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cljpeus ; thorax witli a patch on each side ; each eljtron 

 with a large transverse patch (touching the side but not the 

 suture) some distance from the base, from the middle of which 

 a branch is emitted to the base and is carried over the shoulder ; 

 a small spot on the margin at the middle ; a broad transverse 

 band behind the middle ; a spot at the apex ; on the underside 

 there is a small spot on each side of the base of the nieta- 

 sternum and a large triangular spot in its middle ; a spot in 

 the middle and at each side of the basal segment of the abdo- 

 men, a small spot on each side of the second segment, the 

 third and fourth segments almost entirely yellow ; the apex 

 of the femora and apex of the tibiae also yellow. The an- 

 tenna3 are black, with half the third and half the fourth joints 

 ochreous yellow ; the fifth, sixth, and seventh joints are yellow, 

 except at their apex. 



The general form of this species is very much that of Ano- 

 plostetha lactator ; but the lateral spine of the thorax is more 

 acute, and the thorax is broader at the anterior margin. 



Hab. Travancore. B.M. 



Hispidae. 



Estigmena crihricollisj n. sp. 



Nigro-fusca, nitida ; thorace fere parallelo, ad basin et latera crebre 

 punctato, punctis squamis parvis pallidis instructis ; elytris f ortiter 

 lineato-punctatis (punctis latera versus et ad apicem squamis 

 parvis palKdis instructis), interstitiis alternatis auto apicem paulo 

 elevatis, corpora subtus piceo. 



Long. 7| hn. 



Nearly of the same form as E. chinensis^ Hope (Col. Man. 

 iii. p. 175, t. 2. fig. 1), but with the thorax more parallel at 

 the sides. The antennas are much longer, being twice the 

 length of the head and thorax together. Vertex of the head 

 finely punctured. Thorax with the middle of the front part 

 smooth and shining, but with some very fine delicate punctua- 

 tion ; on each side of the disk are a few large punctures ; the 

 base and all the sides are closely and very strongly punctured, 

 each puncture having in its middle a small pale scale ; on each 

 side of the disk there is an elongate shallow impression. The 

 alternate interstices of the elytra are slightly and narrowly 

 raised towards the apex ; the sides beyond the eighth line of 

 punctures are rather strongly and confusedly punctured, as is 

 also the apical region (but not so strongly) ; and all the 

 punctures being furnished with small pale scales, the sides 

 and apex have a greyish appearance. 



Hab. Travancore. B.M. 



British Museum, 

 May 13, 1881. 



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