460 Mr. C. 0. Waterliouse on Indian Cohoptera. 



tuberculo armato ; thorace rugoso ; elytris albescentibus, plagis 

 quatuor uigris velutinis ornatis. 

 Long. 15-17 lin. 



Antennae densely pilose, greyish white ; a little longer than 

 the whole insect, the basal joint nearly reaching to the thoracic 

 spine, black, Avith a whitish line above ; at the base on the 

 inner side with a strong conical tubercle. Antennal tubercles 

 very prominent. Neck with two blackish spots on each side. 

 Thorax convex, rather strongly granulose, almost rugulose, 

 the lateral spine strong and acute. Elytra almost white 

 towards the sides and apex ; flattened near the scutellum, 

 distinctly convex and enlarged behind the middle, sloping 

 down and narrowed at the apex ; the shoulders are on a lower 

 level than the scutellar region, rectangular, and dotted with 

 a few small black tubercles ; a few black tubercles are also 

 ranged in a line at a little distance from the scutellum. Each 

 elytron has two large black patches — one at some distance 

 from the base, commencing under the shoulders and extending 

 towards the suture ; the second, subapical, somewhat trian- 

 gular, with its base on the margin and its vertex towards 

 the suture. The legs and all the underside are dotted with 



Hah, Travancore. B.M. 



I feel somewhat disposed to think that Leprodera mori' 

 moides, White, and the two species I have described above 

 should be associated and form a new genus distinct from 

 Mortmus, in which morimoides at present stands. The cha- 

 racters would be : — the prominent antennal tubercles, the 

 antenuje of the male not much longer than the whole insect, 

 the basal joint at the base emarginate within, the upper angle 

 made by the emargination more or less prominent (scarcely 

 prominent in morimoides ^ slightly in incequalis, forming a 

 conical tubercle in plagiatus) ; the elytra rather narrowed at 

 the base, with the shoulders depressed and on a lower level 

 than the scutellar region. As, however, there are some species 

 of this group of Lamiidje with which I am not acquainted, 

 and which may be intermediate forms, I prefer for the present 

 leaving these species in Morimus. 



Eiitcenia elegans, n. sp. 



Kigra, velutina, opaca, maculis plurimis pallide ilavis ornata ; an- 



tennis ochraceo annulatis. 

 Long. 11 lin. 



Velvety black, with the following very pale yellow (or 

 sandy-white) markings : — head with a spot on each side of 

 the vertex, and all the face, except a black spot above the 



