TEMNASPIS. 
89 
long, transversely grooved at the base and apex, each side of the 
disc with a thick longitudinal elevated ridge, the inner margin of 
which is bounded bv a shallow fossa, 
surface distinctly but less closely punc- 
tured than the head ; middle of the disc 
with a broad vitta, rather broader 
behind, abbreviated at the base and 
apex. Scutellum triangular, its apex 
entire. Elytra subelongate, sides paral- 
lel, above subdepressed along the back, 
convex at the sides and apex, surface 
closely punctured, each elytron with 
two iudistiuct longitudinal ridges, ful- 
vous ; a broad black subquadrate patch 
extends across the middle of each 
elytron and is abbreviated at the extreme 
outer margin ; this patch forms a common 
transverse fascia, emarginate on the 
suture at its base and apex, the hairs 
on its surface concolorous. Beneath 
shining, a large irregular patch on the 
pleurae, another transverse one across 
the middle of the abdomen and a large 
spot on the outer surface of the pos- 
terior thighs, black ; t hinder femora much incrassate, ovate, armed 
at their lower edge in the middle with an obtuse tooth. 
Length 7 mm. 
Hob. Northern India. 
Fig. 15 . — Temnaspis downesi. 
166. Temnaspis flavicornis, Jac. Ann. Mm. Civ. Genova, xxxii, 1892, 
p. 875. 
Reddish-fulvous ; antennae flavous, anterior, intermediate tibiae 
and the tarsi black. Elytra black. 
Broad and robust in shape ; the head remotely punctured on 
the vertex, closely near the eyes, and sparingly clothed with 
black hairs ; clypeus transversely sulcate ; antennae flavous, ex- 
tending to the base of the elytra, the basal four joints shining, 
the others opaque, strongly flattened and widened. Thorax 
narrowed towards the apex, the posterior angles produced into a 
blunt tubercle; the disc rather depressed at the middle, very 
sparingly punctured and pubescent. Scutellum fulvous. Elytra 
slightly constricted posteriorly, the shoulders prominent and 
obliquely shaped, the surface shining, finely punctured and 
furnished with black pubescence. The posterior femora with two 
stout teeth, the outer margin of the tibiae and the tarsi black ; 
metasternum raised at the sides into a conical protuberance. 
Length 10 mm. 
Hob. Burma : Karennee. 
