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transversely placed, are delimited by deeply impressed channels ; 

 the interantennal space is similarly raised as a result of being 

 surrounded by these deep channels ; eyes also on a raised sur- 

 face; mouth-parts somewhat exserted, labrum broader than long. 

 Antennae extending to about the middle of the elytra; first 

 segment long and club-shaped, second small, thicker but shorter 

 than third, fourth somewhat longer than, third; from the fifth 

 the segments are very slightly thickened and about equal, the last 

 being truncate and pointed. Prothorax broader than long, front 

 margin widely sinuate, hind margin very feebly bisinuate on 

 •each side, sides gently rounded, anterior lateral angles some- 

 what thickened, each of the four corners with a small line seta ; 

 surface strongly punctate, the punctures generally more crowded 

 towards the base and sides ; there is a certain amount of variation 

 in the punctuation of the pronotum, in some specimens the punc- 

 tures are finer and generally sparser, while in others they are 

 stronger. Scutellnm small, triangular, with apex rounded and 

 surface smooth and impunctate. Elytra hardly broader at base 

 than prothorax, strongly and confusedly punctate, the punctures 

 being usually stronger than those on the pronotum. Underside 

 covered with fine hairs. 



In the male the pronotum appears to be not much broader than 

 lonof, and the front tibiae have a wide einargination at the apex. 



Length, normally 4^-5 mm., but it can reach 6 mm., as recorded 

 by Harold. 



India (type-locality). I have before me a large series of 

 examples from various localities as follows: — Assam: ( W. F. 

 Badgley) ; Shillong (E. W. Champion). Burma: N. Chin Hills. 

 United Provinces : Almora, Sunderdhunga Valley, 8,000- 

 12,000 ft., vi. 1919 (H. G. Champion)-, Kumaon, Naini Tal 

 Division, ix. 1918 (H. G. Champion). Sikkim : Kungbong 

 Valley, Gopaldhara (B. Stevens). 



The location of the type of P. duodecimmaculata is unknown 

 to me. 



In the British Museum there are examples of P. generosa, "Weise, 

 and P. subfasciata, Weise, from the Himalayas. After comparing 

 these with the many specimens of P. duodecimmaculata before me, 

 I am of opinion that they are all the same species. 



208. Pentamesa haroldi, Baly. 



An/opus haroldi, Bahy, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, p. 439 ; 



Weise, Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1895, p. 332. 

 Pentamesa guttata, Weise, t. c. p. 334. 



Body subhemispherical. Head, antennae, prothorax, and legs 

 red-brown ; underside piceous to black, sometimes the distal parts 

 of the abdominal sternites are brown ; elytra black with a bluish- 

 green shimmer, with the sides all round and the suture narrowly 

 red-brown ; each elytron with six round yellow patches disposed 



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