DIAPROMORPIIA. 
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The small variety described by Lacordaire is the male, in which 
the dense pubescence of the underside is of golden colour ; that 
of the female is white or grey. 
292. Diapromorplia capitata, sp. n. 
Upper part of head and underside black ; lower portion of 
face and thorax fulvous ; elytra and legs flavous. 
Elongate and subcylindrical. Head very finely pubescent near 
inner margin of eves ; the entire vertex crossed by a broad 
transverse black band that extends in a narrow stripe in front 
of the eyes ; fulvous portion of face impressed with three deep 
foveae ; anterior margin of clypeus feebly emarginate ; mandibles 
black ; palpi flavous ; antennae extending to base of thorax, 
fulvous, second joint short, moniliform, third and fourth more 
elongate, the latter slightly widened, succeeding joints strongly 
transversely serrate. Thorax two and a half times broader than 
long, lateral margins moderately rounded, angles distinct, the 
surface impunctate, sides with two very small foveae near the base, 
median lobe straight. Scutellum broader than long, apex truncate. 
Elytra distinctly lobed below the shoulders, subcylindrical, scarcely 
narrowed posteriorly, puncturation close and rather fine, inter- 
stices finely granulate. Body beneath densely clothed with silvery 
pubescence. Pygidium exposed. Tarsi broad and short. 
Length 7 mm. 
Hab. Bengal (Coll. Jacoby). 
I know no other species of the genus similarly coloured as 
regards the black band on the head added to the smooth thorax 
and finely punctured elytra, in which respects the species differs 
from D. melanopus, which it resembles somewhat in coloration. 
293. Diapromorplia turcica, Fab. (Olythra) Syst. Eleut. ii, 1801, p. 37 ; 
Lacord. Mon. Fhytoph. ii, 1848, p. 236. 
Var. Diapromorplia quadrimaculata, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 
xxxix, 1895, p. 257. 
Beneath black, above fulvous or flavous. Thorax with two 
black spots (sometimes united). Elytra with a transverse band 
behind the middle, a spot below the base, and another near the 
apex black. 
Var. a. Tibiae and tarsi more 
or less fulvous ; subapical spot 
of elytra absent. 
Var. b. Thorax black, the 
anterior and lateral margins 
and a median line fulvous. 
Var. c. Thorax with two 
small spots at the base and 
two at the middle black. 
Var. d. Thorax with two or 
four black spots or entirely 
fulvous. 
