-2HH 11. S. (ii)KIIA.M 



brev/hxs tjifo/// capi/f ri.r lonijiorihiis, clacfi pnrvn oiiloiujit. Imìkj. 

 4 '//////. 



Hub. Burma, Jjliamu. 



In form size and colour this insect is somewliat like ('. oc/o- 

 notala, Reitter, a species from the Caucasus, but in the brevity 

 and feelde build of the antennae it is more nearly allied to 

 C. ceiichria. The thorax narrows very considerably, with acute 

 front angles which are more jjrominent than in either of the 

 species mentioned. The tibiae which are strongly widened in the 

 Caucasian insect, are here and in (\ cemhris simple. The mark- 

 ing will at once distinguish this insect from any other described. 



]''our specimens. 



'M). Cyrtotriplax ? oppositipunctata , n. sp. 



Ohlongo-ovala, flava; capite, antennarum clava, scìUello, elijlria; 

 mactilis duabus in prulhorace (una antica marginali, una basali in 

 medio transversis) , epimeris el epislernis meso- et metathoracicis 

 nigris ; capite crebre thorace parcius minute subtiliter punctatis 

 elytris tenuissime striato-punctalis. Long. 4-4. o milliin. 



Hah. Tenasserim, Thagatà, Mountains between ^leekalan and 

 Kyeat, 1000-1400 metres. 



Very evenly ovate, not narrower behind than in front, all 

 very finely punctate ; head black , rather more distinctly punc- 

 tate than the thorax, eyes very fine. Antennae slight, the club 

 perfoliate, fuscous, the tip yellowish ; third joint elongate, apical 

 joint of the maxillary palpi much dilated (as usual in Cgrtotri- 

 plax). The prosternai marginal lines do not meet in front, the 

 underside is scarcely punctured excejit at the sides, the meso- 

 thoracic ej)isterna and e])imera and the metathoracic e})isterna 

 are black. The jirothorax is extremely finely })unctured , only 

 minute but distinct punctures are visil)le under the (juarter inch 

 lens. 



This insect is very closely allied to an undetermined species, 

 which has been rather commonly collected in Ceylon by Mr. 

 Lewis and others, but which even if it should have been described 

 is 1 think distinct, as the latter lias the whole of the punctuation 

 rather more distinct and deeper, and the underside is distinctly 



