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Black. Head with a dull ockraceous tomentum, which extends 

 between the eyes on to the vertex as far as in a line with the 

 posterior border of the eyes ; behind this, the head is dark brown. 

 Pro thorax dark brown, with a broad niechan vitta, three small spots 

 on each side between this vitta and the lateral margin, and a larger 

 spot on each side just within the lateral margin, luteous, the part 

 of the median vitta which lies between the transverse sulcus and 

 carina is narrower than either the part in front of the groove or 

 the part between the carina and the base. Elytra dark brown, 

 with the striae and a large common plaga, reaching from the base 

 to a little beyond the middle, luteous ; the plaga is broad at the 

 base, constricted as it approaches the middle of the elytra, and 

 again widened out just behind the middle. Under-side and femora 

 with a greyish tomentum ; tibiae and tarsi dark brown, with the 

 base of the first joint, a spot at the base of the second, and the 

 whole of the third joint of each tarsus, as well as a ring above 

 the middle of each tibia, fulvo-testaceous. 



One female specimen, taken in April, 1898. 



I am indebted to Dr. Jordan for his kindness in pointing out the 

 chief differences between this species and L. plagiatus, Jordan, 

 which, among those described, is the species most nearly allied to 

 it. L. pJacjiatus was described from JS^orth Luzon, Philippine 

 Islands. 



76. Apatenia apicalis, Gahan, sp.n. 



^ . Capite f ulvo-pubescente, in vertice fusco-plagiato ; rostro 

 quam spatio interoculare plus duplo latiore ; prothorace supra pube 

 luteo-grisea obtecto, macula ante scutellum fulva, disco medio 

 utrinque leviter tuberculato et antice fusco-notato, angulo inter 

 carinam ante-basalem et carinam lateralem acuto, retrorsum leviter 

 producto ; elytris griseo-fumosis, ad apicem fulvo-albido-plagiatis, 

 utroque elytro tuberculis 9 vel 10 instructo ; corpore subtus griseo, 

 pedibus testaceis, femoribus tibiisque medio fuscis ; segmento primo 

 abdominis tuberculis duobus prope medium instructo. 



Long. 8, lat. 3i-mm. 



Head clothed with a somewhat sparse tawny pubescence, which 

 is interrupted on the vertex by two dark-brown plagae or vittse ; 

 eyes somewhat approximate in front, the space between them being 

 rather less than half the width of the rostrum. Prothorax with 

 a luteous- grey pubescence ; with a distinct pale tawny spot in front 

 of the scutellum ; the disk with a small, feebly raised tubercle 

 on each side of the middle, and two fuscous spots between the 

 middle and the anterior border ; ante-basal carina forming with the 

 lateral carina of each side a rather acute angle, which is slightly 

 produced backwards. Elytra with a dingy grey pubescence, 

 but with a pale fulvous patch on the declivous apical portion, 

 similar in colour to the pygidium ; each with about nine or ten 

 unequal-sized tubercles, the three largest of which are placed — 



