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less regular in outline and wider near the suture than near the 

 margin. This specimen was taken in the Nilgiri Hills by Mr. 

 H. L. Andrewes, and his note reads " Ouchterlony Valley, 

 December, 3500 ft. Flooded out during irrigation of tea." 



A second specimen ( J ) was also taken by Mr. Andrewes in the 

 Nilgiri Hills, but I have no note of the exact locality. It is of 

 the same size as C. nair and does not seem to differ structurally, 

 but there are distinct differences in the coloration. Joints 5-1 1 of 

 the antennae and the front tarsi are brown instead of black ; the 

 margin of the elytra is only vaguely reddish, there is only a 

 suggestion of a scutella.ry red patch, and this does not extend 

 beyond the front fascia ; this latter is very small and its sides 

 taper inwards from stria 8 to 4, the hind fascia is rather wider 

 than the front one and extends from stria, 8 to 2, neither of the 

 fascia? reaching the margin. Whether this form will prove to be 

 a local race, or a mere aberration, remains to be seen, and for the 

 present I call it var. nilgirinus. 



Callistomimus littoralis Motch. (Plate I. fig. 11.) 



Callistomimus westwoodi Schaum. 



Length 4*5 mm. Width 2 - mm. 



Black. Head and front margin of prothorax greenish -blue ; 

 rest of prothorax (upper side) and a sutural stripe, bounded at 

 sides by stria 2 and extending backwards to the hind fascia, dull 

 red (the sutural stripe widens to stria 3 at the fi-ont fascia) ; 

 elytra dark blue ; two interrupted fascia? on elj'tra (exc. on 

 intervals 3, 4 and 9 of hind one, where reddish), apical margin, 

 a common apical spot, and legs (exc. apex of femora and tibia? 

 fuscous) yellow-white ; underside of prothorax, meso- and meta- 

 sterna, side margins and epi pleurae of elytra, and buccal organs 

 testaceous. 



Head (0'8 mm. wide) convex, closely and coarsely punctate, 

 except on neck, clypeus, and middle of front, surface finely rugose, 

 eyes prominent, maxilla? elongate but not really reaching beyond 

 mandibles, ] at brum emarginate. Prothorax (1*10 mm. wide) 

 convex, a little transverse, sides strongly rounded and contracted 

 behind, hind angles small and sharply rectangular, surface 

 moderately but closely punctate and pubescent. Elytra (2"75 mm. 

 long) shortly ovate, punctate-striate, pubescent ; front fascia, at a 

 fourth from base, widening out from sutural line to margin ; 

 hind fascia extending obliquely backwards to margin, constricted 

 on stria 4. Underside finely punctate and pubescent. 



For a comparison with C. coarctatus Laf., see under that 

 species. 



I have seen examples from various localities in North, Central 

 and Southern India, but not from Sind'. The var. ceylonicus 

 Dupuis from Ceylon is apparently a variety of this species 

 and not of C. coarctatus* . 



* I have recently seen a co-type of the variety, which Dr. W. Horn kindly sent to 

 me for examination. It proves as I anticipated to be a var. of littoralis. 



