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witli the head, legs, and underside shining, and witli white or 

 yellow markings, consisting of a narrow line on each side of 

 the prothorax, t'rcquently interru[)ted or absent, a spot upon 

 the mesosternal epinieron, two small spots placed close 

 together behind the middle of each elytron and frequently 

 coalescing, a minute external apical spot, a large patch on 

 each side of the j)ygidium, and a row of spots on each side of 

 the sternum and abdomen. 



The head is closely punctured, rather long, and deeply 

 notched in front. The prothorax is finely ininctured, 

 attenuated in front, and strongly and rather sharply lobed 

 behind. The elytra are rather parallel-sided and little 

 narrowed towards the extremity ; they are coarsely punctured 

 in rows, with two well-marked costse upon each. The sternal 

 process is conical, rather long, and acuminate. 



In tiie female there are three sharp equidistant teeth to the 

 front tibia. In the male the uppermost tootii is distant from 

 the other two and much shorter. 



The pale markings are liable to reduction, and in one 

 s|)ecimen in the British Museum have disappeared entirely 



1 have seen a considerable number of specimens of this 

 form, which is gem-rally confused with Clinteria guttiferay 

 Burm. (=C. valida^ Lansb.). It differs by its straight and 

 moie parallel sides, the median spots of the elytra placed 

 farther back and not obliquely, and the more sharply pointed 

 sternal process. 



I at first regarded this as possibly the C. modesta, Blanch., 

 but the examination of a co-type kindly sent from the Paris 

 Museum by M. Lesne shows the latter to be a variety of 

 C. Klugi, Hope {=C.jiavopicta, Bl.), with tlie pale markings 

 xttry much reduced. 



Anthracoplioi'a bufo, sp. n. 



Ovata, sat depressa, piceo-nigra, velutina, supra et pubtus fulvo- 

 variegata, prothoracis, metastenii abdonnnif«que medio costisque 

 duabus elytrorum basi glabris, immaculatis ; cajtite grosse pune- 

 tato, prothoracis hiteribus giossissime et crebre, medio la^vius sed 

 fortiter puiictatis, marginibus valde sinuatis, basi angulatim 

 emarginata ; scutello hand longo, piinctato, variegato ; elytris 

 irrt'gulariter striatis et punctatis, costa distincta basah, lateribus 

 vix sinuatis ; pygidio rugose, varieguto ; corporo subtus grosse 

 punctato, lateribus rugose puuetato, opaco et variegate, processu 

 BtcrnaU brovitor acuuiinato ; pedibus brevibus, variegatis, tibiis 

 anticis minute bidcutatis. 



Long. 10 mm. 



nab. Sylhet. 



Deep led-biown, irreguhuly speckled above and below with 



