

 (April 1921) -^ 



(J. Antennal joint 1 curved, triangularly dilated out- 

 wards, 2 very broad, ear-shaped, rounded as seen from 

 above, deeply excavate, the inner margin recurved and fur- 

 nished with two slender appendages and a small tooth 

 (fig. 2) ; head deeply foveate in the middle between the 

 eyes ; anterior tarsi simple. 



Hab. Java^^; Philippines, Los Baiios (P. /. Baker: ^ : 

 No. 1654) ; Palawan, Puerto Princesa {Baker : ? : Nos. 

 4283,16753); Borneo, Pengaron (DoAer/y : S) ', Formosa. 



Two S S aiid 3 $ $ of this species have been sent by 

 Mr. Baker. The elytral markings are variable in colour 

 and shape : the outwardly-dilated ante-median patch is 

 red and bordered with white within in the type of L. pictus 



