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utrinque virgula dilatata anteriori marginein humeralem attin- 

 genti, margine toto anguste, fasciaque (extus usque ad mar- 

 ginem dilatata) , flavo-testaceis. Caput laeve mox post oculos 

 valde prominentes subito angustatum. Thorax valde transversus, 

 antice sat gradatim rotundato-dilatatus , post medium subrectus 

 pauUulum sinuatus, angulis posticis rectis, margine laterali late 

 explanato-reflexo; supra vix perspicue angui osus. Elytra elongato- 

 oblonga postico pauUo dilatata, fortiter punctulato-striata , in- 

 terstitiis convexis, 1-3 versus apicem planioribus, 3.^" apud 

 striam 3.^^"^ bipunctato. Tarsi 2 postici articulo 4.*° baud bilobo, 

 leviter emarginato. — Long. 7 millim. 



Karin Gheba, alt. 900-1100 m. Two examples. 



438. Lebia maharani, n. sp. 



L. Kareniae affinis; major, rufo-testacea elytris vitta suturali 

 interstitia 1-3 tegenti fasciaque lata, conjuncta, post medium 

 usque ad striam 8."*'^'^ extensa et antice ad strias 5-6 breviter 

 lobata, nigris. Caput subtiliter punctatum. Thorax transversus, 

 antice gradatim rotundato-dilatatus, post medium leviter curvi- 

 lineatim angustatus, angulis posticis rectis margine laterali inter 

 lobum et angulum flexuoso juxtaque lobum sinuato; supra co- 

 riaceus. Elytra profunde punctulato-striata, interstitiis convexis. 

 Tarsi 2 postici; articulo 4.*° emarginato nee bilobo. — Long. 

 8 V2 niillim. 



Bhamò. Tv^o examples. 



439. Lebia calycophora, Schmidt-Goebel, Faun. Birm., p. 44. 



Thagatà (Tenasserim). 



L. Gomitata (Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1873, p. 319) from Japan 

 is not more than a slightly-modified local form of this species. 

 An example taken by Signor Fea at an elevation bet^-een 1400 

 and 1500 metres on the Karins forms a remarkable variety in 

 which the posterior suturai oval spot is enlarged to the 4.*'^ 

 stria and the other spots are wanting. 



