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as prothorax, weakly striate, the whole surface rather dull and 

 finely aciculute-punctate ; front fascia at a third from base, not 

 very wide, but widening outwards from stria 3 to margin ; hind 

 fascia at a third from apex, of about same width as front one, 

 widening from stria 2 to margin. Underside moderately 

 pubescent, last ventral segment more strongly so and trans- 

 versely subrugose. 



Distinguished from its congeners by its small prothorax, square 

 shoulders, and especially by the fact that the colour of the red 

 scutellary patch extends along the suture to apex. 



Laos: Pak Tha, Paklung and Ban Saleun, 16 ex. c? $ 

 {H. Vitalis de Salvaza). The type is in the British Museum. 



Callistomimus virescens, sp. n. (Plate I. fig. 7.) 



Length 5 mm. Width 2 mm. 



Black. Head blue, prothorax red with purplish reflections on 

 upper surface, a sutural stripe on the elytra yellow-red, elytra 

 velvet}'- blue-black with metallic blue-green lustre on shoulders 

 and along sides ; two fasciae on elytra (interrupted by the sutural 

 stripe) and apical margin, joints 1-3 of antennae, palpi (exc. apex), 

 front margin of labrum, and legs (exc. apex of femora) yellow- 

 white. 



Head (about 1"0 mm. wide) convex, shiny, coarsely punctate 

 at sides, smooth and highly polished along median line and on 

 neck ; maxillte as long as mandibles. Prothorax very convex, 

 a little transverse, just wider than head, sides bordered and 

 strongly rounded, moi-e contracted behind than in front, hind 

 a.ngles in form of a minute right-angled tooth, with sides of base 

 advancing towards them, median line short but deep ; surface 

 coarsely but not very closely punctate, faintly pubescent. Elytra 

 punetate-striate, intervals fiat, punctate at sides but not evidently 

 so on disk, pubescent, base with a strongly marked border, region 

 of the shoulder irregularly punctate and rugose, epipleur^e 

 coarsely punctate ; sutural stripe covering intervals 1 and 2 (more 

 or less), front fascia at a fourth from base, narrow, reaching 

 stria 6, hind fascia at a third from apex, wider, reaching stria 9. 



Allied to C. suturalis Fit., but a little smaller, hind angles 

 of prothorax less evident, elytra more convex, sutural stripe 

 narrow a,t apex and lighter in coloui-, hind fascia much broader, 

 shoulders and sides much more rugosely sculptured. The very 

 coarse punctuiation of the elytral epipleuree at once distinguishes 

 the species from its congeners. 



Burma : Tharrawaddy, 2 ex. d $ (<?. Q. Corhett). The type 

 is in my collection. 



Callistomimus belli, sp. n. (Plate I. fig. 8.) 



Length 425 mm. Width 1-75 mm. 



Black. Head dark metallic green with purplish reflections ; 

 prothorax brick-red with a small rather faint purplish spot on 

 each side of disk ; elytra dark green ; mouth-parts, joints 1-3 of 



