ARRHINES. 357 



the latter show such variations in the elevation and length 

 of these hairs as to render it improbable that this character has 

 a spiicitic value. 



338. Arrhines vitticollis, sp. uov. 



Colour piceous, with dense dark gi'een scaling hiding the in- 

 teguments ; the rostrum with a narrow, the head with a broad, 

 pinkish central stripe, the scutellum whitish, the sides of the 

 elytra with variable pinkish spots, the apex of the rostrum metallic 

 green. 



Head without any central fovea, the sculpture hidden by the 

 scaling. Rostrum scarcely dilated at the apex, with short erect 

 setae which are longer than those on tlie thorax or elytra ; the 

 upper surface declivous in front and with a short central carina 

 in the basal half. Anfennce testaceous, the club fuscous ; the scape 

 slender, strongly curved in the middle and abruptly clavate at the 

 apex, the two basal joints of the lunicle subequal. Prothorcuv a 

 little longer than broad and longer than the head and rostrum 

 together, the sides slightly rounded, broadest a little before the 

 middle ; the upper surface with the rugose punctation partly con- 

 ceiiled by the .scaling, with a faint central carina and very short 

 erect seta3. Eli/tra oblong-ovate, parallel-sided from the shoulders 

 to beyond the middle, the dorsal outline slightly curved, the 

 posterior declivity gradual, the apices separately rounded and 

 without any process, deeply punctato-striate, the intervals rather 

 narrow and smooth, with very short dense suberect setae. Lerjs 

 piceous bi'own, with brown scaling and pinkish markings, the 

 femora unarmed. 



Lem/tJi, 5| mm. ; breadtli, 2 mm. 



Burma: Rangoon (Fea). 



Tijpe in the Genoa jNEuseum. 



339. Arrhines hirtus, Fst. 



Arhines hirtus, Faust,* Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1893, p. 506. 



Colour dark brown, with narrow, elongate, green blue or coppery 

 scales, which are more or less dense along the sides of the head, 

 thorax and elytra, and broken up into spots and patches on the 

 dorsal part of the elytra. 



Head with confluent punctation, the forehead \\'\i\\ a central 

 furrow. Rostrum scarcely dilated at the apex, confluently punc- 

 tate above, with a distinct central carina and short erect setse. 

 Antemue piceous, with the scape moderately slender and gradually 

 clavate at the apex, the funicle with joint 1 much longer than 2. 

 Protliorax rather broader than long, as long as the head and 

 rostrum together, the sides strongly rounded, broadest about the 

 middle, with deep separated punctures above and with short erect 

 setae, the spaces between the punctures finely aciculate and less 

 shiny. Elytra elongate, subparallel from the shoulders to the 



