102 NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN PHYTOPHAGA 



widened posteriorly, the anterior'margin of the thoracic episternum 

 slightly convex. 



The insect for which this genus is proposed, although closely 

 allied to Hyperaxis {Metaxis Baly) cannot be placed in that genus, 

 on account of the thorax having a distinct lateral margin, the latter 

 being also finely serrate; there is no other genus of this section 

 havinga similar serrate thorax, but the strongly dilated anterior and 

 posterior femora and the emarginate intermediate tibiae agree enti 

 rely with Hyperaxis. 



PSEUDOMETAXIS SERRATICOLLIS n. sp. 



Obscure piceous or fulvous, densely clothed with greyish scales, 

 sides of thorax finely serrate, femora very robust, dilated into a 

 strong tooth, claws bifid. 



Length 4-4 1/2 mill. 



Head broad, covered like the rest of the upper surface, with short 

 grey scales, epistome not separated from the face, its anterior mar- 

 gin concave at the middle, labrum and palpi fulvous, eyes round, 

 slightly sinuate, antennae slender, extending to the middle of the 

 elytra, fulvous, the third and the following two joints equal, terminal 

 joints slightly widened and shorter; thorax transverse, about one 

 half broader than long, the sides rounded, the lateral margins dis- 

 tinct, finely serrate, the surface densely clothed with grey scales, 

 scutellum subquadrate, elytra wider at the base than the thorax and 

 similarly clothed with scales, the interstices furnished with single 

 rows of stiff erect hairs, legs robust, the femora dilated into a strong 

 tooth, the intermediate ones less strongly dentate. 



Hab. Birmah. (My collection.) 



The elytra show a slight transverse depression below the base 

 and the single erect hairs are arranged in rows as is frequently the 

 case in other species; the punctuation of the thorax, where visible 

 is very close and fine, that of the elytra much stronger, but in per- 

 fect specimens everything is covered by the grey scales. 



NODOSTOMA SIKKIMENSIS n. sp. 



Below black, head and thorax and part of the legs fulvous, thorax 

 very sparingly punctured, the sides angulate near the base, elytra 

 metallic green, deeply depressed below the base, strongly punctate- 

 striale, legs fulvous, tarsi black. 



Var. The knees, tibiae and tarsi and the posterior legs black. 



Length 6 mill. 



