[J anuary. 



o (4) Clypeus with median pair of longitudinal elevations ; anal segment 

 with transverse depression 3. ceiiludotes Geh. 



6 (1) Thorax not longer than hroad, widest about middle, sides arcuate, 

 anterior angles not produced (s.-gen. ParaphJoeus Seidl.) 



7 (14) Elytra uniformly havous or rufo-testaceous.. 8. 



8 (11) Head and thorax concoloruus with elytra . . 9. 



9 (10) Distance between eyes greater than twice width of one of them ; 



thorax with feeble depressed area in front 4. ulomoides, sp. n. 



10 (9) Distance between eyes but little more than width of one of them ; 



thorax not depressed in front 5. f/eiitilis Lew. 



11 (8) Head and thorax brown or piceous 12. 



12 (13) Thorax without flavous border ; stouter, elytra not more than twice as 



long as together broad 6. Jlavipannis Mots. 



13 (12) Thorax with narrow flavous border; narrower, elytra two and a half 



times as long as broad 9. IhnbaticoUis, sp. n. 



14 (7) Elvtra not uniformly coloured 15. 



15 (18) Elytra flavous, more or less marked with brown towards apex ; 



antennae short, joints 5-10 strongly transverse 



' 16. 



10 (17) Head and thorax rufous: elytra only twice as long as broad, the dark 

 markings usually confined to an elongate sutural patch towards 

 apex, but sometimes whole apical area clouded 



7. sfehltiiHji, sp. n. 



17 (16) Head and thorax piceous brown ; elytra two and a half times as long 



as broad ; apical third brownish 8. tnpftrtitiis, sp. n. 



18 (15) Elytra dark with yellow markings ; antennae more slender, graduall}' 



thickened towards apex 19. 



19 (20) Elytra each with two yellow spots or fasciae ; legs fulvous 



10. luteoinncuJatus Pic. 



"20 (19) Elytra each with one yellow spot to^^ards base ; legs dark 



11. andrewesi sp. n. 



1. Hyi^oplilonis birmanicus, sp. n. 



Elongate, cylindrical, shining, rufo-castaneous. Antennae stout, scarcely 

 reaching beyond apex of thorax. Thorax longer than broad, the sides nearly 

 straight, feebly convergent towards the base from a little behind the anterior 

 angles, the latter obtuse, not prominent ; posterior angles almost rectangular; 

 disc convex, rather htroni^ly but irregularly punctate, with occasional spaces 

 free of punctures; elytra more than twice as long as wide, striate punctate, 

 with a row of rather flner punctures down the middle of each interstice ; the 

 first and third interstices rather Avider than the rest, and irregularly punctate. 

 Last abdominal segment with two median parallel ridges more elevated 

 towards the apex. Legs stout, all tibiae strongly thickened from base to apex. 



Length 7 mm. 



Hah. Burma, Ruby Mines District {Dolierty). 



A single specimen. CIoseljM-esembles the European H. iinicolor P. 

 and M. {castaneus F.) in size and i'orm, hut a little brighter in colour, 



