42 kutelinyE, 



transverse, and very smooth and shining upon the disc. The- 



scutellum is short, smooth and shining. The elytra bear nearly 

 complete rows of punctured striae. The 

 pygidium is rugose at the sides and bears 

 minutn scattered punctures in the middle.. 

 The mesosteruum is produced into a mode- 

 rately long, curved and sharp-pointed 

 process. The femora and tibiae are very 

 short, but the four hinder tarsi are mode- 

 rately long. The outer claw of the four 

 posterior feet is deeply cleft. 



S . The terminal teeth of the clypeus 

 are very strong and sharp. The prothorax 

 is strongly narrowed in front, its sides only 

 are rugose, the anterior angles are obtuse 

 -p. .^ and the hind angles rather sharp. 



ParastasiaMerocera,c^. $ • The head bears, besides the two- 



terminal teeth, an additional short but 



sharp tooth on each side occupying the ends of the clypeal suture. 



The pronotum is strongly rugose at the front and side margins, 



and all its angles are obtuse. 



Length, 9-5-12 mm. ; breadth, 5-7 mm. 



Andaman Is. ; Nicobar Is. (Boepstorff, Wimherhy) ; Bubma :. 



Rangoon {E. T. Athinson). 



Tyiw in Dr. 1\ Ohaus' collection. 



14. Parastasia bimaculata. 



Parastasia himacuhtta, Guer., Delessert's Voyage, ii, 1843, p. 41,, 



pi. 11, tig. 2. 

 Parastasia himactikda, var. nicoharica. Ohaus, Deutsche Eut. Zeits. 



1900, p. 233. 



Reddish testaceous, with mottlings of a rather dai'ker shade 

 upon the elytra, the head and front tibiae rather dark red, and a 

 pair of black spots near the hind margin of the pronotum and 

 not very far removed from each other. 



It is very convex, short and subglobose iu form. The clypeus 

 is small and armed in front with two strong recurved teeth. 

 The head is deeply cliannelled in front, strongly and rugosely 

 punctured, and the pronotum bears moderately deep, irregularly 

 scattered punctures, which are rather close in the anterior part 

 but almost disappear near the base. The scutellum is broad, 

 very obtuse at the apex, and almost su)ooth. The elytra bear 

 coarse punctures, which form irregular and not equidistant longi- 

 tudinal lines. The pygidium is finely punctured, the punctures 

 becoming rugose at the sides. The metasternum is smooth in 

 the middle and clothed at the sides with erect and rather close 

 pale yellow hair. The mesosternum forms a sharp but very 

 short process, and the claws are all undivided. 



S . The eyes are very large and prominent, and the pronotum. 

 longer and less rounded above than in the female. 



