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240. Aspidolopha costata, Jac. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxxii, 1892, 
p. 881 . 
Metallic blue ; antennae more or less piceous ; elytra with a 
flayous transverse band behind the middle. 
Broadly convex and nearly parallel-sided ; head finely rugose 
between the eyes with a rather deep rounded depression ; 
antennae with the basal three joints obscure fulvous, third joint 
very small, rest triangularly dilated. Thorax strongly transverse, 
narrowed in front, posterior angles rounded ; median lobe strongly 
produced, rounded ; surface obliquely depressed at the sides near 
the base, sparingly punctured on the disc, very closely and strongly 
on the sides. Scutellum very large, pubescent, bluish, apex 
longitudinally carinate. Elytra blue, very convex, subcylindrical, 
with ten rows of longitudinal costae, interstices strongly gemi- 
natelv punctured; the fulvous band broad, regular in shape 
and slightly oblique, placed immediately behind the base and ex- 
tending to the middle. Underside sparingly pubescent ; abdomen 
strongly inflated. Pygidium closely punctured, with a central 
ridge. 
Var. Elytra flavous, the basal margin narrowly, the apex 
broadly blue. 
Length 6 mm. 
Hab. Burma : Karennee. Tenasserim. 
A. costata differs from all of its congeners by the sculpture of 
the elytra. 
241. Aspidolopha apicalis, sp. n. 
Blackish-blue ; tibiae and tarsi and the apex of the elytra 
fulvous. 
Head finely punctured between the eyes, the latter very large, a 
narrow band of pubescence in front of their interior edge ; labrum 
piceous ; palpi fulvous ; antennae extending to the base of the 
thorax, black, basal three joints fulvous, fourth and following 
joints strongly transverse. Thorax about twice as broad as long, 
sides feebly rounded, base with a short depression near the 
posterior angles ; surface strongly punctured at the sides and near 
the basal margin. Scutellum with a strongly raised central ridge 
at apex and a few punctures at base. Elytra closely and 
almost rugosely punctured, the puncturation much finer near the 
apex, the latter itself fulvous, the colour forming a round spot ; 
rest of the surface dark blue. Body beneath closely covered 
with silky grey pubescence. Pygidium with a central ridge in 
the female. This sex has a broader shape and a more inflated 
abdomen. 
Length 4-5 mm. 
Hab. Assam : Patkai Mts. {Brit. Mus.). 
Easily distinguished by the coloration of the elytra. 
