378 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vor. XI, 
is broken up into many shallow hollows. In the centre there is a 
shining depressed elevation. Posterior to the single marginal 
spines the portion of the disc is a shallow and wide depression. 
Base smooth; each of the four anterior and posterior angles ends 
in a small blunt tooth. 
Scutellum as long as broad, finely punctate, apex rounded. 
Elytra punctate-striate, punctures large and shallow, the 
spines short and stout. 
Underside black, shining, legs short, femora with a small 
tooth on the underside, mid tibiae curved. 
There are two specimens of this genus from Shillong. They 
appear to be new to science. I do not describe the species be- 
cause the examples are not perfect. 
Asamangulia,' new genus. 
Body elongate, antennae Ii-jointed, Ist joint with a dorsal 
spine, claws completely separate, unequal, inner claw being smaller 
than the outer; frontal and marginal spines of the prothorax short, 
robust, and suberect. Elytra punctate-striate, tuberculate or 
spinose, with a row of horizontal marginal spines, at the apex the 
spines are longer. 
This genus is distinguished from all the other genera of the 
Hispini by the wnequal claws and the single dorsal spine on the first 
joint of the antennae. I attach generic importance to the inequality 
of the claws, because, since Chapuis laid stress on the character of 
the claws in founding the genus Monochirus in 1875, they have been 
found useful in separating the spiny Hispinae into genera. Except 
in the present case, however, the claws have not been found un- 
equal, although they have afforded many other characters. 
Asamangulia, n.g., is related to Phidodonta, Ws., by the form 
of the body, and to Rhadinosa, Ws., by the completely separated 
claws. I place the new genus Asamangulia after the genus Brachis- 
pa, Gestro. 
Asamangulia cuspidata, n. sp. 
Elongate, black, shining; prothorax sparsely covered with 
brownish adpressed hairs. Apical 5 joints of the antennae form a 
pointed club and are covered with reddish brown pubescence. 
Scutellum depressed in the middle. Elytra deeply punctate- 
striate, cuspidate; these cusp-like tubercles on the elytron are 
smaller at the base of the elytron, becoming larger (almost stout 
spines) towards its apex. 
Length from head to apex of elytron 5-6 mm. 
Locality.—Pusa, Bihar. Eleven examples. 
Type in Mr. Andrewes’ collection, London. 
Co-types in Genoa Museum of Natural History, in the Indian 
Museum and in the British Museum. 
| The generic name is derived from two Sanskrit words: asama = unequal, 
anguli = claw. 
