iETHEOMORPH A . 
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Fig. 34 . — JEtkeomoipha nigropicta. 
Rather broad and convex ; head, thorax and scutellum as in 
JE. fallax. Elytra with the 
black lateral band of un- 
equal width, as if composed 
of three confluent spots, of 
which the first is placed on 
the shoulders, the second 
just before the middle and 
the third at the apex : of the 
other spots the first is 
situated below the base, 
longer than broad and ovate, 
the other posterior to the 
middle and close to the 
suture, irregularly rounded 
or transverse and with a tendency to join the second dilatation of 
the marginal stripe. Beneath obscure pale fulvous ; sides of breast, 
abdomen and the pygidiuoi blackish. 
Length 4-4-1- mm. 
Hab. Bengal : Mandar ; Tranquebar, Kanara, Belgaum ; Ceylon. 
This species seems subject to great variation in regard to the 
elytral markings, which in some specimens are only indicated and 
even entirely absent ; the elytra are finely and irregularly striate- 
punctate, nearly smooth near apex. In some of the Indian 
specimens, which are of rather more elongate shape, the elytral 
stripe is interrupted and the second spot unites with it. JE. gncti- 
jpennis, Jac. closely resembles the present species, but may 
be distinguished by the 4-spotted thorax and strong elytral 
puncturation. 
There is but little doubt that EE. cincta , Weise, is identical with 
Lefevre’s species ; the only difference seems to lie in the sutural 
spot which in W eise’s species is separated instead of confluent, but 
the genus in which Weise has placed the insect is no doubt the 
correct one. 
Elytra with longitudinal bands. 
224. JEtheomorpha nigromarginata, sp. n. 
d . Elavous ; the base of the head, the scutellum and the under- 
side black. Elytra with a marginal black stripe from base to apex. 
Subcylindrical and parallel-sided ; the head with three more or 
less distinct foveoe, placed triangularly, nearly impunctate, the 
upper portion as far as the eyes black, the rest flavous ; clypeus 
feebly emarginate ; antenna) fuscous, extending to the base of the 
elytra, basal two or three joints flavous, fourth and following 
joints transverse. Thorax about two and a half times broader 
than long, sides nearly straight, posterior angles rather indistinct, 
surface impunctate, with an obsolete transverse depression near 
the posterior angles. Scutellum trigonal, impunctate, apex 
slightly truncate. Elytra feebly lobed below the shoulders, the 
