450 Mr. Baly's descn'ptkms of 



3. Mimastra Chenv.elli^ n. sp. 



Angiistata, parallela, flava, nitida, oculis, antenBis extrorsnm, 

 tarsis, til)iisqi;e posticis quatuor, his basi exceptis, tibiis anticis 

 dorso, pectore abdomineque nigris; thorace uitido, disco tvans- 

 versim excavato, elytris crebre punctatis. Long. 3^-4;|^ lin. 



Mas. Tarsis auticis articiilo basali intus curvato, articulo 

 secundo poue apicem articiili pvinii inserto. 

 Hab. Hills of Assam. 



Eucarpa; raised, trigonate, contiguous; eyes large, prominent, 

 shining black; antenna; slender, filiform, equal to the body in 

 length, the third joint twice the length of the second, the two 

 conjointly equal in length to the foiirth; the four lower joints 

 fulvous, the fifth piceous, the rest black. Thorax one-half 

 broader than long; sides nearly straight and parallel, slightly 

 sinuate behind the middle; disc shining impunctate, broadly and 

 deeply excavated, the excavation not quite extending to the 

 lateral margin. Scutellum trigonate, its apex acute. Elytra 

 rather broader than the thorax, parallel, closely punctured, the 

 interspaces subrugulose. Basal joint of the anterior tarsus in 

 the $ falcate, its apex obtuse, the second joint inserted on the 

 outer edge of the basal one, some distance behind its apex; 

 apical segment of abdomen in the same sex trilobate, the medial 

 lobe emarginate; its disc impressed 'with a smooth wedge shaped 

 fovea. 



The $ is rather larger, less deeply depressed on the middle 

 of the thorax, and has the fourth and fifth joints of the antenna' 

 piceous. 



Genus CLiTKNA, Baly. 



1, Clitena Vigorsii, Hope; {irjiuipennis, Baly.) 



Var. A. c<prnlans, Hope; cyanea, Clark. 

 Hab. The Hills, Sadia. 



This insect, which has been described by liope, Clark and 

 myself, under several distinct names, is very variable in tint, 

 and sometimes (the antenna; excepted) entirely metallic green, 

 the specimens from Assam belong to var. A. 



Genus PORVXEXA, Baly. 

 1. Doryxena grossa, Hope. 

 Hab. The Upper Hills. 



