346 RUTELIlS^iE. 



closely clothed with uniforii) short selfe, except upon th» 

 pygidiimi, which bears rather loiic erect hair. 



It is elorip;ate, rather ])arallel-si(led, and depressed. The eyes 

 are large and prominent, the head closely granulated, except upon 

 the vertex, which is strongly punctured, and the clypeus is short 

 and transverse. The pronotuni is very short, strongly and closely 

 punctured, strongly rounded at the sides, with the front angles 

 nearly right angles and the hind angles entirely rounded off. Tlie 

 seutelluni and elytra are strongly and closely punctured, the cost a? 

 of the latter moderately distinct. The antennae are lO-jointed, 

 joints 3 to 7 regularly diminishing in length. The front tibia 

 bears three strong teeth, the second nearer to the terminal one 

 than to the third, and the longer claw of the front and middle 

 feet is cleft. 



Length, 12 mm.; breadth, 5 mm. 



Burma: Tbarrawaddy (G^. Q. Corbett). 



Tt/jje in the British Museum. 



It is closely related to A. crihratus, AVhite, and A. hirmamnf^ 

 but differs from bi)th in having the hind angles of the pronotuni 

 completely rounded off. The pronotum is also less densely punc- 

 tured than that of A. cribratiis. 



I have seen two males only. One of them is in Mr. H. E. 

 Andrewes' collection, the other has been given by him to the 

 National Collection. 



378. Adoretus erythrocephahis. 



MeJolo7itha erythrdcephala, Fabricius, Spec. Ids. i, 1781, p. 40 ; 



Oliv., Ent. i, 5, 1789, p. 4], pi. vii, f. 80. 

 Anomala erythrocephala, Bium., Handb. Ent. iv, 1, 1844, p. 531. 

 Adoretus brahmamis, Obaus, Deutsche Ent. Zeits. 1914, p. 479, 



tig. 10 (new syn.). 



Pale testaceous yellow, with the head and tarsi red-brown, and 

 the vertex black on each side. It is rather shining above and 

 evenly clothed with minute and not very dense pale setae. 



The form is broad, ovate and convex. The clypeus is not large, 

 rather coarsely granulated, with the front margin semicircular 

 and strongly reflexed. The pronotum is very short, broad, and 

 coarsely punctured, with the sides rounded, the fi-ont angles not 

 very sharji and the hind angles rounded but not quite obsolete. 

 The scutellum bears large punctures, and the elytra are strongly 

 and moderately closely punctured, with two narrow discoidal 

 costse and a humeral one which is ratlier broad behind ; the epi- 

 pleural fold becomes indistinct before the middle of the elytral 

 margin. The pygidium and lower surface are moderately shining 

 and not densely setose. The front tibia bears three sharp teeth, 

 the two lowermost long and the tiiird rather minute ; the larger 

 claw of the front and middle feet is minutely cleft. 



(5 . The pygidium is large and convex, and clothed with erect 

 but not long hair. 



Leiigth, 9-9'o mm. ; breadth, 4'5-5*5 mm. 



