132 NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN PHYTOPHAGA 



Jac. has a strongly rugose thorax and the apex of the tibioe and the 

 tarsi fuscous, the thoracic depressions are also more obsolete and 

 the scutellum is pubescent. 



CNEORANE BIRMANIGA n. sp. 



Obscure purplish below, the head and thorax flavous, the 

 antennfe, tibiteand tarsi black, elytra purplish-aeneous, very finely 

 and closely rugose-punctate. 



L'^ugth 8 mill. 



Head impunctate, flavous, the vertex convex, the frontal tubercles 

 trigonate, clypeus thickened, antennae slender, extending beyond 

 the middle of the elytra, black, the fourth joint one half longer than 

 the third and nearly equal to the following joints, thorax about one 

 half broader than long, the sides rounded, the base and apex nar- 

 rowed, the surface convex, flavous, entirely impunctate, scutellum 

 broad, black, very smooth and shining; elytra rather opaque, 

 aeneous, with a slight purplish gloss, very finely and closely rugose- 

 punctate, the upper portion of the breast and the femora flavous, 

 the knees, tibiae and the tarsi, black, rest of the under surface pur- 

 plish, clothed with fine whitish pubescence. 



Hab. Birmah. (My collection.) 



Differing from C. Braeti Duv. in having no elytral depressions, 

 in the purplish underside and the black tibite. C. Fece Jac. from 

 Birmah has the basal joints of the antennae flavous and a bifoveolate 

 thorax, the elytra also are differently sculptured. C. sulxvnea Jac. 

 likewise from Birmah, has a black underside and similarly 

 coloured legs with the exception of the anterior four femora which 

 are flavous. 



SYOPLIA NIGRIPENxNIS n. sp. 



Elongate, pubescent, fulvous or flavous, thorax impunctate, 

 elytra black, strongly punctate-striate and clothed with long fulvous 

 pubescence. 



Length 5 mill. 



Head impunctate, the frontal tubercles strongly developed, 

 antennae long and slender, flavous, the apical joints wanting, the 

 fourth joint longer than the third one, thorax transverse, of equal 

 width, the base with a narrow margin, the sides nearly straight, 

 the disc impunctate, scutellum flavous, elytra narrowly elongate, 

 black, strongly and regularly puuclate-slriate,the interstices slightly 

 raised, clothed with fine short yellow pubescence and longer erect 



