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CHRYSOMELIDjE. 
222. iEtheomorpha suturata, Jac. (Olytra) Ann. Ent. Soc. Belg. xlii, 
1898, p. 185. 
Var. iEtkeomorpha multiplagiata, Jac. Ann. Ent. Soc. Belcj. xlvii, 
1903, p. 87. 
Fulvous ; thorax with three spots; elytra with a sutural, 
posteriorly widened band, sides and apex, a transverse band behind 
the middle, a humeral and central spot near margins, black ; 
tibiae at apex and tarsi black. 
Narrow and parallel-sided ; vertex of head black, impunctate ; 
clypeus concavely emarginate at the anterior edge ; antennae 
extending to the base of the thorax, basal three joints fulvous, 
rest fuscous. Thorax short and transverse, more than twice as 
broad as long, sides straight, posterior angles obtuse; surface 
extremely minutely punctured, a round black spot on each side 
and a somewhat heart-shaped one on the middle. Scutellum 
black. Elytra with a slight basal depression at suture, distinctly 
and regularly punctate-striate, the suture with black band from 
base to middle, its end suddenly widened, sides with another band 
to which is attached a humeral and a median black spot and a 
transverse band behind the middle ; pygidium partly uncovered by 
the elytra, epipleural lobes of latter feeble. Body beneath clothed 
with silvery pubescence, breast more or less fuscous ; anterior 
femora, apex of the others and base of tibine fulvous ; tarsi rather 
broad. 
Length 3-44 mm. 
Hab. Bengal: Mandar, Banvay; Nilgiris ; Malabar Coast: 
Mahe. 
This species is neither typical of AEtheomorpha nor of Olytra , 
having some of the characters of each ; it is more elongate and 
narrower than AE. fallax , Lacord. but agrees with the latter in the 
punctate-striate elytra. The above description is that of a 
strongly marked specimen ; in many others all the markings are 
greatly reduced and in some only the lateral elytral stripes and a 
small sutural spot behind the middle remain ; many are inter- 
mediate. I have placed it in AEtheomorpha on account of the 
elytral lobe and the partly free pygidium, but as a matter of fact 
the latter character only applies to some specimens, in others it is 
quite covered by the elytra. The species must stand as jE. suturata 
with AE. multiplagiata as a variety. 
Elytra not or very slightly punctate-striate. 
223. iEtlieomorpha nigropicta, Lef'ev. (Gynandroplithalma) Bull. 
Soc. Ent. Bely, xxxv, 1891, p. cclii. 
vEtheomorpha ciucta, Weise, JJeut. ent. Zeit. 1903, p. 28. 
Testaceous ; antennae (the basal three joints excepted), sides of 
breast and apical abdominal segment partly blackish ; elytra with 
a black lateral stripe and a spot in front of and posterior to the 
middle near the suture. 
