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from the base, ^lijrlitly hollowed iu front opposite the eyes, the anterior anp-les 

 obtuse. Elytra convex, rounded and sharply margined at the sides, without 

 trace of impressed lines. Posterior coxal plates rectangular. Posterior femora 

 enormously developed, the tibiae broad, curved, sharply carinate, the upper 

 spur stout, strongly curved, and about as long as the first tarsal joint. 



Length 3, breadth 2^ mm. 



Hal. Assam, Patkai Mts. {Doherti/, ex coll. Fry). 



One specimen, sex not ascertained. The subliemispherical, convex 

 shape, testaceous elytra, each with two large black transverse patches, 

 and the unusually stout, hooked, upper posterior tibial spur, render 

 S. tetrastigma easy of recognition. The system of coloration is common 

 to various Halticids and Coccinellids. 



34. — Scirtes epliijjpiatus, n. sp. 



(S . Broad, subhemispherical, rather convex, shining, closely cinereo- 

 pube.scent ; black, the elytra with a common, transverse, sharply defined, 

 saddle-shaped patch on the disc before the middle, and the antennae and legs 

 in great part, testaceous or rufo-testaceous, the outer joints of the antennae 

 and the posterior femora at the base infuscate ; densely, finely punctate, the 

 punctures on the elytra a little coarser than those on the head and prothorax. 

 Head broad; antennae moderately long, slender, joint 3 very small, much 

 shorter than 2, 4-11 long, subequal, filiform. Prothorax very short, hollowed 

 in front opposite the eyes, the anterior angles prominent. Elytra rounded at 

 the sides, without trace of impressed lines or costae on the disc, the margins 

 sharply carinate, narrowly explanate, the intra-humeral callosities prominent. 

 Posterior coxal plates subquadrate. Posterior legs stout, moderately long ; 

 femora very broad ; tibiae sharply carinate, the upper spur twice the length 

 of the lower one, as long as joint 1 of tarsus, the latter slightly longer than 

 joints 2-5 united. 



Length 3, breadth 2^ mm. 



Hah. BoEiTEO, Quop, W. Sarawak ( G. E. Bryant : 27.ii.1914). 



One male. Easily recognizable by its subhemispherical shape, the 

 common, sharply defined, saddle-shaped testaceous patch on the elytiu 

 (the rest of the body being black), and the stout posterior legs. From 

 >S'. hipustulatus, also from Sarawak, the present species differs in its 

 smaller size, less convex form, distinctly stouter antennae, with shorter 

 third joint, and less rounded, dissimilarly marked elyti-a. 



35. — Scirtes Jlavonotatu.^, n. sp. 



Oblong-oval, shining, closely, finely pubescent : nigro-piceous, joints 1 and 

 2 of the antennae, the basal margin of the prothorax, knees, tibial spurs, and 

 apices of the tarsi testaceous ; the elytra with ten sharply-defined yellow 

 spots — four, transverse, subangular, forming a common, interrupted fascia 



