408 



verging ; the under part of abdomen with two lines of ochreous spots 

 on each side. 



Length 9 to 13| lines. 



Hub. Silhet. 



MONOHAMMUS FREDERICUS, 11. 8. 



M. nigro-fuscus, front e ochraceo-maculato, vertice ochraceo bili- 

 neato ; thorace subangustato supra transversim aciculato, Uriels 

 quatuor ochraceis inter ruptis ; elytris apice rotundato singulis 

 basi subtuberculatis, tuberculis in lineis tribus indistincte ordi- 

 natis ; lineis tribus valde interruptis macularum Jlavarum et 

 nigrantm femoribus ad apicem annulo ochraceo ; corpore sub- 

 tus nigro, flavo maculato. 



Allied to M. Georgius, but may be distinguished by the thorax 

 being narrower and delicately aciculated across ; the front is spotted 

 with ochre«us, and on the cheek is a short yellow band ; on the crown 

 of the head and between the notch are two slender yellow lines ; the 

 elytra are, at the base, tubercles, the tubercles close to each other and 

 somewhat arranged in three lines ; on each elytron are three lines of 

 distant velvet-black spots with occasional yellow marks, which, behind 

 the middle, are blotched together ; the antennae, elytra, and legs are 

 darker ; the femora have a ring of yellowish hairs just before the tip, 

 and the under side of the body is black and marked with yellow 

 spots, arranged on the abdomen in four lines. 



Length 10^ lines. 



Hub. Assam. Coll. Brit. Mus. 



MONOHAMMUS TESSERULA, U. S. 



M. ferrugineo-fuscus, capite, antennarutn articulo basali pilis 

 ochraceis variegatis ; thorace supra medio vittis duabus dis- 

 tinctis fulvo-ochraceis ; elytris apice rotundatis lineis sex fer- 

 rugineis punctatis alternatim ordinatis cum lineis quinque albis, 

 maculis nigris tessellatis, corpore subtus subochraceo nigro ver- 

 miculato. 



Ferruginous -brown, elytra tessellated with white and black and fer- 

 ruginous ; head and first joint of antennae varied with ochrey hairs, 

 the other joints at the base ashy-brown, at the tips dark brown ; 

 thorax above somewhat rugose, with two wide and distinct tawny- 

 yellow bands down the middle ; elytra at the base somewhat tuber- 

 cular ; the surface of each with six ferruginous lines punctured with 

 black, and alternating with five greyish-white lines, which are tessel- 

 lated with black ; body beneath somewhat ochraceous and slightly 

 vermiculated with black. 



Length 7 lines to 1 \\ lines. 



Hab. China (Hong-Kong) (J, C. Bowring, Esq. and Major Cham- 

 pion). Coll. Brit. Mus. 



