34 Phytopharjons Coleoptera from India. 



Head transversely grooved between the eyes, strongly punctured ; 

 antennae filiform, fulvous, the third joint much longer than the following 

 ones, the last three joints wanting ; thorax transverse, the sides strongly 

 dilated before the middle, the anterior margin concave, the surface with a 

 round depression at each side and a narrow elongate one at the raiddle, 

 closely and strongly pimctured ; scutellum broad, fiilvous, pubescent ; elytra 

 widened posteriorly, convex, the sides depressed below the shoulders, dark 

 violaceous-blue, very closely and finely punctured, sparingly clothed with very 

 short whitish hairs ; elytral epipleurae continued below the middle ; under 

 side and femora pale fulvous ; legs robust ; tibiae unarmed, their apex 

 piceous ; tarsi nearly black, claws bifid, the inner division very long ; coxal 

 cavities open. 



Hab. Assam. 



The colour of the elytra and then- fine pubescence separates 

 this species from any of its allies." 



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Malaxia assamensis, n. sp. 



Narrowly elongate, black ; the knees and base of the tibiae more or less 

 testaceous ; thorax finely pubescent ; elytra finely granulate, metaUic green, 

 a sutural stripe purplish. Length, 2 lines. 



Head black, finely rugose, the eyes prominent ; antennae nearly two-thirds 

 the length of the body, black, pubescent, the two basal joints stained with 

 fulvous at the base and apex, the fourth joint nearly double the length of the 

 third one ; thorax transverse, the sides rather rounded, the anterior portion 

 transversely swollen, the disc transverse!}' depressed, very finely rugose, and 

 clothed with obscure fulvous pubescence ; scutellum black ; elytra finely 

 granulate throughout, metallic green, very sparingly clothed with whitish 

 pubescence, a rather broad sutural stripe from the base to the apex, purplish ; 

 under side and legs black ; the knees and the base of the tibi* more or less 

 fialvous. 



Hah. Assam. 



I\I. assamensis seems allied to M. purpurea, Allard, but differs 

 in the black thorax, the different comparative length of the joints 

 of the antennae, and in the colour of the elytra. 



OlDES NIGRIPES, n. Sp. 



Broadly ovate, pale testaceous ; the head, antennae, legs, breast, and a 

 spot at each abdominal segment, black ; thorax impunctate ; elytra remotely 

 and irregularly punctured. Length, 6 lines. 



Head with a deep fovea at the vertex, black, the latter with a central 

 obscure testaceous spot ; labrum testaceous, clothed with long hairs ; antennae 

 nearly extending to half the length of the elytra, black, the third joint the 

 longest, the following ones gradually shorter ; thorax narrowly transverse, 

 the sides widened and rounded towards the base, the surface impunctate, 

 with a round fovea at each side, and an obscure oblique depression near the 

 posterior angles ; scutellum flavous ; elytra widened towards the middle, 

 very coarse, irregularly, deeply, but not very closely punctured, the inter- 

 stices also very finely punctate, their epipleuraj deeply concave, disappearing 

 below the base ; below and the legs black ; abdomen flavous, with a black 

 spot at each side of the abdominal segments. 



Hah. Sikkim, India. 



The black head and legs, in connection with the sculpture of 

 the elytra, separates 0. nigripes from any nearly similarly-coloured 

 species. 



