CHABKIA. 



is a post-median transverse band, which always extends in a tri- 

 angular form along the suture towards the apex : and, finally, on 

 the apical part, there is a large patch, more or less rounded or 

 pear-shaped ; the post-basal band, when not divided in the 

 middle, is curved, and the post-median band may be more or less 

 sinuate or straight. The scutellum is black or piceous, and the 

 head may or may not have a black patch. 



Head : vertex convex, impunctate and separated by a transverse 

 suture from the rest of the face ; frontal tubercles absent. An- 

 tennae nearly halt: the length of the body ; first segment long and 

 club-shaped, second thicker but shorter than third, which is 

 slender and equal to, or very slightly shorter than, either the 

 fourth or the fifth ; from the sixth onwards the segments are 

 thicker. Prothorax much broader than long, convex, sides rounded, 

 front margin widely emarginate, basal margin widely arched, 

 anterior angles thickened, and each of the. anterior and posterior 

 angles bearing a seta. Scutellum broad, triangular, smooth, im- 

 punctate. Elytra broader than prothorax, strongly convex, with 

 the surface very minutely and irregularly punctate. Underside 

 smooth, shining; abdominal sternites and some portions of the 

 other parts very sparsely covered with fine hairs. The appendix 

 situated on the under side of each claw is large, square and very 

 prominent. 



Length, 5| to 6^ mm. ; breadth, 4-5 mm. 



Ceylon: "Boga wan talawa, 4500-5200 ft., 21. iii-4. iv. 1882 

 (67. Leivis); Nuwara Eliya, 24. iv. 1914. 

 Type in the British Museum. 



227. Chabria decemplagiata, sp. nov. 



Body oblong-ovate. Colour shining black ; elytra yellow-brown, 

 with five black patches on each, disposed as follows : two post- 

 basal, lying in a transverse line, two post-median, similarly situated, 

 and one apical. 



Head smooth and impunctate, interantennal space broad and 

 not depressed, vertex not separated by any deeply impressed line ; 

 maxillary palpi large, penultimate segment thickened, apical seg- 

 ment small, conical. Antennas about two and a halt millimetres 

 shorter than the length of the body ; first segment the longest, 

 club-shaped, second shorter but slightly thicker than third, the 

 latter slightly longer than the fourth, which is equal to the fifth ; 

 from the sixth onwards the segments are almost equal and more 

 hairy, the last being small. Prothorax broader than long, convex, 

 sides strongly rounded, narrowly margined, at the anterior angles 

 the margin is thickened, each of the anterior and posterior angles 

 bearing a seta, front and hind margins more or less nearly 

 straight ; surface impunctate. Scutellum broad, triangular and 

 impunctate. Elytra broader than prothorax ; surface impunctate : 

 in the yellow-brown portions, through the transparency of the 

 chitinous layer, small round spots with dark centres are visible. 



