598 Mr. G. J. Arrow on the Burmese 



Adoretus parallelus, sp. n. 



Toto rufo-brunneus, setis griseis decumbentibus unrliqiie sat dense 

 Testitus, elytrorum hirtis nouuullis erectis postice rare sparsutis : 

 elongatus, parallelus, depressus, crebre punctato-rugulosus, tibia 

 antica breviter tridentata, dentibus 2° et 3° incisura acuta 

 separatis. 



Long. 11-5-12-5 mm. ; lat. 5 mm. 



Nah. Burma: Rangoon {E. T. Athinsoti) ; Thavrawaddy, 

 Prom^ {G. Q. Corbett), Tikekei {L. Fea, June 1884). 



Entirely brownish red, densely clothed with greyish de- 

 cumbent setse, with a very few isolated erect hairs near the 

 sides of the elytra. 



It is elongate^ parallel-sided, and depressed. 



The eyes are very large and the head finely granulated in 

 front and densely rugulose behind, the clypeus small, 

 broadly semicircular, with the margin strongly reflexed. 

 The pronotum is very short, uneven, and finely rugulosely 

 ])unctured, with its sides gently rounded, the front angles 

 i)lunt and the hind angles indicated but almost rounded off. 

 The scutellum is finely punctured and the elytra finely 

 rugosely punctured, with tiie costae narrow and inconspicuous. 

 Tiie pygidium is coriaceous and clothed with ratiier long erect 

 hairs. The antennae are 10-jointed, joints 3 to 6 being elon- 

 gate and nearly equal. The front tibia is long and armed 

 with three sharp teeth, occupying less than half its length. 

 The second and third teeth are farther apart than tiie first 

 and second, and are separated by a sharp notch. The longer 

 front and middle claws are minutely cleft, and the shorter 

 claw of the hind foot is more than half as long as the other. 

 The hind tibia is a little contracted at the end. 



I have not seen the ? . 



It is very near -,-1. a ibnitus and dhtinguenduSj but easily 

 recognized by the sharp notch se[)arating the two upper teeth 

 of the front tibia. 



Adoretus distinguendus, sp. n. 



Flavesccns, tarsis, capite pronotoque utriuque obscurioribus, sat 

 dense ajqualiter pubesccns, pygidio longe et erecte liirsuto : de- 

 pressus, elongatus, fere parallelus, cajjite lato, dense granulato, 

 clypeo seniicirculari, pronoto l)revi, fortiter sat crebre puuctato, 

 angulis anticis fere rectis, posticis rotundatis. 



Long. 12 ram. ; lat. 5 ram. 



llah. BUHMA: Tharrawaddy {G. Q. Corhett). 

 Testaceous, with the tarsi, head, and an ill-defined patch 



