﻿Speci'es 
  of 
  (he 
  Genus 
  Adoretus. 
  599 
  

  

  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  line 
  of 
  tiie 
  pronotiun 
  reddi.sli 
  ; 
  

   fairly 
  closely 
  clothed 
  with 
  uniform 
  short 
  setse, 
  except 
  upon 
  

   the 
  pyoidium, 
  which 
  bears 
  rather 
  long 
  erect 
  hair. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  elonoate, 
  rather 
  parallel-sided, 
  and 
  depressed. 
  The 
  

   eyes 
  are 
  Large 
  and 
  prominent, 
  the 
  liead 
  closely 
  granulated 
  

   except 
  upon 
  the 
  vertex, 
  which 
  is 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  and 
  the 
  

   clypeus 
  is 
  short 
  and 
  transverse. 
  Tiie 
  pronotuni 
  is 
  very 
  short, 
  

   strongly 
  and 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  strongly 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  

   with 
  the 
  front 
  angles 
  nearly 
  right 
  angles 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  angles 
  

   entirely 
  rounded 
  off. 
  The 
  scutelluni 
  and 
  elytra 
  are 
  strongly 
  

   and 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  costae 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  moderately 
  

   distinct. 
  The 
  antennae 
  are 
  10-jointed, 
  joints 
  15 
  to 
  7 
  regularly 
  

   diminishing 
  in 
  length. 
  The 
  front 
  tibia 
  bears 
  three 
  strong 
  

   teeth, 
  the 
  second 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  terminal 
  one 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  third, 
  

   and 
  the 
  longer 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  middle 
  feet 
  is 
  cleft. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  A. 
  crihratus, 
  White, 
  and 
  A. 
  hir- 
  

   manuSy 
  but 
  differs 
  from 
  both 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  hind 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  

   pronotum 
  completely 
  rounded 
  off. 
  The 
  pronotuni 
  is 
  also 
  

   less 
  densely 
  punctured 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  A. 
  cribratus. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  seen 
  two 
  males 
  only. 
  One 
  o£ 
  them 
  is 
  in 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  E. 
  

   Andrewes's 
  collection, 
  the 
  other 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  by 
  him 
  to 
  

   the 
  National 
  Collection. 
  

  

  Adoretas 
  nitidus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Pallide 
  flavus, 
  nitidus, 
  clypeo 
  tarsisque 
  rufis, 
  vertice 
  fero 
  nigro 
  : 
  

   minute 
  et 
  sparse 
  griseo-setosns, 
  vaide 
  elongatus, 
  paulo 
  convexus, 
  

   capita 
  transverse 
  ruguloso, 
  clypeo 
  minus 
  dense, 
  hoc 
  semicirculari, 
  

   margine 
  I'ortiter 
  retiexo 
  ; 
  pronoto 
  grosso 
  et 
  parce 
  punctato 
  ; 
  

   elytris 
  sat 
  dense 
  puuctatis 
  ; 
  pygidio 
  coriaceo. 
  

  

  Long. 
  10-11 
  ram.; 
  lat. 
  6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Burma: 
  Mandalay 
  [H. 
  L. 
  Andrewes^'S\x\\(i),Wn\\Aii 
  

   (Goiiwito, 
  1883). 
  

  

  Pale 
  yellow, 
  with 
  the 
  tarsi 
  and 
  clypeus 
  red 
  and 
  the 
  vertex 
  

   of 
  the 
  head 
  nearly 
  black 
  ; 
  thinly 
  clothed 
  with 
  minute 
  greyish 
  

   setje. 
  Very 
  long 
  and 
  cylindrical, 
  with 
  the 
  head 
  not 
  very 
  

   wide 
  and 
  the 
  clypeus 
  relatively 
  moderately 
  large, 
  the 
  latter 
  

   semicircular, 
  with 
  strongly 
  reflexed 
  margin. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  

   transversely 
  rugulose, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  rather 
  laxly. 
  Tlie 
  pro- 
  

   notum 
  is 
  coarsely 
  but 
  very 
  scantily 
  punctured 
  (a 
  little 
  more 
  

   closely 
  at 
  the 
  sides), 
  with 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  strongly 
  

   rounded, 
  the 
  front 
  angles 
  acute 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  angles 
  com- 
  

   pletely 
  rounded 
  away. 
  The 
  scutelluni 
  is 
  sj)aringly 
  punctured 
  

   and 
  liie 
  elytra 
  moderately 
  strongly 
  and 
  closely, 
  with 
  not 
  very 
  

   well-marked 
  costaj. 
  The 
  pygidium 
  is 
  finely 
  coriaceous 
  and 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  short 
  erect 
  sette. 
  The 
  front 
  tibia 
  is 
  armed 
  with 
  

  

  