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HALTIOIN^E. 



218. Argopistoides septempunctata, Jacoby. 



Argopistoides septempunctata, Jac, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxxii, 

 1892, p. 932. 



Body ovately rounded, convex. Colour testaceous ; head 

 fulvous ; the four basal segments of the antenna) light brown, 

 the intermediate segments black, and the terminal segments 

 obscure fulvous ; sides of the breast and the extreme apex of the 

 posterior femora black ; each elytron with seven small black spots, 

 disposed as follows : two placed in a transverse line at the base, 

 three similarly placed across the middle, and two placed obliquely 

 at the apex ; the punctures also are piceous. 



Head rather flat ; vertex im punctate, frontal tubercles scarcely 

 raised ; clypeus broad, impunctate. Antenna) extending a little 

 beyond the base of the elytra. Proiliorax three times as broad as 

 long, sides nearly straight, anterior angles obliquely thickened, 

 posterior margin rounded at the middle ; surface impunctate, 

 with a longitudinal depression at each side. Elytra minutely 

 punctate. 



Length, 4J mm. 



Burma : Karen Cheba (Fea). 



Type in the Genoa Museum. 



I have not seen this species. The above is adapted from 

 the original description. 



Genus JACOBY AN A, gen. no v. 



Genotype, Splicer opliysa piceicollis, Jac. 



Body rounded, strongly convex. Head rugose ; antennae short, 

 not extending beyond the base of the prouotum, the third 

 segment being the longest and the terminal ones broadened. 

 Prothorax much wider than long, strongly narrowed in front, 

 anterior angles thickened nearly as far as the middle, posterior 

 margin sinuate on either side, its median lobe produced ; no ante- 

 basal furrow. Elytra very regularly punctate-striate, and some- 

 what pointed behind; interstices quite flat. Underside : anterior 

 coxal cavities open behind ; posterior femora strongly thickened ; 

 posterior tibiae deeply channelled and armed with a distinct spur 

 at the apex ; mesosternum as long as the metasternum ; elytral 

 epipleura broad and slightly concave. The structure of the 

 posterior tarsi and claws is as stated in the description of the 

 following species, which is the genotype. 



Jacoby doubtfully placed this species in the genus Splicer opliysa, 

 Baly ; this latter was erected for a species from Madagascar, 

 S. clavicomis, Baly, the type of which is in the British Museum 

 and has been carefully examined. The Madagascar beetle is 

 ovate in form and has the anterior coxal cavities closed behind, 

 whereas the present Burmese insect is rounded and, according to 

 Jacoby, has the anterior coxal cavities open behind. It has a 



