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ab. Belgaum. 
Differs from Z. birmanicus Jac. in not having the head and the 
scutellum dark and in the impunctate elytra and shorter antennæ. 
Oedionychys inornata n. sp. 
Obscure pale fulvous or testaceous, the thorax with flattened 
sides, impunctate; elytra extremely finely and closely punctured ; 
posterior claw-joints piceous. 
Length 3 /2-4 lines. 
Of nearly parallel and rather depressed shape, the head impunc- 
tate, the space separating the eyes, slightly wider than their 
diameter, frontal tubercles small, but slightly raised, clypeus very 
short, transversely raised, antennæ not extending to the middle of 
the elytra, pale, the lower two joints darker and shining, the third 
and fourth equal, thorax more than twice as broad as long, the 
sides moderately rounded with a rather broad, flattened margin, 
the anterior angles very slightly produced and thickened, posterior 
margin straight, the surface entirely impunctate, scutellum trian- 
gular, elytra extremely minutely and finely punctured, their 
epipleuræ broad,concave, underside finely and sparingly pubescent, 
posterior femora strongly incrassate, the first joint of the posterior 
tarsi scarcely longer than the second one, posterior claws strongly 
inflated, piceous, prosternum narrow, not sulcate. 
Hab. Belgaum, S. Bombay. 
I'have placed this species in Oedionychis on account of the short 
metatarsus of the posterior legs which agrees better with this genus 
than with Zyphasis, the latter genus being further distinguished 
by the extremely broad elytral epipleuræ. There is however one 
difference in the present insect as well as in several other Eastern 
species, at present included in Oedionychis, that is the absence of 
the emargination of the posterior tibiæ at the apex which is present 
in all the true Southern species of Oedionychis, although this 
character may be subject to modification and in itself is not suffi- 
cient for a generic separation. O. énornata may easily be mistaken 
for Æyphasis indica Baly which it resembles entirely in coloration, 
but the structure of the head and that of the posterior tarsi are 
quite different and will at once separate the two species. 
OEDIONYCHIS JAPoNICUS Baly. 
Specimens of this species, originally described by Baly from 
Nagasaki in Japan, were obtained by M' Andrewes at Belgaum; 
Ï cannot find any differences to justify a separation from Japanese 
specimens in my collection. 
