482 



CnBYSOMELIDJE. 



832. Cleoporus burmanicus, Jac. Ann. Mm. Cti. Genova, xxxii, 1892, 

 p. 914. 



Obscure fulvous or piceous beneath, pale fulvous above ; head 

 impunctate ; elytra punctate-striate, the suture and a broad 

 discoidal band not extending to the suture or apex obscure 

 piceous, or the band separated into two spots one at base and one 

 at middle. 



Subcylindrical in shape. Head pale fulvous, deeply and broadly 

 sulcate above the eyes, the inner margin of the sulcus piceous ; 

 clypeus transversely subquadrate, sepa- 

 rated from the face by a deep transverse 

 groove; labrum fulvous ; antennae fulvous, 

 scarcely extending to half the length of the 

 elytra, the terminal joints slightly darker 

 and thickened, third and fourth joints equaL 

 Thorax fulvous,, transversely convex, the 

 surface sparingly and finely punctured, 

 the margins narrowly piceous. Scutellum 

 fulvous, margined with piceous. Elytra 

 subcylindrical, slightly depressed below the 

 base, rather deeply punctured within the 

 depression, much more finely punctate- 

 striate posteriorly ; pale fulvous or flavous r 

 the margins and an irregular-shaped broad 

 band at the sides piceous or dark fuscous : 

 this band when entire is deeply concave at 

 its lower edge and includes a pale-coloured 

 spotof theground-colour below the shoulder r 

 it is sometimes interrupted at some distance from the apex and 

 the suture. Femora with a small tooth ; the posterior four tibiae 

 emarginate near the apex ; claws bifid. The anterior margin of 

 the thoracic episternum strongly convex. 



Var. The elytral band obliterated at the sides. 



Length 3 mm. 



Hob. Burma : Bhamo. 



The figure represents the form with elytral spots. 



Fig. 165. 

 Clfoporus buT'iiia 

 var. 



Genus CLEORINA. 

 Cleorina, Lefev. Cat. Euinolp. 1885, p. 143. 



Type, C. aulica, Lefev., from Java. 



Range. India ; China ; Malayan Subregion. 



Body very round and convex, generally highly metallic. Head 

 deeply inserted ; eyes rather large, oblong, feebly emarginate 

 on their inner orbits ; clypeus not separated from the face ; 

 antennae filiform, short, third joint scarcely twice as long as the 

 second, terminal joints widened. Thorax transverse, convex, 

 narrower at base and apex, deeply transversely sulcate near the 

 anterior margin, sides often straight. Elytra wider at base than 



