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MIMASTRA SUTURALIS sp. n. 



Testaceous, antennse long and slender, black, thorax transverse, 

 deeply sulcate, elytra finely punctured and rugose, pubescent, the 

 suturai margins black, legs testaceous, breast black. 



Length 3 mill. 



Head impunctate, pale fulvous, the vertex convex, frontal éléva- 

 tions transverse, antennae extending to the apex of the elytra, black, 

 the basai two or three joints testaceous, basai joint strongly tiiicke- 

 ned at the apex, second very short, third joint shorter than the 

 fourth and following joints; thorax short and transverse, the sides 

 straight, the surface deeply transversely sulcate, impunctate, shi- 

 ning, testaceous, elytra clothed with fine gray pubescence, very 

 finely punctured, the interstices irregularly transversely rugose, 

 the suture narrowly black, legs slender, testaceous, tibiseunarmed, 

 the melatarsus of the posterior legs as long as the following joints 

 together, claws appendiculate, anterior cavities open. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills. (Hulikal, May, 6,000 ft.) 



This small species resembles in the shape of the thorax those 

 insects placed in Xenoda Baly but the very long and slender 

 antennae agrée better with Mimastra also the rest of the structural 

 characters, the small size and the pubescent elytra will help to 

 distinguish the species. 



MIMASTRA SCUTELLATA sp. n. 



Pale fulvous, the antennae, scutellum and the legs black, thorax 

 deeply sulcate, impunctate, elytra extremely finely and closely 

 punctured with traces of longitudinal raised lines. 



Length 7 mill. 



Head impunctate, frontal élévations strongly developed, clypeus 

 wedgeshaped, palpi black, antennae extending beyond the apex of 

 the elytra, black, liiô third joint smaller than the fourth and follo- 

 wing joints, thorax subquadrate, the sides straight at the base, 

 slightly rounded anteriorly, the surface impunctate, deeply trans- 

 versely sulcate, the anterior portion swollen, the sulcus interrupted 

 at the middle, scutellum piceous or black, elytra elongate, parallel, 

 minutely and closely punctured, the interstices minutely wrinkled 

 with faint traces of longitudinal lines, legs very slender, black. 



Hab. Nilgiri Hills. June. 



Very closely allied to M. gracilicornis Jac. and M. lo7igicornis Jac. 

 but from both distinguished by the black scutellum and gênerai 

 smaller size, from the first named also by the black antennae and 

 legs and from the other by the fine punctuation of the elytra. 



ANNALBS DB LA SOC. ENTOM. DE BBLOIQUE, T. XLTIU, 2 XU 1904. il 



