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punctured even in tlie middle. The ìììotathoracic epimera are 

 moreover ])lack in tlie latter, as well as tlie other pleural parts. 



Many specimens of C. oppositipunclala, were collected. 



Yar. Meso- et metalhorace tolo nifjro, maculis tlwracicis aegre 

 dtsfinguendis, dentatis. Long. 3-4 millim. 



Hah. Tenasserim, Thagatù, Meetan. 



The base of the abdomen is sometimes blackish. 



Var. ? Capite, antennis pecforeque totis flavis, thoracis macula 

 basi deficiente. 



Hah. Tenasserim, Mountains between Meekalan and Kyeat. 



One example. 



31. Cyrtolriplax praevia, n. sp. 



Breviter ovata, minute vix visibiliter punctata^ fl avo-testacea, 

 pectore scutello elytrisque nigris his tenuiter punctato-striatis, inter- 

 stitiis minutissime punctatis. Long. 3.5 millim. 



Hah. Burma, Bhamò. 



This species is very closely allied to C. oppositipunctata, from 

 which it differs in ])eing' rather smaller on the average , and 

 shorter, in having the head entirely yellow, the punctuation 

 even finer. The antennae have the club yellow in the few 

 examples from Bhamò. 



A very similar insect has been brought from Ceylon by Mr. 

 G. Lewis who found it there abundantly, but it appears to 

 differ specifically, having the body wholly yellow, and in some 

 examples of the latter the scutellum is yellow, while the club 

 of the antennae is dark. 



32. Cyrtolriplax? obscura, n. sp. 



Breviter ohlonga, suhovata, subtilissime punctata, nigra, corpore 

 suhtus pedihusque picescentibus, antennis {clava excepta) palpisque 

 flavis. Long. 3.5-4 millim. 



Hah. Tenasserim, Mountains between Meekalan and Kyeat. 



Less evenly ovate than C. oppositipunctata or C. praevia being 

 rather of the form of the Europcean Tritoma bipustulata. The 

 thorax has the sides nearly straight a little sinuate, narrowing 

 from the base to the acute, depressed, front angles ; it is twice 

 as wide in the middle, as long. The base is bisinuate with a 



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