HYPEROMIAS. 



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nt the apex ; the scrohes deep, rather widened behind and passing 



close to the lower margin of the eye. .4 n^emu* short and stout 



the scape rathei- strongly clavate and reaching the middle of tlie 



eye; the funicle with the two basal joints longer than the others 



and subequal, joints 3-7 transverse and subeqnal, the club ovate. 



Prothorax truncate at base and apex, the apical margin almost 



vertical laterally, the base witli its margin slightlv raised, the 



gidar edge very shallowly sinuate and with the front coxa) placed 



very close to it. Scutellum very small, but distinct. Elytra 



truncate at the base, without true shoulders, the basal mar-^in 



depressed, the apices jointly rounded, finely punctato-striate a1id 



with the lateral margins very shallowly sinuate. Sternmn with 



the niesosternal epimera very small and not separating the base 



of the elytra from the episterna; metasternuin hardly as lonc^ as 



the median coxa?, with its episterna fairly broad and the episteraal 



suture distinct throughout, the posterior cox« not reaching the 



e ytra. Venter with the intercoxal process rounded and narrower 



than the coxae, segment 2 as long as 3 + 4, and separated from 1 



by a slightly curved suture. Legs rather short, the apex of the 



tibias of the hind pair scarcely reaching the apex of the elvtra in 



the 2 , a little exceeding it in the S ; the femora slightly thickened 



the front pair not thicker than the others ; tlie tibi.-e more or less 



curved, not granulate internally, the front pair wnh no internal 



apical spine, the hind pair with the corbels open; the tarsi 



moderately broad, the claws connate at the base. 



Range. Sikkim. 



165. Hyperomias aenescens, sp. nov. 



Colour bronze-black ; the head and rostrum with dense <^revish 

 scaling; the proMiorax with two broad dorsal grev or pale fawn 

 stripes (sharply defined externally, but ill-defined' internally) a 



i^'ig. Gl. — rI//2x'ro))i/us (fine.-rcns, IVfslil., J. 



narrow lateral stripe and a few pale scales in the central furrou- • 

 the elytra irregularly variegated with similar pale scalincr. 



Jlead convex, with scattered punctation and sometimes with a 

 line central stria on the forehead. Jiostrum as long as broad, 



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