17-i CEltA.MBTCID.1. 



on the outer (dorsal) face, and a long spiniforui process at the 

 apex. 



Leiirilli (to tip of abdomen) 11 mm. 



Hah. Burma : Moulmeia ; Assam : Patkai Mts. (Doliertfj). 



189. Merionceda amaliilis, Jordan, Stett. Eat. Zeit. 189o, p. 263. 



Unicolorous testaceous yellow ; with the autennte, the extreme 

 apex of the el_ytra and a ring before the apex of the hind femora 

 black, the apex of the hind tibise brownish. Head with a rather 

 deep impi-ession that separates the clypeus from the front, and a 

 short median groove on the front between the anteiuial sup- 

 ports ; finely punctulate, the punctures densely placed near the 

 eyes. Pi-othorax nitid, longer than broad, obtusely tuberculate on 

 each side and triluberculate above, the median tubercle with a 

 slight depression before the base. Elytra nitid, reaching nearly 

 to the middle of the first abdominal segment ; dehiscent from 

 about the middle of their length, strongly punctured in irregular 

 rows. 



LenqiJi 13 ; hreadtli 3 mm. Elytra 4| mm. long. 



Hah. Assam : Khasi Hills. 



From M. nigrkeps, "White, which it most resembles, this species 

 is readily distinguishable by its yellow head, entirely black 

 autennte and relatively longer prothoras. 



Genus KUNBIR. 

 Kunbir, Lameere, Ann. Soe. Ent. Behj. 1890, C. H. p. ccxiii. 



Type, K. telej^horoides, Lameere. 



Range. That of the type species. 



Allied to Mer'ionoeda, Pasc, from which it differs by the following 

 characters : — Elytra much longer, completely or almost completely 

 covering the abdomen, a little narrowed in the middle, not 

 dehiscent, separately and rather broadly rounded posteriorly. 

 Hind legs shorter; the femoi'a extend only a little past the 

 apex of the elytra, with the club less abruptly formed ; the tibise 

 asperate instead of spinulose, with two spurs at the end. 



This genus has been placed by Lameere in the group Cieomenini, 

 but as it has the acetabula of the middle coxa? open to the epimera 

 and the acetabula of the front coxie augulate on the outer side, 

 it cannot rightly enter into that group. The structure of the 

 abdomen in both sexes resembles that of 2Ieriono:da, and in all 

 other points, the length and form of the elytra excepted, there is 

 a rather close resemblance between the two genera. 



190. Kunbir telephoroides, Lameere, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belij. 1890, C. li. 



p. ccxiii. 



(S . Testaceous red, nitid ; anteunoe, apex of elytra, abdomen. 



