MEGYMENUM. 285 



Length 18 ; breadth between pronotal angles 9^ to 10 millim. 

 Hah. Niiga Hills (Chennell). Bombay {Goll. "Dist.). Teuas- 

 serim ; Meetan {Fea). — Originally described from Java. 



451. Aspongopus assamensis, sp. u. 



Closely allied to ^. sanguinolenttis, Westw., and A. fascus,'West\v. 

 With the first it agrees in having the autennte wholly black, not with 

 the apical joint ochraceoas as iu A. fuscus; from both these species 

 it differs by having the body above and legs laterally piceous, the 

 body not margined with reddish or ochraceous ; the upper surface 

 of the abdomen is dull reddish with the connexivum black ; the 

 posterior tibiae are very slightly dilated ; second and third joints 

 of antenufe subequal in length, fourth and fifth joints subequal, 

 the fourth thickened and furrowed, the fifth cylindrical. 



Length 15 to 17 ; breadth between pronotal angles 9 millim. 



Hab. Assam ; Khasi and Naga Hills (Chennell), Margherita 

 {Lid. 3Ius.). 



452. Aspongopus cMnensis, Ball. List Hem. i, p. 349 (18ol). 



Bronzy purplish-black ; connexivum black, with transverse 

 narro\\' dull reddish spots at the middle of the segments ; antennae 

 pilose, black, apical joint ochraceous, its base black, second joint 

 much longer than the third, fourth joint distinctly furrowed ; body 

 above very thickly, finely, and obscurely punctate ; posterior tibiae 

 slightly dilated near base : body beneath more distinctly punctate 

 than above. 



Length 19 ; breadth between pronotal angles 9k to 10 millim. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Mungphu {Atlinson Coll., Brit. Mus.). Ivhasi 

 Hills (Chennell). — The type was described from China. 



Genus MEGYMENUM. 



Megymemmi, Laporte, Ess. Hem. p. 52 (1832) ; 8taJ., Of v. Vet.-Ak. 



Fork. 1867, p. 522. 

 Pseudaradiis, Burm. in Silberm. Rev. Ent. ii, p. 10 (1831). 

 Amam'us, Burm. Nov. Act. Ac. Leop. xvi, Suppl. p. 294 (1834). 

 Platydius, Westic. Zool. Journ. v, p. 440 (1835). 

 Subg-. Anoplocephala (md Pissistes, Stdl, En. Hem. i, p. 88 (1870). 



Type, M. clentatum, Boisd., from New Guinea. 



Distribution. Oriental Eegion and Australasia. 



Head large, the lateral lobes much longer than the central lobe and 

 meeting beyond it, the margins tumid at the eyes and unarmed, 

 or toothed or spined before the eyes; antenna3 four-johited, second 

 and third joints much compressed; mesosteruum deeply furrowed; 

 prouotum centrally tuberculous or only tumescent ; latei*al margins 

 of the abdominal segments produced posteriorly into a lobe or 

 tooth, between which is a much smaller lobule or tooth. 



