80 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



corium fairly parallel ; those of the membrane and towards the apex 

 of the corium abbreviated, interrupted, undulated. Head, legs, &c, 

 pale yellowish ; mesosternum (margins excepted), metanotum, base 

 and middle of dorsal aspect of abdomen blackish. 



I have great pleasure in dedicating this fine species (readily 

 separable by its size from the other Basileocorixce) to my friend 

 Mr. Distant, whose name is so happily associated with the 

 Ehynchota of the Japanese subregion. 



5. Corlxa mercenaria, Say. 

 Bolivia (collections Distant and Kirkaldy). Imported as 

 bird food. Now known to me from California, New Mexico, 

 Texas, Mexico, and Bolivia. 



SOME NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF PHYTOPHAGOUS 

 COLEOPTERA FROM INDIA AND CEYLON. 



By Martin Jacoby. 



(Concluded from p. 70.) 



Mhyparida khasianensis, sp. no v. 



Fulvous ; terminal joints of the antennae black ; thorax trans- 

 verse, very sparingly punctured ; elytra strongly punctate-striate, the 

 interstices impunctate ; femora unarmed ; tarsi piceous. Length, 

 6 mill. 



Head impunctate ; the clypeus very broad, subquadrate, distinctly 

 separated from the face, impunctate, its anterior margin semicircularly 

 emarginate ; antennae very long, nearly extending to the apex of the 

 elytra, flavous, the last seven joints black, second joint very short, the 

 third nearly three times as long, the following joints nearly of similar 

 length ; thorax transverse, more than twice as broad as long, but little 

 widened at the middle, the sides nearly straight, the anterior angles 

 slightly tuberculiform, the surface very sparingly and finely punctured, 

 fulvous ; scutellum broad, impunctate ; elytra wider at the base than 

 the thorax, not depressed below the base, the shoulders prominent, the 

 surface rather strongly punctate-striate, the punctures closely placed, 

 the interspaces slightly convex, impunctate ; below and the legs ful- 

 vous ; tarsi more or less darkened ; prosternum broad, 



Hab. Khasia Hills, India. 



Very few true species of Rhyparida from India have been 

 described ; the present one, although agreeing in every other 

 respect with the genus, differs somewhat in the short second 

 joint of the antennas, which in most other species of the genus is 

 distinctly longer. I received a single specimen from Dr. Kraatz. 



Corynodes pretiosus, Baly. 

 Metallic blue or purplish ; the head and disc of the thorax cupre- 

 ous ; elytra closely punctate-striate, reddish cupreous, a broad trans- 



