146 fJ^iy- 



and slender, the Svd joint very long, the 4th to the 8th all longer than broad, 

 gradually decreasing' in length and of equal breadth, tlie 9th to the llth 

 broader, the lirst two of them subequal, the last a little longer than the 

 preceding. Thorax narrow, a little longer than broad, the sides parallel 

 behind, a little dilated and rounded in front, transversely impressed behind 

 the anterior border, the anterior half sulcate in the middle, the base before the 

 scutellum with an indeterminate impression, the sides with a moderately large 

 impression, coarsely and rather closely punctured, irregularly sculptured at the 

 base. Elytra a little longer and much broader than the thorax, about as long 

 as broad, the sides rounded, impressed on either side of the suture in front and 

 internal to the shoulders ; sculpture in front consisting of very large conHuent 

 punctures mixed with smaller ones, posteriorly consisting of coarse vorticose 

 rugae and coarse confluent punctures. Abdomen narrowed behind the anterior 

 segments, deeply impressed at the base, exceedingly finely and rather closely 

 punctured, pubescence white, scanty, thicker at the sides ; ventral surface 

 uuiformly and closely punctured. 



Hub. Lebong,* alt. 5000 feet (H. M. Lefroy). 



Asteiias i/idculafits, u. sp. 



5. Elongate, rufo-testaceous J elytra with a large oval black spot occu- 

 pying the greater part of the reflexed margin and adjacent area of the dorsal 

 surface. Abdomen with the 0th dorsal segment and the base of the 7th black. 

 Antennae and legs pale testaceous. Length 4 mm. 



Vta: Head blackish, the anterior part more or less reddish. "Build and 

 coloTSition oi A. maculipetmiii ^v., hut more robust and with the elytral spot 

 extended over the reflexed margin, the puncturation generall}' considerably less 

 coarse and with stouter antennae, all the joints of which, however, are con- 

 siderably longer than broad. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills (H. L. Andrewes), Dacca. Type in my own 

 collection. 



Gauropterus nigroaeneus, n. sp. 



Black, shining, with slight metallic green and coppery reflex; the first 

 two joints of the antennae and femora reddish-brown; tarsi pitchy; palpi 

 reddish-testaceous; posterior margins of the abdominal segments narrowly 

 and obscurely pitchy. Length 9"2 mm. Except for the elytra being shorter 

 this species is exactly similar in build to G.fulyidus F., and (apart from the 

 colour) differs ordy in the following respects : — The median frontal furrows are 

 narrower and less deep, the pinicturation is less coarse but of snnilar character, 

 the antennae are of the same build ; the sculpture of the thorax is similar ; the 

 elytra are shorter than the thorax, scarcely longer than broad, more finely and 

 obsoletely punctured ; the abdomen is much more finely and much more 

 sparingly punctured. 



Hah. Pusa (T. B. Fletcher). 



* This locality, written Leebong by Hooker, about 1000 feet below Darjiling, is in Bengal and 

 not in Sikkim as stated by me, Ent. Mo. Mag. l'J19, pp. 43, 50.— CI. C. C. 



