Oenern (imi tSj)ecit'S o/Colcopterii. 'A'A^t 



Pubescent, dfcp black, vnrit'd willi a iieurly pure white (the fijrure 

 will ^-ive a bettor iden tliaii any description), a lew bristly bairn friutr- 

 inii^ the sidea of the elytra; tarsi brownish, and the tenninal joint 

 yellowish white ; antenna) slijjfhtly ciliated beneath, bhu'k, the fourth 

 joint, except at the apex, and bust four joints white ; body beneath 

 pitchy, with a sparse silvery pile. Lenf^th 4 lines. 



AoKLASTA [LaraiidaeJ. 

 Newman, Entomologist, p. 288. 



Agelasta Mouhotii. 



A. cinereo fulvoque pubescens, nigi'o maculata; elytris fasciis duabus 

 fuscis omatis ; tibianim apice tarsisque nipris. 



Hub. Cambodia. 



Sparingly pubescent, the dark shiniufr epiderm ever^-where more or 

 leas visible ; head and prothorax with a thin fulvous pile, spotted with 

 dark bro^^^l on the latter ; the fulvous passes into ashy posteriorly, and 

 is continued on to the scutellum and base of the elytra, where it is 

 limited by a broad band of dark brown, having its posterior border 

 very irregular ; the rest of the elytra is fulvous with a denticulate band 

 towards the apex ; and the whole, not occupied by the two bands, is 

 dotted with small brown or nearly black spot^, the centres of each 

 being occupied by a shallow puncture ; legs ashy, the lower half of the 

 tibia? and the tarsi black ; antennre scarcely longer than the body, 

 black, the first three, base of the fourth, and the fifth joints ashy ; body 

 beneath with a thin ashy pile. Length 5-6 lines. 



This very distinct species, which is perhaps most nearly connected 

 with A. amicus, Wh., may be recognized by the clear ashy-grey at 

 the base of the elytra, contrasted with the rich -dark -brown band 

 which succeeds. I have dedicated it to M. Mouhot, who, as is well 

 kno^vn is now, and has been for some years, investigating the Zoo- 

 logy of Cambodia and Siam. 



Agelasta rupta. 

 A. obscure-griaeo pubescens, nigi-o ma<*ulata ; olytris fasciis duabus den- 



tatis nigris; tibiis annulatis tarsisque nigris. 

 Hah. Cambodia. 



Sparingly pubescent, dull greyish, spotted and banded with black ; 

 head yellowish grey, obseurely spotted ; anteiniie longer than the body, 

 the first two and ba«al half of the third joint grey, the remainder 

 black, with the fourth, sixth, eight, tenth, and eleventh at their bases 

 more or leas ashy ; prothorax very short and transverse, yello^vish grey, 

 spotted wit^ black; scutellum nearly quadrate, the apex slightly 

 rounded ; elytra short, subparallel, irregularly punctured, greyish, a 

 toothed band between the htase and middle, and a narrower waved in- 



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