404 CHBYSOMELID^B. 



an obscure spot at base and another near the suture below the 

 middle fuscous. , 



Length 3-3| mm. 



Hob. Burma : Karennee. 



713. Pseudopiomera ceylonensis, sp. n. 



Piceous, irregularly clothed with grey scales. 



Head nearly black with some grey scales above the eyes ; clypeus 

 rugose, anterior portion fulvous, middle of anterior edge concave- 

 emarginate ; antennae dark fulvous, extending beyond base of 

 elytra, terminal joints stained with fuscous. Thorax half as broad 

 again as long, lateral margins forming strong ridges at base ; 

 surface with transverse depression near the anterior margin 

 followed by two strong tubercles, one at each side ; middle of disc 

 piceous, sides grey, that colour forming a broad band. Scutellum 

 oblong, apex rounded, surface finely pubescent. Elytra much 

 wider at base than the thorax, convex, subcylindrical, slightly 

 widened at the apex ; surface irregularly dotted with small black 

 patches, also with several spots of greyish-white arranged in longi- 

 tudinal rows, rest of disc clothed with grey pubescence ; a very 

 obsolete fulvous oblique band is also visible behind the middle across 

 the suture. Base of femora and apex of tibiie pale fulvous. 



Length 3| mm. 



Hab. Ceylon (Coll. Jacoby). 



714. Pseudopiomera andrewesi, sp. n. 



Piceous ; covered above with spots of yellowish and black scales. 



Elongate. Head entirely covered with yellowish scales ; labrum 

 piceous ; eyes slightly notched; antennae filiform, third and fourth 

 joints elongate, terminal joints shorter. Thorax subquadrate, 

 slightly broader than long, lateral margins distinct, disc rather 

 flattened, clothed with scales that form indistinct longitudinal 

 bands. Scutellum covered with pale pubescence. Elytra wider 

 at base than the thorax, rather deeply punctate-striate ; interstices 

 clothed with pale yellowish scales, variegated with black and 

 whitish spots, also furnished with short black bristles. Femora 

 all strongly dentate ; claws bifid. Body beneath closely covered 

 with yellowish scales. 



Length 6 mm. 



Hab. Southern India : Nilgiris. Type in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 



Larger than P. ceylonensis, Jac., the elytra variegated with 

 spots, some pale yellow, some black, that form a kind of network 

 towards apex. 



Genus XANTHOPHORUS, nov. 



Type, X. flavopilosus, Jac., from Ceylon. 

 Range. India ; Ceylon. 



Body elongate, clothed with silky pubescence. Head per- 

 pendicular; eyes round, entire; antenna? filiform, long in the 



