and of uncharacterized species of Halticin<2. 287 



gitudlnal ridge ; on either side, at a little distance from 

 the transverse groove, is a short deep longitudinal depres- 

 sion. Elytra broader than the thorax, parallel, strongly 

 punctate-striate, the stride arranged in double rovs^s; their 

 basal fourth black, their middle third flavous, the remain- 

 der of the surface to the apex obscure piceous. 



Genus Clitea. 

 Corjjus subelongato-ovale, convexum ; Caput breve ; 

 oculis distantibus ; encarpis et carina obsoletis ; antennis 

 filiformibus. T'/ior«xtransversus; margine basali utrinque 

 bisinuato, medio distincte lobato. Elytra oblonga, punc- 

 tato-striata. Pedes mediocres ; coxis anticis prosterno 

 jequialtis ; fernoribiis posticis valde incrassatis ; tibiis sim- 

 plicibus, anticis quatuor apice spina parva armatis ; posti 

 cis dorso bicanaliculato, spine apice valida armatis ; tarsis 

 posticis articulo basali tibias dimidio multo breviori, duobus 

 sequentibus conjunctis eequali ; unguiculis appendiculatis. 

 Prosterum elongatum, apice transversim dilatatum; aceta- 

 bulis anticis integris. Mesosternum obliquum, apice 

 emarginatum. 



Type Clitea picta. 



Nearly allied to Mantura, separated from that group 

 by the short broad head, and by the absence of the per- 

 pendicular grooves at the base of the thorax. 



Clitea picta. 



Subelongato-ovalis, convexa, rufo-fulva, subnitida, snb- 

 tus nitida ; thorace rngoso-punctato, nigro, lateribus late 

 rufo-fulvis ; elytris fortiter puntato-striatis, interspatiis sat 

 crcbre punctatis, ad latera Icviter convexiusculis ; utrisque 

 fascia lata basali, extrorsum abbreviata, postice emarginata, 

 fascia prope medium, utrinque abbreviata, maculaquc sub- 

 apicali, trigonata nigris. 



Long. 2 lin. Ilab. — India. 



Head short, much broader than long ; surface rugose ; 

 eyes distant ; clypeus not separated from the upper face, its 

 loAver portion transversely excavated, its upper surface 

 concave ; antennas half the length of the body, fidvous. 

 Thorax nearly three times as broad as long ; sides rounded 

 and converging from base to apex, anterior angle pro- 



