974 MARTIN JACOBY 



Var. a. Elytra testaceous, with a transverse band below the 

 middle , the apex and the lateral margins , black. 



Var. h. Elytra entirely obscure fuscous. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head impunctate, the vertex black, the lower portion flavous 

 or testaceous , the eyes large and prominent , the antennae 

 extending to slightly beyond the middle of the elytra, obscure 

 fuscous, the lower 2 or 3 joints testaceous, the second joint 

 small, the third double the length, the following joints elongate; 

 thorax strongly transverse, more than twice as broad as long, 

 the sides nearly straight , the posterior margin rounded , the 

 surface with a few very fine punctures, testaceous; scutellum 

 black ; elytra finely punctured in closely approached rows , 

 blackish, this colour interrupted by a transverse testaceous band 

 at the middle and another near the apex , neither of which 

 extend quite to the lateral nor the suturai margin ; underside 

 piceous or obscure dark fulvous, finely pubescent, legs testaceous, 

 the tibiae and tarsi nearly black. 



Palon (Pegu). 



Closely allied to A. flavo facciata, Baly and .4. (Dercelis) bi fa- 

 sciata, Clark, but differing from the former in the black head 

 and the second flavous elytral band and from the latter in the 

 different position of the bands and the black apex of the elytra. 

 In the variety a. the elytra may be described as testaceous 

 with a central black band, the apex and lateral margin black, 

 in the variety b. the pale bands of the elytra are entirely 

 wanting. 



144. Anthiplta laevicollis, n. sp. 



Black, above metallic violaceous, the antennae obscure piceous, 

 the apical joints flavous, the thorax impunctate, elytra closely 

 and strongly punctured, the base convex, abdomen flavous. 



Length 3 lines. 



Head impunctate, antennae filiform, piceous, the apical four 

 joints flavous, the third joint twice as long as the second one, 



