287 

 Ischyrus n. sp. 12 



Diagnosis . Recognized by having only 2 free pronotal 

 spots, central and lateral elytral spots elongate, leaving 

 an axe-shaped scutellar and sutural marking. 



Description . Length 3.6 mm; Width: 2.6 mm. Body 

 elongate-oval, widest at basal third of elytra; feebly 

 microreticulate, shining; orange with black pattern (Fig. 

 72) . 



Head orange. Pronotum with 2 free spots, basally with 

 narrow margin at medial half. Scutellum black. Each 

 elytron with orange epipleural fold; free subhumeral spot; 

 large scutellar spot broadly connected to base and suture; 

 suture margined with black, swollen at basal third, 

 gradually narrowing toward apex; central and lateral spots 

 free, elongate, stripe-like. Venter black; except for 

 orange anterior prothorax, lateral metasternum and posterior 

 abdomen. Appendages black; tarsi, palpi, and base of 

 antenna brown. 



Head dorsal distance between eyes =2.2 x eye width; 

 ocular striae reaching 0.5 distance to anterior angle of 

 eye, continue forward as row of punctures; vertex puncture 

 size = 1 x facet, separated by 1 diameter; epistome puncture 

 size = 0.5 x facet, nearly coalescing. Antenna reaching 

 base of pronotum; antennomere III as long as next 3 

 antennomere combined; antennomeres IX to XI symmetrical; 

 antennomere XI transverse, narrower than antennomere X 

 (similar to Fig. 61) . 



