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prosternum narrow, very slightly dilated posteriorly ; the coxae 

 prominent, closely approximated to each other, the acetabula 

 ungulate outwards and open posteriorly. Acetabula of middle 

 coxae open widely to the epimera. Metathoracic episterna nar- 

 rowed posteriorly and pointed at the end. Stridulating area of 

 mesonotum divided by a faint median groove. 



85. Pyrocalymma pyrochroides, Thorns. Syst. Ceramb. p. 160 (1864). 

 Head on top, pronotum, and elytra red, rather densely covered 



with a somewhat velvety pubescence of a bright red colour ; 

 body beneath, legs and antennae black ; head more or less black 

 in front, at the sides and beneath. Antennae 

 reach to the posterior third of the elytra in 

 the $ , barely to the middle in the $ , densely 

 covered with short black pubescence; the joints 

 from the third to the tenth flattened and trian- 

 gular, projecting strongly at the apex on the 

 anterior side, subequal to one another in length 

 in the $ , successively and verv gradually longer 

 in the J , each as broad as it is long or almost 

 so in the $ , and longer than broad in the <S . 

 Pronotum, owing to the arrangement of the pubes- 

 cence, appears to have a broad shallow groove 

 along the middle and a slight depression on each 

 side near the base. Elytra furnished each with four narrow 

 slightly raised longitudinal costae, the two inner more distinct 

 than the outer. Body beneath and legs minutely and densely 

 punctulate, thinly clothed with blackish pubescence. First joint 

 of hind tarsus narrower than the second or third, nearly as long 

 as these two united. 



Length 16-21 ; breadth (at shoulders) 3-5 mm. 

 Hab. Sikhim : Darjeeling, Pedong ; Manipur (Doherty) ; Burma 

 Ruby Mines (Doherty). 



86. Pyrocalymma conspicua, sp. n. 



Black, the elytra reddish ; the vertex of the head, the pro- 

 notum and the elytra densely covered with red, silky pubes- 

 cence. Head with a rather deep transverse line between the 

 clypeus and front, the latter with an impressed line down the 

 middle arid a patch of red pubescence on each side ; clypeus 

 glabrous, densely punctate ; genae with sparse grey hairs, each 

 marked with a dermal red spot under the eye. Antennae of 

 2 not extended to the middle of the elytra ; joints third to 

 eighth dilated towards the apex and tufted with short black 

 hairs, the dilatation very slight on the anterior and stronger on 

 the posterior side ; ninth to eleventh subcylindrical. Proth orax 

 gradually narrowed in front, slightly constricted near the base 

 and apex ; the disc has the appearance of being sulcate along 

 the middle clue to the disposition of the pubescence along each 



