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306. Dioryctus nigroplagiatus, Jac. (Atropidius) Ann. Soc. Ent. Edit. 



xlvii, 1903, p. 02. 



Beneath piceous ; basal joints of antennae and legs fulvous ; 

 head and thorax black ; elytra flavous, a broad transverse baud at 

 base and another behind the middle, black. 



Head flat, extremely minutely punctured, opaque; vertex with 

 short central groove ; clypeus fulvous ; 

 antennae with basal five joints fulvous, 

 rest black, terminal joints only slightly 

 widened. Thorax strongly transverse, 

 sides nearly straight, median lobe acute, 

 entire, surface very closely and finely 

 punctured. Elytra with lateral lobes 

 acutely produced and angulate,- finely 

 punctate-striate, the black band at base 

 extended along the suture, gradually nar- 

 rowed near apex, the posterior band 



Fig . n-Diorvct** widened at the sides placed behind 



nigroplagiatva. t" e rai ddle. Legs short, tibiae widened 



at apex. Prosternum deeply concave, 



lateral margins strongly carinate, metasternum closely punctured. 

 Far. Head and thorax fulvous, elytral bands indicated only by 

 some obscure spots. 

 Lenytli 2 mm. 

 Hal). Nilgiris. 



307. Dioryctus castaneus, Jac. Ann. Mm. Civ. Genova, xxxii, 1892, 



p. 888. 



Reddish-brown ; basal joints of antennae and tarsi flavous. 

 Beneath dark fulvous. 



Robust, subcylindrical and strongly convex. Head flat, closelv 

 and finely punctured; eyes moderately deeply emarginate; antennae 

 not extending beyond base of thorax, basal six joints flavous, rest 

 black. Thorax strongly transverse, sides rounded, narrowed an- 

 teriorly, basal margin sinuate at sides, median lobe strongly pro- 

 duced and pointed ; surface extremely closely punctured, the 

 punctures of different sizes. Scutellum not visible. Elytra dark 

 fulvous, with strongly produced epipleural lobes, extreme basal 

 and lateral margins (anteriorly) black, disc regularly punctate- 

 striate, interstices finely punctured. Prosternum with strongly 

 raised lateral margins, broader than long. 



Length 2| mm. 



Hob. Burma : Karennee. 



Allied to D. mouJioti, Baly, but only half the size and with the 

 elytral interstices punctured; thoracic sculpture also different. 



308. Dioryctus analis, sp. n. 



Fulvous ; breast and abdomen black, apical abdominal segment 

 fulvous. 



N2 



