310 RUTELIN.^E. 



leaving; upou each elytron four or five longitudinal series of 

 small bare spots, bet\\een wliich the scales are rather more closely 

 ag2;regated. The apical calli are very ])romiuent and bear thick 

 tufts of short white setae. The scales of the pronotum are rather 

 more closely aggregated at a short di«tauce from the outer 

 uiargin on each side. 



It is a large compact species, ovate and moderately convex, 

 with short stout legs. The head and pronotum are densely 

 granular, the clypeus nearly semicircular, the eyes prominent; 

 the prothorax short, the sides gently rounded, the front angles 

 acute and the hind angles distinct but obtuse. The elytral costae 

 are moderately distinct, and the intervals closely and finely 

 punctured. The pygidium is conical and bears long outstanding 

 hairs at its apex. The front tibia bears three small verv acute 

 teeth, placed close together at the extremity and separated from 

 one another hy acute notches. The upper part is tinnly serrated, 

 c?. The clypeus is small and the eyes are large. 



2 . The clypeus is large and the eyes smaller. 



Length, 12-5-15 mm. ; breadth, 6-8 mm. 



Burma : Eangoon {E. T. Atkinson, March), Tharrawaddy {G. Q. 

 Corhett), Theinzeik {F. Loizeau) ; Assam (Hope Collection ). 



Tyjpe in the Halle Museum. 



327. Adoretus bicaiidatus. (Plate V, figs. 14 & 15.) 



Adoreiiis bicaudattis, Arrow, Ami. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xiii, 1914, 

 p. .587. 



Brown, densely clothed with decumbent grey seta?, which 

 form alternate deU'ided and densely covered patches upou the 

 elytra. The apical protuberances of the latter 

 are prominent and slightly tufted, and there are 

 two strong tubercles upon the pygidium before 

 the extremity, w^iich bear thick tufts of white 

 setae. 



It is small and nari'owly elongate, densely and 



rugosely punctured above and beneath. The 



head is large, witli prominent eyes and broadly 



semicircular clypeus. Thesidesof the pronotum 



are moderately rounded, the front angles slightly 



Fio-. 68. acute, and the hind angles very obtuse. The 



Adoretus bicaudaf us. elytral epipleurae are not developed. The sides 



of the abdomen are sharply carinate, and the 



posterior edge of the propygidium is also sharply elevated and united 



with the lateral carime by a short ridge on each side, in which the 



last spiracle is situated. The continuous carina so formed coincides 



with the outer edges of the elytra. The legs are rather short, the 



hind pair very short and thick ; the front tibia is armed with 



three short teeth, the uppermost further from the second than 



that is from the first and separated by a rather sharp notch ; 



the larger claw is minutely cleft in the front and middle feet, 



and the shorter claw of the hind foot is less than half the length 



