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726. Aulexis nigripennis, S p. n. 



Fulvous ; terminal joints of antennae black ; above clothed Math 

 short grey pubescence ; elytra black. 



Head almost imperceptibly punctured ; terminal five joints of 

 antennas black, third joint as long as the second and rather shorter 

 than the fourth. Thorax half as broad again as long, sides pro- 

 duced at the middle into two small teeth ; surface with transverse 

 sulcus behind the middle, extremely minutely punctured, sparingly 

 pubescent. Scutellum fulvous. Elytra very closely and more 

 strongly punctured than the thorax, clothed with silvery-grej 

 pubescence ; shoulders prominent. 



Length 2|-3 mm. 



Hob. Tenasserim : Thandaung (Coll. Jacoby). 



Closely allied to A. varians, Baly, from Borneo, but more 

 elongate and parallel, the thorax extremely minutely punctured, 

 the sulcus placed at the sides only; elytral basilar area not 

 thickened. 



727. Aulexis tibialis, Jac. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxvii, 1889, p. 167. 



Fulvous ; finely clothed with whitish pubescence ; antennae 

 fuscous or fulvous, basal joints flavous ; tibiae piceous or black. 



Head with a few obscure punctures, sparingly pubescent ; 

 mandibles very long and stout, apex bidentate ; palpi flavous, long 

 and slender ; antennae extending to two-thirds the length of the 

 elytra, basal four joints fulvous. Thorax half as broad again as 

 long, sides strongly widened at the middle, furnished with three 

 acute teeth ; surface dark fulvous, finely punctured and pubescent, 

 obsoletely transversely depressed near the anterior margin. Elytra 

 paler, extremely closely and finely punctured. Tibiae and tarsi 

 piceous. 



Var. Legs entirely fulvous. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hob. Assam : Manipur (Coll. Brit. Mus.) ; Burma : Teinzo. 

 Type in Genoa Mus. 



Allied to A. elonyata, Jac., from Java, but with filiform, not 

 thickened antennae, and differently coloured legs ; in some of the 

 specimens the head and thorax are obscure piceous and the legs 

 fulvous, but there are no specific differences. 



728. Aulexis assamensis, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlvii, 1900, p. 102. 



Fulvous; head and thorax nearly black; elytra clothed with 

 flavous pubescence. 



Head very finely punctured on the vertex; clypeus more 

 strongly punctured^ bidentate ; labrum and base of mandibles 

 fulvous ; antennas fulvous (last three joints in the only known 

 specimen wanting), third joint at least twice as long as the second. 



