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CUKCULIOXID.E. 



97. Astycus subinarginalis, Fst. 



Lepidasti/cus subviayffinolis,¥ aunt.* Aim. Miis. Civ. Geneva, xxxiv, 

 1894, p. 176 (189o). 



This species is very closely allied to L. dorice, Tst., and differs 

 from it only in the following particulars : — Bostvimi proportion- 

 ately a little broader, the central furrow slightly broader and 

 deeper. Protliorax with the sides more rounded, the granules 

 much finer, the scaling denser laterally. Elytra with finer and 

 more dense granulation, similar to that on the prothoras, the 

 marginal interval without granules or scaling ; the scales some- 

 Avhat larger than in A. doria;, the setae stouter and more numerous. 

 Leqs with the femora much darker, scarcely lighter than the 

 tibiae. 



Length, S 12|, 2 16^ mm. ; breadth, S 4|, $ Ih mm. 



Burma: Karen Hills; 4300-4700 ft. {Fea). 



Ti/pes d 2 in the Genoa Museum. 



98. Astycus gestroi, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with pale green scaling, more or less suffused 

 with orange at the sides of the prothorax and at the base and sides 

 of the elytra. 



Head convex, with very fine shallow punotation and a narrow 

 central furrow on the anterior part of the forehead only ; eyes 

 oval and slightly prominent. Bosti-um very shghtly broader than 



Fig. 45. — Asfyctis (/estroi, Mshl. 



long, parallel-sided, deeply eraarginate at the apex, slightly im- 

 pressed above, with a narrow central furrow and \\\t\\ an elongate 

 impression in front of the eye. Antennce piceous, with pale pubes- 

 cence, the funicle with joint 2 longer than 1, 3 longer than 4, 

 7 elongate and conical, the club narrowly elongate. Prothorax a 

 little broader than long, its sides rounded, broadest behind middle, 

 the basal margin truncate, the upper surface with shallow rugosities 



