BURRUS. 425 



subequal in length ; head coarsely punctate, the apices of the 

 lateral lobes a little prominent, a robust lateral spine between eyes 

 and base of antennae ; pronotum broad, transverse, transversely 

 depressed in front of lateral angles, before this depression a trans- 

 verse series of fine tubercles of which the lateral ones are more 

 elongate and a little less prominent, the lateral margins dentate 

 and convex to base of lateral angles which are subacutely prominent; 

 on disk a central pale ochraceous levigate longitudinal line, some- 

 what coarsely and regularly punctate; scutellum thickly finely 

 punctate, with three obscure pale ochraceous basal spots, one 

 central and one near each basal angle ; corium thickly finely 

 punctate; membrane pale bronzy subhyaline; body beneath thickly 

 shortly palely pilose ; rostrum ochraceous, reaching the posterior 

 coxae. 



Length 9 to 10 ; breadth between pronotal angles 5 to 5j millim. 



Hah. Assam ; Khasi Hills. Burma ; Bhanio. 



Allied to P. serrata, Voll., from which it differs principally by the 

 structure of the pronotum, the lateral margins of which are much 

 more convex before the bases of the lateral angles. 



Genus BURRUS, nov. (After Asindestrophus, Vol. I, p. 80.) 



Type, B. sjpieatus, Dist. 



Distribution. Bombay. 



Head elongate, much longer than broad, the lateral lobes much 

 longer than the central lobe, meeting in front of it but cleft at 

 their apices, their margins reflexed, a very long lateral spine 

 between eyes and base of antennee ; eyes stylately produced ; 

 antennae with the basal joint robust, not reaching apex of head, 

 remaining joints slender, fifth a little longer than either third or 

 fourth which are subequal in length ; pronotum with the anterior 

 angles longly, forwardly produced, slightly passing eyes, the lateral 

 margins moderately lamiuate and strongly dentate, transversely 

 depressed near middle, in front of which are a double series of 

 small tubercles, the lateral angles shortly spinous, the anterior 

 margin concave ; scutellum broad, reaching abdominal apex where 

 it is truncately rounded, the lateral margins strongly sinuate 

 before middle, depressed on each side a little behind base ; corium 

 narrow ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxse ; abdomen 

 beneath convex ; legs unarmed, of moderate length, the femora 

 distinctly thickened ; connexivum shortly tuberculously deutate 

 near the segmental incisures. 



2703. BuiTUS spicatus, sp. n. 



Black, distinctly brownishly shortly pilose on head and anterior 

 area of pronotum ; tarsi stramineous ; antennae ochraceous, the 



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