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Sternum rauticuiu. 



IVtliim coxa3 antioK proniinontes, tibi;r 4-dentatio, tibi;e 4 postoriores 

 fxtus spiriosiw postica" apice minute scrrata? : pedum anticorum 

 ( cf ) unguo oxttTuo lato, valdo dontato, articulo ])eiiuUiino sublus 

 lobato: pedum 4 postoriorum unguibus asqualibus, gracilibus, 

 intogris. 



Desmont/.r hiaueraJis, sp. n. 



Late ovatus, brunneus, anUMinarum clava, vortice, prothoracis modio, 

 sout^Uo elytrorumquo parte antica obscurioribus, singulo elytro 

 antice bimaculato, maculis flavis, approxiraatis, una prope scutel- 

 lum alteraque minora postcriore prope marginem lateralera. 

 Corpus supra grosse ct rugose punctatum ; clypoo subliliter rugose, 

 lato, antice trilobate, medio acuto, postice valde conslricto ; 

 fronte protboraceque grosse irregularitor punctatia, laxe hirsutis, 

 bujus medio longitudinaliter impresso, basi levitcr arcuata, 

 lateribus arcuatis, antice paulo ai)proximatis ; scutello sat minute 

 j)unctato ; elytris grosse punctato-striatis ct rugosis, singulo apice 

 arcuato ; pygidio nitide, minute ct laxe punctate ; corpora subtus 

 longe hirsute. 



I>ong. 9-10 mm. 



//(//'. Burma, Ruby Mines [Doherty). 



l)ark mahogany colour, witli the back of tlie heafl, tlie 

 midclle of the prothoiax, the scutellum, and the anterior part 

 ( f the elytra, as well as the club of the antenna?, black, and 

 witli two yellow spots near the anterior border of each elytron — 

 one near the scutellum and a rather smaller one a little behind 

 and outside the fir^t. The body is robust and convex, 

 coarsely and rugosely punctured above, with the vertex of 

 the head and the prothorax hairy. The cly|)eu3 is finely 

 rugose, broad and trilobed in front, stiongly constricted at 

 the base of the antenna'. The prothorax is channelled down 

 the middle, broadly rounded at the base, with the front angles 

 acute and the hind angles rounded. The scutellum is nearly 

 seniiciicidar and finely punctured. The elytra are coarsely 

 jiuiictate-striate with the intervals rugose. The pygidiura ia 

 minutely punctured and shining. 



The female is unknown. The antennal club is very long 

 in the male, the last joint of the front tarsus is enlarged, the 

 inner claw thickened and very widely cleft, and the fourth 

 joint produced beneath the claw-joint. The other claws are 

 simple, slender, and equal. 



This is an isolated and very remarkable genus, which must 

 be placed amongst the primitive and pol) morj)hic Kutelidse 

 of the Farastasia group, although it has considerable affinities 

 with the Dynastida?. The slender and symmetrical claws of 

 the four posterior feet are quite foreign to the Rutelidte and 



