726 H. S. GORHAM 



his externe nigro-tinctis , posterioribus basi praetermissa nigris. 

 Long. 8-9 millim. 



Hab. Garin Gheba, 900-1100 m. 



This species and the two following are all apparently rather 

 nearly allied to Lemidia dorsaliS:, Thomson [Musée scient., p. 61] 

 which is clearly a Callimerus^ but after carefully collating them 

 with the description 1 cannot refer either of them to that species. 

 From C. pretiosus^ the present species is distinguished by the 

 thorax being more thickly and more coarsely punctured, and 

 by its being equaly wide in front and at the base ; by the 

 deeply punctate-striate elytra; by their being more parallel; 

 by the red portion being produced along the sides beyond the 

 first white spot ; by the second spot being double (divided as it 

 were by the costa) and by the presence of an apical spot. 



Underneath, the meso-thoracic and the apical end of the me- 

 tathoracic epistema are white. The elytra have also a few white 

 scales along the bases. Two specimens alone were obtained, 

 and in these the front of the head in only sparsely clothed 

 with scales, but I have observed these are apt to be worn off. 

 The mandibles are pitchy at the tips. This is a very distinct 

 and pretty species, at first sight a good deal like C. preliosus^ 

 but readily distinguished by the characters given above. 



Callimerus festivus, var. 



Hab. Bhamo. 



There is a single specimen agreeing with C. festivus in 

 most of its characters but differing as follows: The puncturing 

 of the thorax is sparser and less coarse, that of the elytra less 

 regular and sparser ; there are two spots transversely placed 

 on each elytron before the middle ; the front of the head the 

 epimera and epistema are entirely clothed with white scales; 

 the legs are almost entirely yellow. While in some respects 

 this form a little approaches C. preliosus, and is from the same 

 locality, it does not I think form a passage between them, but 

 may possibly be a third species distinct from either, but the 

 question could not be determined on a single specimen. 



