OPHRIDA. 



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postmedian and apical groups ; there are also a few spots, some 

 of which are elongate, at the base of each elytron. 



Head : vertex with round punctures ; face between the eyes 

 impressed on either side with an ill-defined, coarsely punctured, 

 oblique channel ; clypeus coarsely punctate. Antennae as stated 

 in the description of the genus. Prothorax in the type-specimen 

 four millimetres broad, and two millimetres long in the middle 

 (Baly gives three times as broad as long in his original description, 

 which was drawn up from the then unique type-specimen) ; sides 

 of the form usual in this genus ; anterior angles slightly produced 

 and curved outwards, posterior angles somewhat produced and 

 acute ; surfacp irregularly excavated at the sides, impressed with 

 large deep punctures, which are rather crowded at the base and 

 which form irregular rows at the sides, remainder of the surface 

 finely punctate. Scutellum of the form usual in the genus. 

 Elytra with interspaces distantly impressed with very minute 

 punctures. 



Length, 8|-10 mm. ; breadth, 4|-5| mm. 



Assam : " The Hills " (type-locality). This species was 

 described from one example collected by A. W. Chenuell in his 

 travels in Assam. Since then other specimens are forthcoming, 

 with a more accurate record of locality, namely : Khasi Hills 

 ( Godwin- Austen). 



Baly placed tins species in the allied genus Blepharida, which 

 was erected by Rogers (Proc. Ac. Phil, viii, 1856, p. 29) for an 

 American species. I have not seen the genotype of Blepharida. 

 In placing the present species in Ophrida I have followed 

 Chapuis, who drew up a statement of the distinctions between 

 the three genera Podontia, Ophrida, and Blepharida, based on 

 their anatomy, especially the relations between the pro- and 

 mesosterna. If Chapuis's arrangement is followed, the present 

 species falls in the genus Ophrida. 



107. Ophrida binduta *, sp. nov. 



Body oblong-ovate. Colour dark red-brown, with numerous 

 yellow spots on the elytra ; these are present on all the interspaces 

 and number about ninety-three ; breast, tibiae, posterior femora 

 (except part of the upper side) black ; apices of mandibles blackish- 

 pitchy ; antenna? piceous, especially the apical segments. 



Head with vertex not very convex, with one or two 

 punctures near the eyes, and the rest of the surface of the vertex 

 extremely minutely punctate ; the channels round the eyes are 

 deep and lined with punctures. Antennae constructed as described 

 under the genus. Prothorax with anterior angles somewhat 

 roundly produced, the posterior more or less right angles ; surface 

 uneven, with the lateral depressions not very deep and containing 

 punctures, while there ?ire a few similar punctures towards tl>e 



Sanskrit, "spotted." 



