300 H. W. BATES 



tundato) , deinde ad angulos posticos citius angustatus , angulis 

 posticis breviter dentatis basi prope angulos leviter obliquata ; 

 dorso panilo convexo grosse subconfluenter punctato. Elytra 

 oblonga, convexa, profonde crenulato-striata, interstitiis convexis, 

 sat dense punctulatis, subnitidis; maculis aurantiacis minime 

 dentatis quadratis utrinque duabus, 1.™* inter strias 4.^™ et mar- 

 ginem (epipleuras includenti) et extus dilatata, 2.""^" inter strias 

 4.^™ et 8."""° Epistema postica elongata et angusta cum corporis 

 lateribus grosse punctata. Tarsi graciles, articulo 4.*° breviter 

 emarginato. — Long. 9 millim. e/. 



Bhamò. 



One example. Another of the same species which I have 

 examined from Bombay, is larger (12 millim.) with the lateral 

 margins of the thorax near the hind angles a little more raised 

 and the posterior elytral spot beginning at the S.'"*^ stria. In 

 all other respects the two examples agree. The metasternal 

 epistema are decidedly longer and proportionally narrower than 

 in E. mandarinus. The ventral segments appear not to be cre- 

 nated on their anterior margins. 



77. Epicosmus latigenis, n. sp. 



E. Mouhoti (Chaud.) affinis, at multo minor. Elongato-oblongus 

 parum ovatus convexus, niger, elytris utrinque maculis rotun- 

 datis aurantiacis duabus 1.™* versus humerum inter striam 4.*^°^ 

 et marginem usque epipleurae medium , 2."'^°' versus humerum 

 inter strias 4.*°' et 8.^*"". Caput breve et latum, mox pone oculos 

 constrictum, fronte inae«[uali grosse punctata, epistomate laevi. 

 Thorax mox pone angulos valde declives late rotundato-ampliatus, 

 medio late rotundatus et post medium recte mediocriter angu- 

 status, ibique margine explanato et valde elevato, angulis posticis 

 acute dentatis ; grosse plerumque discrete punctato , interstitiis 

 punctulatis. Elytra profunde crenulato-striata, interstitiis convexis 

 sat sparsim punctulatis. Epistema postica quadrata (quam lati- 

 tudine baud longiora). Segmenta ventralia antice crenata. Men- 

 tum breve, lobis basi extus valde dilatatis, antice recte angusta- 

 tis. Tarsi graciles, articulo 4.*° perparum emarginato. Maxillae 



