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and the posterior tibiae are curved and widened at the apex. 
Very closely allied and perhaps only a variety of T. insignis , Baly, 
but with entirely black elytra. 
164. Temnaspis nigroplagiata, Jac. Atm. Mus. Civ. Genova , xxxii, 
1892, p. 876. 
Fulvous ; a spot on the head, another on the middle of the 
thorax, one or two on the posterior femora and the metasternum, 
black ; elytra with a transverse spot at the base and another 
behind the middle black, the apex flavous. 
Head finely rugosely punctured with a triangular central black 
spot and a smaller spot between the antennae, the latter obscure 
fulvous, the first four joints shining, the others opaque. Thorax 
rather strongly narrowed in front, about half as broad as long, 
the posterior angles oblique ; the surface rather closely and ir- 
regularly punctured, longitudinally depressed at the middle, 
a round spot on the sides and a more elongate subtriangular 
spot on the middle of the disc, black ; the latter clothed with 
silky greyish pubescence. Scutellum black, pubescent. Elytra 
very closely and finely punctured anteriorly, the puncturation 
nearly obsolete near the apex, the disc fulvous, a transverse 
oblique band at the base slightly narrowed at the suture and 
another slightly more rounded band behind the middle, also the 
lateral margins near the apex, black, the space below the second 
band flavous. Breast, metasternum, and the abdominal segments 
on the middle (the apical segment excepted) as well as a spot on 
the anterior coxae and the posterior and intermediate femora, black; 
extreme apex of the latter flavous, the anterior portion fulvous ; 
the intermediate and posterior tibiae strongly curved ; the meta- 
sternum conically raised on each side ; posterior femora toothed on 
each side near the apex. 
Length 9 mm. 
Hah. Burma : Karennee. 
The amount of black on the underside is variable. The species 
is very closely allied to T. quinquemacnlata, Baly, and differs only 
in the black spot on the head and in the colour of the legs. It is 
possibly only a local race of that insect. 
165. Temnaspis downesi, Baly, A. M. N. II. (2) v, 1859, p. 205, 
pi. v, fig. 5. 
Fulvous ; pubescent ; apical joints of antennae, a spot on the 
thorax and another oblique spot on each elytron, the pleurae, an 
abdominal spot and a spot on the posterior femora, black. 
Shining fulvous, the whole body covered with coarse fulvous hairs ; 
the seven terminal joints of the antennae, an oblong vitta on the 
disc of the thorax and a large subquadrate patch across the middle 
of the elytra black. Head closely punctured, impressed between the 
eyes by a deep longitudinal fossa. Thorax rather broader than 
