ABIRUS. 457 



I know no species of Abirus with a thorax nearly twice as long 

 as broad, and 1 am unable to refer any Eastern form known to ine 

 to Lefevre's species. 



796. Abirus elongatus, sp. n. (PI. II, fig. 10). 



Obscure cupreous or greenish ; antennae and legs fulvous ; 

 beneath obscure aeneous, finely pubescent. 



c?. Very narrow and elongate. Head densely punctate and 

 rugose throughout; labrum fulvous; antennae scarcely extending to 

 middle of elytra, third to fifth joints rather elongate, nearly equal, 

 sixth much shorter, apical joints more or less stained with fuscous. 

 Thorax subcylindrical, half as broad again as long, sides straight ; 

 surface densely punctured, punctures not larger than those on the 

 head ; interstices very minutely and sparingly punctate, transversely 

 rugose at the sides. Scutellum broader than long, impunctate. 

 Elytra closely and finely punctate-striate near the suture, trans- 

 versely rugose at the sides from base to apex. Legs fulvous or 

 obscure aeneous. 



Length 5|-6^ mm. 



Hab. Sikhim : Kurseong (Colls. Urutisels Mus. <$ Jacoby). 



Very closely allied to A.angustatus, Lefev.,but the thorax broader 

 than long, the tarsi not black ; more narrowly elongate than any 

 of the allied Indian species, sometimes aeneous above or green 

 with cupreous lateral margins or entirely cupreous. 



797. Abirus rubripes, Lejev. Cat. Eumolp. 1885, p. 114, note 1. 



" Beneath subcupreous-aeneous, above bright metallic green, 

 sometimes golden cupreous ; labrum, palpi, antennae and legs rufo- 

 fulvous. Thorax closely punctured, finely strigose at the sides. 

 Elytra somewhat regularly punctate-striate on the inner disc, 

 sides more strongly and irregularly so, interstices transversely 

 rugose. 



" Length 4g 5 mm. 



"Hob. Ceylon." (Lefevre.) 



The above description is not detailed enough for certain identi- 

 fication of the species. 



798. Abirus andamansis, Lefcv. Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxv, 1891, 



p. cclxix. 



"Greenish-aeneous or seneous; labrum, palpi and antennae fulvo- 

 testaceous, terminal five joints of the last fuscous ; body beneath 

 and legs piceous. 



" Oblong-elongate, subcylindrical. Head strongly punctured, 

 substrigose behin'd the eyes, a smooth narrowly elongate space on 

 the middle of the front. Thorax much wider than long, sides 

 nearly straight, surface convex, strongly punctured. Scutellum 



