Coleopterous Family Dormestitlie. 4155 



fascia transversa, exliis haucl vel parum dilatata, horum apicibus 

 etiam nonnuiujuam, rufis ; capitc, pronoto elytrorumquc busi sat 

 lonpo et dense griseo-sctosis. 

 Long. '2b-'6 mm. 



Hah. S. Nu;i:kia : Ihadaii. 



About fifty spociincns of tliis insect, now dislribiitod be- 

 tween the British Mus«Mini and the Hope Collection at Oxford, 

 were bred by Dr. W . A. Lamborn from the egjr-duster of i\ 

 Mantis, emerginj; from it at vaii(ni9 dates in July ll.>13. 



It ^M'eatly resembles T. ri(focincta, but is a little smaller, 

 V ith relatively Nvider prothorax, rather more abruptly trun- 

 cated scutellum and distinctly shorter elytra. The median 

 red band does not noticeably dilate towards the sides, but is 

 of apj)roximately equal width throughout. The longer and 

 paler hairs of the head and prouotum extend also to tlie base 

 of the elytra, where they forn> a conspicuous transverse band. 

 In a few spociinens more or less large red patches occur upon 

 the apices of the elytra, and these may even become united 

 with the median band. The club of the antenna of the male 

 is practically the same as in T. rufocincta. 



Thaumaghssa lata, sp. n. 



Nigra, antcnnis, pcdibus, ahdomine, elytrorumquc fascia lata trans- 

 versa, rutis ; cori)ore supra et subtus sat a>qualiter pubescenti, 

 capitis et prothoracis capillis flavis, fascia) rufescentibus ; pro- 

 noto baud lato, cum elytris fortiter confertim punctatis, lateribus 

 densius, lobo postico valido, truncato. 



Long. 3 mm. 



JIah. S. CllIXA : Hongkong. 



A single specimen was taken by Commander J. J. AYalker 

 in 1802. It is a female, with the circular terminal joint ot" 

 the antenna larger than in the same sex of either of the two 

 jneceding species. The coloration is ihe same, but the 

 median red band is narrowed at the outer edge. The elytr.i 

 are strojtgly and closely punctured, the disc of the pronottun 

 strongly but less closely, and the sides very densely. The 

 posterior lobe is broadly truncated at the ctid. 



Thaumaglossa sex-maculata, sp. n. 



Nigra, antennis, pedibusquc flavidis, maculisque elytrorura sex lacte 

 flavis, subtequaliltus, duo utrinque ante medium transverse positis 

 uiia(iuo post medium; late ovata, sat dense pallido-pul)csccns, 

 pronoto minute sat crcbro, elytris fcro rugose punctatis, his 

 ))ostice separatim rotundatis ; antcnnarum articulo ultimo (maris) 

 magno, brcvissime cordifurmi. 



Long. 2 mm. 



