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23. Grynandlroplitlialma sexmaeulata, n. sp. 



Black, clothed with whitish pubescence; basal joints of the 

 antennae fulvous; thorax fulvous with two small fuscous spots; 

 elytra finely and irregularly punctured, fulvous, each with two 

 spots below the base and a transverse narrow band below the 

 middle, black. 



Var. Thorax without spots, elytra with one or several spots 

 wanting, or entirely fulvous. 



Length 3-3 Ys lines. • 



Head impunctate black, with a band of short yellowish hairs 

 at each side in front of the eyes; antennae extending nearly 

 to the base of the thorax in the male, black, the lower four 

 joints fulvous, the second joint very small, the fifth to the apical 

 joints transversely serrate ; thorax three times broader than long, 

 the sides strongly rounded, the posterior margin straight at the 

 sides, the median lobe slightly rounded and produced, the sur- 

 face entirely impunctate, fulvous, with or without two small 

 piceous spots at the middle ; scutellum black or piceous ; elytra 

 extremely finely punctured , tlie apex impunctate , the lateral 

 lobe slightly produced and rounded , each elytron with two 

 black spots, placed transversely before the middle and a narrow 

 transverse band interrupted at each side , before the apex ; 

 underside black, densely covered with whitish pubescence ; legs 

 entirely fulvous ; the first joint of the posterior tarsi about one 

 half longer than the second ; claws black. 



Bhamò, July, August, September 1885. 



Many specimens. The shape of this species resembles much 

 tliat of a Cryptocephalus in its cylindrical form ; the elytral 

 spots vary in number being sometimes less than the normal , 

 and occasionally entirely absent. 



