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Genus ^enidea, Baly. 



1. JEnidea harbaia, n. sp. 



Subelongata, flava, nitida, pectore elytrisque nigris; his vage, 

 tenuissime piinctatis; tliorace transverse, utriuque sat prof uncle 

 foveolato. Long. 3f lin. 



Mas. Capite lato, valde exserto, clyj^eo transversim cxcavato, 

 utrinque profunde foveolato, margine antico laminis duabus 

 curvatis suberectis armato, disco infra antennis, fascia trans- 

 versa tripartita pilis erectis nigro-griseis formatti, instructo; labro 

 tumido. 



Hab. Hills of Assam. 



Head broad, strongly exserted; vertex shining, impunctate; 

 encarpfc transverse, separated by a deep fovea ; interocular 

 spaces swollen ; clypeus very deeply transversely depressed, 

 excavated at either end into a very large deep foA^ea; on the 

 middle portion, just below the insertion of the antenna^, is a 

 tripartite transverse band, formed of erect nigro-griseous hairs, 

 which spring from a black trilobate base; anterior margin armed 

 Avith tAvo narroAV, slightly curved, suberect, concave processes, at 

 the inner base of each of which is a small acute tooth; labi'um 

 swollen, its hinder margin notched, its anterior edge concealing 

 from above the mandibles ; upper joints of maxillary palpi 

 swollen, oboA^ate, the terminal one A^ery short, obtuse, and nearly 

 buried in the preceding one ; antennae slender, nearly equal to 

 the body in length, the basal joint curved, abruptly thickened 

 at its apex. Thorax tAvice as broad as long, sides btraight and 

 diverging from the base to beyond the middle, then obliquely 

 converging to the apex, all the angles thickened, obtuse ; surface 

 sparingly impressed Avith very minute punctures, only A'isible 

 imder a strong lens ; on either side the middle disc is a large 

 foA^ea, the space betAveen them dej^ressed. Elytra broader than 

 the thorax, oblong, convex, excavated beloAv and on the outer 

 border of the basilar space; shining black, impressed Avith minute 

 punctures, quite as fine as those on the thorax. Apical segment 

 of abdomen trilobate, the medial lobe truncate. 



Tlie above description is that of a male. 



2. yEnidea rximia, n. sp. 



Angustc oblonga, fuK'a, ni(ida, antennis tlavis, oculis nigris; 

 thorace parce tenuiter punctato, disco transA'ersim sulcato, sulco 

 utrinque magis fortiter inq)resso ; elvtris infra basin distincte 

 depressis, tenuiter ]>unctntis. Long. 4 lin. 



