MELAXOPHARA. 



Fig. 38. — Amauropej^la denticulata. 



144. Amauropepla denticulata, Hcujl. Stett. ent. ZeU. xxix, p. 151 



(1868). 

 Browuish-ochraceous, thickly and darkly punctate ; head, an- 

 terior area of pronotum, base, 

 a central longitudinal line, 

 and basal angles to scutellum 

 piceous, between the basal 

 patch and basal angles a small 

 luteous spot ; antennae brown- 

 ish-ochraceous : body beneath 

 piceous ; legs, rostrum, lateral 

 margins of meso- and meta- 

 sterna, and abdomen ochra- 

 ceous. Lateral lobes of the head 

 a little longer than the centrnl 

 lobe, but widely divergent at 

 their apices ; antenniferous 



tubercles spinous ; rostrum short, not reaching the intermediate 



coxae. 



Length 8 to 9 ; breadth between pronotal angles 5 millim. 

 Hah. Assam {Coll. Dist.). Rangoon {StocJch. Mus.). 



Genus MELANOPHARA. 



Melanophara, Stdl, Of v. V^t.-Ak. Fork. 1807, p. 503 ; id. En. Hem. 

 y, p. 29 (1876). 



Type, M. dentaia, Hagl. 



Distrihution. N.E. India, Burma. 



This genus may be distingiiished from the preceding {Amauro- 

 pepla) by having the lateral lobes of the head longer than the 

 central lobe, with their apices contiguous ; the spine at the 

 antenniferous tubercles is also longer, the eyes are distinctly 

 stylated, and the lateral margins of the head are acute, 



145. Melanophara dentata, Ha(jl. Stett. ent. ZeU. xxix, p. 152. 1 (1868). 



Black, opaque, somewhat 

 thickly punctate ; rostrum 

 and tarsi brownish : body 

 beneath greyish pubescent ; 

 pronotum anteriorly elevated 

 and rugosely waved, anterior 

 angles with a minute tooth, 

 lateral margins convexly 

 sinuate and furnished with 

 about four small teeth, lateral 

 angles acutely spined ; first 

 and second joints of the 

 antennae equal to and about 

 one-half the length of the 

 third ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae. 



Length 8| ; breadth between pronotal angles 4| millim. 



Hah. Naga Hills {Chennell). Eangoou {StockJi. 31 us.). 



Fig. 39. — Melanophara devtata. 



