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  On 
  the 
  Burmese 
  Species 
  of 
  Adoretus. 
  

  

  two 
  strong 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  sharp 
  teeth, 
  and 
  a 
  third 
  which 
  13 
  

   minute 
  and 
  stands 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  but 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  

   second 
  than 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  the 
  first. 
  The 
  tarsi 
  are 
  rather 
  slender 
  

   and 
  tiie 
  claws 
  not 
  very 
  long, 
  the 
  longer 
  front 
  and 
  middle 
  ones 
  

   cleft, 
  and 
  the 
  shorter 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  foot 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  other. 
  The 
  antenna 
  is 
  10-Jointed. 
  

  

  ^. 
  The 
  longer 
  front 
  and 
  middle 
  claws 
  are 
  minutely 
  cleft 
  

   at 
  a 
  little 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  tip, 
  and 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  large 
  

   and 
  convex. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Tlie 
  pygidium 
  is 
  very 
  short 
  and 
  the 
  abdomen 
  very 
  

   convex. 
  

  

  Adoretus 
  tener, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Pallida 
  flavus, 
  setis 
  albidis 
  parce 
  vestitus, 
  elytrorum 
  setis 
  in 
  seriebus 
  

   longitudinalibus 
  sat 
  remotis 
  ordinatia 
  : 
  breviter 
  ovatus, 
  sat 
  cou- 
  

   vexus, 
  nitidus, 
  caijite 
  baud 
  dense 
  granulate, 
  clypeo 
  semicirculari, 
  

   ma 
  rgine 
  for 
  titer 
  elevato, 
  oculis 
  remotis, 
  baud 
  magnis 
  ; 
  pronoto 
  

   brevi, 
  parce 
  punctato, 
  lateribus 
  fortiter 
  arcuatis, 
  angulis 
  anticis 
  

   acutis, 
  posticis 
  obsoletis 
  ; 
  scutello 
  et 
  elytris 
  crebre 
  sat 
  minute 
  

   punctatis, 
  nitidis, 
  costis 
  parum 
  distinctis 
  ; 
  pjgidio 
  minute 
  punc- 
  

   tato, 
  parce 
  sat 
  longe 
  hirsute, 
  tibiis 
  auticis 
  acute 
  «3-dentatis, 
  denti- 
  

   bus 
  incisura 
  acuta 
  divisis, 
  tarsis 
  gracilibus. 
  

  

  Long. 
  8'5-9'5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  lat, 
  4*5-5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  Tenassekim 
  : 
  Victoria 
  Point 
  {E. 
  T. 
  Atkinson, 
  Aug. 
  

   1887). 
  

  

  Pale 
  yellow, 
  shining, 
  and 
  thinly 
  clothed 
  with 
  minute 
  

   whitish 
  seta?, 
  those 
  on 
  fhe 
  elytra 
  arranged 
  in 
  not 
  very 
  close 
  

   longitudinal 
  lines. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  very 
  short 
  and 
  stout 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  moderately 
  convex. 
  

   The 
  head 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  bioad 
  nor 
  the 
  eyes 
  very 
  large. 
  The 
  

   clypeus 
  is 
  prominent, 
  semicircular, 
  with 
  very 
  strongly 
  raised 
  

   margin, 
  and 
  moderately 
  sparingly 
  granulated. 
  The 
  pro- 
  

   notum 
  is 
  short, 
  rather 
  sparingly 
  punctured, 
  with 
  strongly 
  

   rounded 
  sides, 
  acute 
  front 
  angles 
  and 
  hind 
  angles 
  completely 
  

   rounded 
  away. 
  The 
  scutellum 
  and 
  elytra 
  are 
  rather 
  closely 
  

   but 
  not 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  and 
  the 
  costse 
  upon 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  

   not 
  strong. 
  The 
  pygidium 
  is 
  finely 
  punctured 
  and 
  thinly 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  moderately 
  long 
  hair. 
  The 
  front 
  tibia 
  is 
  armed 
  

   with 
  three 
  short 
  teeth, 
  divided 
  by 
  acute 
  notches, 
  the 
  third 
  

   tooth 
  placed 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  tibia 
  and 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  

   second 
  than 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  the 
  first. 
  All 
  the 
  tarsi 
  are 
  slender, 
  the 
  

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

   BJiorter 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  bind 
  foot 
  is 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  lenoth 
  of 
  

   the 
  longer 
  one. 
  The 
  eyes 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  are 
  larger 
  tiian 
  those 
  

   of 
  the 
  female. 
  

  

  