420 Rev. H. Clark's Descriptions of neio 



vittas late nigricanti ; macula ad humeros et apice nigris ; cor- 

 pore subtus rufo ; antennis pedibusque rufo-fuscis. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 2; lat. lin. IJ. 



Among six examples before me there is but little variation in 

 pattern, and none whatever in form or size : in the elytra the form 

 of the anterior transverse band is inconstant, in some examples it is 

 broader, and again it is occasionally interrupted in the middle ; in 

 the latter case presenting a short medial fascia and lateral insular 

 marking. The species differs from H. pulchellus by its slightly 

 less rounded form ; H. ouentalis, when seen from above, presents 

 a very obtuse though manifest angle between the sides of the 

 thorax and the elytra ; in H. pulchellus the line is more rounded 

 and entirely continuous: from H. exhnius it is separated by its 

 pattern : from both species also by its considerably larger size. 



The examples of//, orientalls are all from the cabinet of Mr. 

 Bowring, and are all labelled " Amoy." 



2. H. 'pulchellus, n. sp. 



Subovatus, subrotundatus, brevis, supra modice depressus, 

 punctato-striatus, fortiter punctatus, rufus, nigro-ornatus ; 

 capite antice marginato, subtiliter punctato, rufo; thorace 

 antice emarginato, lateribus obliquatis, baud rotundatis, 

 tenu^ marginatis, basi late ad medium angulato, fortiter sed 

 inaequaliter punctato, fusco, ad latera late rufo vel flavo-rufo ; 

 elytris rufo-flavis, suturd vitta lata media, maculaque ad 

 apicem communi triangulari nigris, vittd media irregulari, 

 maculaque apicali grandi, communi, et confuse definita; ad 

 humeros macula nigra inconspicua latet ; corpore subtus, 

 pedibus, antennisque rufo-fuscis. 



Long. Corp. lin. 1|; lat. lin, 1. 



In this species the margin of the thorax is in the same con- 

 tinuous line (when seen from above) as that of the elytra; in 

 pattern it resembles generally the last species, the broad black 

 fascia of the elytra does not extend to the margin, its outline is 

 irregular and interrupted, being generally broader as it approaches 

 the margin ; the suture below the fascia is broadly black ; the 

 apex is almost entirely occupied by a triangular marking of black, 

 which leaves only a narrow and unevenly-bounded margin. 



A specimen of this species was taken by Mr. Bowring, labelled 

 "Amoy." 



