16 e J. GAHAN 



Bates has also added to the genus Simjaiia a species from 

 Japan. I have seen the type of this species (S. rufescem. Bates, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. XVIII, p. 258), which is in the collection of 

 M/ Lewis. It belongs to the genus Thranius, and somewhat 

 resembles the species described above, but is shorter and stouter 

 in form, and not quite so dark in colour. 



39. Pyresthes birmanica, sp. n. /. Nigra, prothoracis dorso 

 {margine antico exceplo) elytrisque rufis, abdomine rufescente bast 

 medio nigro; prothorace anlice valde sub-abrupteque constricto^ 

 supra transversim hand fortiter striato, opaco, macula parva medio 

 disci levi, polita, subtus rugoso -pu?iclato ; scutello nigra, postice 

 acuminato: elytris crebre hand fortiter punctatis , opacis, apicibus 

 rotundatis, sutura brevissime mucronatis, lateribus paullo pone basin 

 leviter sÌ7iuatis: an tennis corpore fere aequalibus. articulo 3' quam 

 1° vel 4° longiori. 



V . A mare differì antennis brevioribus, prothorace anlice mi- 

 nus abrupte constricto , supra rugoso-punclato , abdomine omnino 

 rufescente. 



Thagatà ( c/") and Mouhiiein ( v ) in Tenasserim. In the male 

 type from Thagatà the prothorax is rather strongly and some- 

 what abruptly constricted at the apex ; between this and the mid- 

 dle its sides are slightly dilated and rounded, and, between the 

 middle and the base, feebly sinuate ; the upper side is crossed 

 by some feeble and not very regular ridges, and is without 

 any distinct signs of punctuation. The elytra are only slightly 

 sinuate on each side just behind the base, and not distinctly 

 emarginate as in P. haematica, Pasc. ; they are entirely red, 

 with the exception of a slight infuscation on the anterior part 

 of the suture, and are nowhere glossy, the punctures being 

 closely and evenly distributed over the whole surface, and not 

 much larger towards the base than at the apex. The third joint 

 of the antennae is a little longer than the first or fourth. 



The female example , taken at Moulmein , differs from the 

 male just described in having much shorter antennae ; its pro- 

 thorax is less abruptly constricted at the apex, and has the 

 upper surface very closely and somewhat rugosely punctured ; 



