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similarly colonred under side may easily be mistaken for A. puncti- 

 collis Jac. but th;it species bas a distinctiy punctured tborax, as its 

 name implies A. jmlchella Baly is a larger much more convex 

 species with strongly punctured elytra and A. pretiosa Baly from 

 Bornéo bas likewise very strongly punctate elytra witb a deep basai 

 dépression and a latéral costa. In A. viridipennis Duviv. the gênerai 

 size is mucb larger, the elytra are widened and convex wilh deep 

 basai dépression and their punctuation is strong and very close, 

 the antennae also are fulvous, lastly A. marginicollis Jac. has 

 extremely finely punctured elytra and a dark margin of the tborax. 



ANTIPHA ORIENTALIS sp. n. 



Testaceous, the base of the head more or less black, thorax 

 impunctate, elytra fmely and closely punctured, testaceous, the 

 basai and latéral margins more or less fulvopiceous. 



Var. Elytra dark fulvous, the basai margin obsoletely plceous, 

 antennse piceous. 



Length 5 mill. 



Head impunctate, the vertexentirely or partly black, lower portion 

 of face testaceous, the intraocular space with a deep fovea, antennae 

 flavous, the second and third joint very small (ç^) or subequal (Ç), 

 thorax rather more than twice as broad as long, pale flavous, the 

 sides very feebly rounded at the middle, the surface rather convex, 

 impunctate, scutellum piceous, elytra wilh a shallow dépression 

 below the base, punctured In very closely approached rows, the 

 punctuation more distinct at the base than posteriorly, the dise 

 testaceous or fulvous, the extrême basai margin piceous, this 

 colour ill defined and extending to the shoulders, under side and legs 

 testaceous. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills, July. Anamalais, May. 



This seems a variable species and is closely allied to several 

 other Eastern forms of tlie genus, notably A. hasalis Jac. but the 

 latter is much larger and has a distinctiy punctured thorax; in the 

 paler coloured spécimens of the présent species the darker base of 

 the elytra is of a fulvous colour and this extends also along the 

 sides, in the darker spécimens, only the base is more or less 

 piceous, this and the black colour of the head, more or less marked 

 will distinguish A. orientalis, 



CYNORTA NIGROBASALIS sp. n. 



Testaceous, antennae very long, more or less piceous, thorax 

 biimpressed, elytra very finely punctured, the extrême basai mar- 



