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Head hhiisli black, impunctate, antennae long and slender, black, the third joint 

 double the length of the second ; thorax subquadrate, one lialf broader than long, the 

 sides straight at the base, slightly sinuate at the middle, the angles distinct but not 

 jii-odnced, the surface with a transverse depression near the anterior and posterior 

 margins, and a fovea at each side, rather sjiaringly punctured at the sides, with a 

 broad \iolaceous transverse band, not extending to either margin ; scutellum black ; 

 elytra fulvous, strongly, irregularly but not very closely punctured, with a transverse 

 violaceous band at the base, and two others of narrower shape before and below the 

 middle, none of the bands extend to the margins, two small spots (sometimes 

 absent) are jJaced at the apex. 



Hah. Is. Manipur (Assam). 



This species bears a great resemblance in regard to coloration to Merista fasciata 

 Hope and M. fratei-iialis Baly, but may be at once distinguished from either by the 

 appendiculate not bifid claws, also liy the much longer and less transversely shaped 

 thorax. 



Sastroides indicus sp. now 



Broadlv robust, obscure pale fuscous, thorax with three depressions, rather 

 strongly punctured, elytra very closely punctured, clothed with thin whitish 

 pubescence. 



Length 4i to o lines. 



Head strongly and closely punctured, palpi moderately robust, antennae extend- 

 ing beyond the middle of the elytra, obscure fulvous, the third joint one half longer 

 than the fourth, the apical joints shorter, more or less fuscous ; thorax twice as broad 

 as long, the sides i-ounded at the middle, the di.sc with a lateral and a basal depres- 

 sion, shining, rather strongly but not very closely punctured ; scutellum broad, its 

 apex truncate ; elytra much broader than the thorax, convex, with a slight depression 

 below the base, the sides rather broadly margined, the punctuation rather finer and 

 much more closely jilaced than that of the thorax, the pubescence thin and greyish, 

 the e]iipleurae broad, continued below the middle; legs obscure fulvous. 



Hah. N. Manipur (Assam). 



Closely allied to S. tmicolor .Tac, but with shorter antennae and longer third 

 joint of the latter, the ejjipleurae of the elytra broader, and extending nearly to the 

 apex, and the general size of the insect larger. 



Haplosonyx wallacei sp. nov. 



Black, above testaceous as well as the basal three joints of the antennae, thorax 

 with a few punctures only, elytra finely semi-geminate-punctate, the interstices also 

 finely punctured and slightly longitudinally costate. 



Length 5 to 6 lines. 



Head impunctate, terminal joint of the paljji piceous, antennae fuscous or black, 

 the basal three joints fulvous, the third joint slightly longer than the second one in 

 the male, twice as long in the/em«^e; thorax transverse, more than twice as broad 

 as long, the sides constricted near the base, the anterior angles rounded and thickened, 

 the posterior ones produced, the disc with a moderately deep sulcus at the side.s, 

 nearly impunctate, a few punctures being only visible within the lateral depressions ; 

 scutellum fulvous ; elytra much broader than the thorax, the basal portion slightly 

 raised, the punctuation fine and arranged in closely approached rather irregular doulile 



