1 O'l 

 XTSTKOCEUA. ''^'^ 



transverse evoove ; eyes deeply emarginate, ^vith narrow upper 

 xndbiond lower lobe. Antenna, about one-third longer than the 

 1 V n tl $ a,a still longerin the c? ; first joint stout extended 

 ahttlepast the front n.argiu of the l-^^l^orax romuled at tne 

 apex ; third nearly twice as long as the first ; thu-d to hfth sub 

 equal in length, slightly flattened above m tlae f ' f^^f^^^^.^^^^^ 

 SI ccessively shorter and narrower, eleventh a little longei than 

 tentll'none of the pints angulated at the apex. Pi^thorax 

 slightlv transverse, rounded at the sides narrowed a ^^f^^^^'^ 

 towards the base than in front. Elytra long, nearly parallel- sided 

 wi'wed and slightly subtruncate at the ^^^^-^^^^J^^^ 

 long, the posterior two pairs subequal m length the t out pa^i 

 shorter • femora elongate-fusiform, not pedunculate slightly com 

 e eU first joint of middle and hind tarsi longer than the second 

 Ind t ird united. Front coxee globular, prominent, with the r 

 acetabula produced in a short angle on the outer side -the mtei- 

 coxal process narrow but completely separating the coxae; 

 intercoxale of mesosternum moderately broad, gradually narrowed 

 posteriorly and broadly canaliculate along the middle. 



98. (Emospila maculipennis, sp. n. 



Dark brown, denselv covered above with greyish tawny pubes- 

 cence buwi?l a number of nude, dark brown subnitid spots on 

 he elytra, these spots irregular in form and not arranged m 

 Iny definite order! body beneath, legs and -f^ -- 7 

 covered with grevish pubescence. Prothorax o J ^ehitnely 

 X than in the-?, wiliest a little behind the middle, the disc 

 vitli a verv short median carina near the fron ^^gin an a 

 short oblique carina on each side on the posterior half ; Fothoiax 

 o 9 widest at the middle, or a little before the middle, no 

 carinate above on each side, but with traces of a shght median 

 car a Elytra rather thickly punctured, the punctures appearing 

 larger and more densely placed on the glabrous dark brown spots. 

 Length 20-25 ; breadth o-ol mm. -o •, -oi fn,. ^ ^ 



Hub Assam: Sibsagar {Indian .Museum); Brit. Bhutan ( J ? 



in coll. Oberthiir). 



Genus XYSTROCERA. 



Xystrocera, Serv. Ann. Sac. Ent. Fr. 1834, p.G9; Lacord. Gen. 

 Coleopt. viii, p. 229 (1869). 



Type, X. f/lobosa, Oliv. ,. -r, • 



Ecmac. Ethiopian, Oriental, and Austrahan Eegious. 

 Head vertical in front, raised so as to form a ridge, broadly con- 

 cave from side to side, between the antennae; antennal supports 

 emarginate in front, acutely pointed on the inner s-de ; post- 

 c ype?s verv short, separated from the front by a transverse 

 groove ; anteclypeus membranous ; eyes large, deeply emargmate. 



