i'ohopteru from tlif Islaml of llninnn. 3/j1 



aiitciuiie are ot' tlu* s:iiiu' luLeous-wliite colour as in tlie pre- 

 coiliiij^ sj)ccie.s, and oacli rin^ embraces the apex of one joint 

 ami tlie base of the next, l^cginning from the apex of fhi^ 

 thinl ji'int ; hut thi-re is a rin;^ also near tlic niiddle of the 

 eleventh joint. The mesosteinal process is not very promi- 

 nent, its anterior face being perpendicular and the lower face 

 almost horizontal, so that the angle between these two faces 

 is very nearly a right angle. 



This species and the preceding one seem to be most nearly 

 allied to M, iinitator, White, from Shanghai ; but the latter 

 difl'crs from them not only in the size, number, and colour of 

 the elytral spots, but also in having a much more feebly 

 developed mesosternal tubercle. 



14. Melanauster cliinensis, Ft)rst. 

 One example. 



If). Coptops polysplla, Pasc. 



One example. The pubescence in this exam[)le has a 

 slightly reddish tint resembling that of (7. rj//'<7, Thoms., from 

 the Andaman Islands, but in other respects it resembles tlie 

 type of C. pohjspilo. Coptops petechiah's, Pascoe, from 

 Cambodia, and C. lacertosa, Pasc, from Penang, seem to be 

 specifically identical with C. polyspila, the type of which 

 came from Penang; and these three forms are probably only 

 varieties of the Indian species Coptops leucosticlica, White. 



IG. Olenecamptus bilobiiSy Fabr. 

 Four or five examples of this widely distributed species. 



17. Xipho7ia Jlooken'j sp. n. 



N. f urea Up (Bates) B&t similiset affinis, sed postice minus attenuata; 



elytris apice transverse truncatis, angulis exteruis baud productis ; 



cristis basalibus magis elongatis ; tibiis interruediis maris intus 



ad apicem dente sat magna sed obtusa armatis. 

 Long. 18-28, lat. (3-9.4 mm. 



JJnb. Hainan {Whitehead); N. India, Darjeeling and 

 Sikkim [Vr. Hooker); Andaman Islands {Atkinson coll.) ; 

 and (Jhina (Bviortuf/). 



Almost entirely covered with a dense yellowish tawny 

 pubescence. Eyes rather large and coarsely granulate. 

 Antennai a little longer than the body in the male, shorter in 

 the female, ciliated underneath, the cilije being denser and 



