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spots along the middle ; with an opaque black spot at each of 

 the antero-lateral angles of the last four abdominal segments. 

 Legs ashy pubescent, with the third and fourth joints of all 

 the tarsi black, with the apices of the tibiae infuscate, and with 

 a rounded black spot on the anterior side of each of the pos- 

 terior femora. Antennae with the scape, second joint, and 

 basal halves of the third and fourth joints ashy, the remaining 

 joints dark brown, very narrowly ringed with grey ; all ciliate 

 underneath, with the ciliations denser below the dark and 

 slightly thickened apical halves of the third and fourth joints. 

 Pro- and mesosterna with their opposed faces vertical. 



Two specimens in the Museum collection agree in the cha- 

 racters just given ; a third specimen presents differences 

 which may perhaps be regarded as varietal. In this specimen 

 the two vittse on each side of the prothorax are very regular 

 in form and are separated throughout their whole length ; on 

 the elytra the antero-lateral spot is smaller and the common 

 sutural spot is altogether wanting. 



Coptops quadrimaculata, n. sp. (PI. VII. fig. 3.) 



Brunneo, griseo fulvoque variegata ; elytris utrinque maculis duabus 



nigro-velutinis — altera ante, altera pone medium. 

 Long. 11-15 mm. 



Hah. Nilghiri Hills {Ilampson). 



Head almost impunctate ; prothorax and elytra with a few 

 scattered punctures ; prothorax with a single small dentiform 

 tubercle on each side close to the anterior border. Elytra each 

 with two velvety black spots, of which one, larger and trans- 

 verse, is placed in front of the middle and nearly reaches the 

 external margin, the other, smaller and rounded or irregular 

 in form, is behind the middle and occupies a position nearly 

 midway between the suture and external margin ; all the spots 

 have a more or less distinct narrow border of fulvous. On 

 each elytron between the spots is a greyish patch. On the 

 legs and underside of the body a fulvous-grey colour pre- 

 dominates, the brown being mostly confined to minute rounded 

 spots. The scape of the antennae is fulvous grey, speckled 

 with brown ; the joints from the third are fuscous, ringed 

 with grey at the base. 



This species has much the appearance of a Mesosa • but as 

 the head is scarcely concave between the antennal tubercles 

 and the prothorax is provided with a small antero-lateral 

 tubercle, it seems to fit better into the genus Coptops. The 

 prosternal process is truncate and vertical behind ; and in 



