444 ]\ir. Baly's descriptions of 



apex excepted) by the triangular clypeus; eyes rather small, 

 ahining black. Thorax nearly three times as broad as long; the 

 apical margin concave; sides converging from the base towards 

 the aj^ex, slightly rounded, anterior angles produced, their apices 

 obtuse, hinder angles broadly rounded; disc shining, impunctate. 

 Scutellum trigonate. Elytra much broader than the thorax, the 

 humeral angles anteriorly produced, broadly rounded ; sides 

 rounded and diverging from the shoulders nearly to the middle, 

 thence rounded and obliquely converging to the apex, the apex 

 itself regularly rounded ; upper surface very miiuitely punctured, 

 the outer limb broadly dilated. IMetasternum and a large patch 

 on either side of each of the abdominal sesxments black. 



'2. Oides inornata, n. sp. 



Ovata, convexa, pallide flava, nitida, antennis apice, tibiis 

 tarsisque vix infuscatis, his unguiculis nigro-piceis ; thoracc 

 remote punctate; elytris tenuiter. subcrebre punctatis, intcrstitiis 

 punctis minutis impressis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Assam; Sibsagar, Kamrup. 



Head trigonate ; vertex smooth, impunctate ; front impressed 

 with a longitudinal groove; encarpaj thickened, well defined, 

 contiguous, subquadrangular ; carina obsolete; clypeus thickened, 

 trigonate ; antennte filiform, concolorous with the body, the 

 terminal joint piceous, the two preceding ones slightly stained 

 with fuscous. Thorax three times as broad as long; sides broadly 

 rounded at the base, thence obliquely converging towards the 

 apex, sinuate and slightly excavated in front, the anterior angles 

 obtuse, the hinder ones obsolete; disc sparingly punctured, the 

 puncturing rather close on the sides. Scutellum scarcely longer 

 than broad, trigonate. Elytra broader than the tliorax, convex, 

 sinuate on the sides below the humeral callus, finely but distinctly 

 punctiu-cd, the interspaces impressed with very minute punctures; 

 outer limb reilexed. 



8. Oides japonica, llornst. 



Hab. The Hills. 



1 have received this insect from iHU'tliurn China as well as 

 -lapau, 1 also possess it i'rum uurLheru India, but without precise 

 locality. 



