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Genus PnYGASiA, Clievr. MS. 



Corpus anguste ovatum, aut ovatum, convexum. 



Caput modice exsertum, facie brevi, perpendicularl ; 

 oculis subi'otundatis, intus fere rectis ; carina distincta 

 elevata ; encarpis contiguis; antennis filiformibus, vel ad 

 aplcem atteniiatis, articulo secundo brevi, tertio illo duplo 

 longiori, quarto tequilongo. Thorax transversus, lateribus 

 rotuiidatis, reflexo-marginatis, angulls anticis paullo pro- 

 ductisj obtusis ; disco basi sulco transverse, utrinque abrupte 

 abbreviato, impress©. Elytra thorace latiora, modice 

 convexa, distincte marginata, confuse punctata, infra basin 

 non excavata. Pedes : coxis anticis prosterno vix altioribus ; 

 femoribus posticis incrassatis ; tibiis simplicibus, dorso non 

 canaliculatis, quatuor anticis apice muticis, posticis apice 

 suina acuta armatis; unguiculis appcndiculatis. Pro- 

 sternum inter coxas angustatum, apice incrassatum ; 

 acetabulis anticis apertis. 



Phygasia ornata. 



Ovata, convexa, rufo-fulva, nitida, abdomine fidvo, 

 antennis (articido basali piceo excepto), tibiis, tarsis ely- 

 trisque nigris, bis ten niter punctulatis, apice rufo-fulvis, 

 utrisque plaga magna prope medium sordide alba ornatis ; 

 scutello rufo-piceo. 



Long. 21—3 lin. 



Hab. — Hongkong ; collected by J\Ir. Bowring. 



Head shining, impunctate ; carina narrow, linear, its 

 apex acuminate ; antennre more than half the length of 

 the body, six or seven lower joints thickened, slightly com- 

 pressed. Thorax more than twice as broad as long ; sides 

 rounded, slightly diverging from the base to the middle ; 

 anterior angles produced, obtuse ; upper surface smooth, 

 impunctate. 



Phygasia Hookeri. 



Ovata, convexa, pallide castanea, nitida, antennis, oculis, 

 femorum apice, tibiis tarsisque nigris. 

 Long. 2 §—3 lin. 

 Hab. — India (Kaisa Hills) ; collected by Dr. Hooker. 



Head smooth, impunctate ; antennce moderately robust, 

 attenuated towards the apex, six or seven lower joints 

 slightly compressed ; eyes black. Thorax twice as broad 

 as long ; sides diverging from the base to just beyond the 



