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Fig. 85. 



Pyrestes pyrrhus, Gahan, 

 X f. 



256. Pyrestes pyrrhus, sp. n. 



d 1 . Prothorax, elytra and abdomen red, the last somewhat 

 darker in colour at the base of the first segment ; head, antennae, 

 legs, meso- and metathorax black. Head finely and very densely 

 punctulate above, less densely and less 

 finely punctate in front. Antennae 

 about as long as the body ; first joint 

 densely rugulose-punctulate ; fifth to 

 tenth compressed, moderately broad, 

 angulated at the apex on the anterior 

 side. Prothorax subnitid, slightly 

 protuberant at the middle o each 

 side, narrowed towards the apex and 

 to a less extent towards the base, 

 transversely and rather deeply striated 

 over the upper surface, the striae 

 slightly irregular in places, with some 

 small punctures scattered amongst 

 them ; the sides also striated, with the striae more or less curved 

 or oblique, and the punctures more densely placed. Elytra slightly 

 nitid, very sparsely covered with short red pubescence, rather 

 strongly and very thickly punctured ; the punctures a little larger 

 and more distinct near the base and gradually smaller towards the 

 apex ; the lateral margins rather strongly sinuate near the base. 

 Meso- and metathorax densely and rather strongly punctured ; the 

 abdomen more finely punctate. Middle and hind femora feeblv 

 carinate on each side near the base, the clavate portions slightly 

 angulate on the ventral side and fringed with short grey hairs : 

 the hind femora do not extend past the second segment of the 

 abdomen. Tibiae slightly curved, the middle ones thickened 

 beneath at the apex. 



Length <$ 13 ; breadth 3 mm. 



Hob. Chutia Nagpur : Xowatoli (R. P. Cordon"). Type in coll. 

 E. Oberthiir. 



M. Oberthiir has identified this species as the one which Prof. 

 Lameere has recorded from Chutia J^agpur under the name of 

 Pyresthes hypomelas, Fairm. 



257. Pyrestes birmanicus, Gahan (Pyresthes), -4?m. Mus. Civ. Genova, 

 xxxiv, p. 16 (1894). 



3 . Pronotum, the front margin excepted, and the elytra red : 

 abdomen reddish, with the middle of the base black ; rest of the 

 underside, the head, antennae, legs and scutellum black. Antennae 

 almost as long as the body, the third joint a little longer than the 

 first or fourth. Prothorax rather strongly and somewhat abruptly 

 constricted at the apex, its sides slightly rounded between the 

 middle and the apical constriction and feebly sinuate between 

 the middle and the base ; crossed above by some feeble and not very 



