Pliytopliagous Coleoptera. 443 



Head smooth, impuuctate, face raised between the anteunaj; 

 carina narrow in front, dilated posteriorly, its apex lanceolate; 

 encarpas transverse, qiiadrangu.lar, contiguous, separated I'rona 

 the front by a transverse groove; antenute filiform. Thorax 

 three times as broad as long; sides broadly margined, rounded, 

 emarginate just in front of the hinder angle, the latter acute, the 

 anterior angle mucronate, excurved; disc transversely convex, 

 sparingly impressed with very minute punctures, lateral margin 

 reflexed, its surface concave. Scutellum trigonate, its apex 

 obtuse. Elytra broader than the thorax, moderately convex, 

 flattened on the suture, distinctly but not very closely punctured, 

 the outer margin moderately dilated, reflexed. Prosternum 

 twice as broad as long, its sides parallel, its apex truncate, its 

 disc longitudinally concave. 



Genus euphitrea, Baly. 



1. Euphitrea Assaviensis, n. sp. 



Eotundata, convexa, rufo-picea, nitida, thorace la3vi, elytris 



jiiceis, ajneo-micantibus, subfortiter sat crebre punctatis, limbo 



laterali pauUo reflexo, uregulariter incrassato, fere impunctato. 



Long. 2^ lin. 



Hab. The Plains. 



Nearly allied to E. micans, Baly, much smaller, rather more 

 rotundate, the elytra more strongly and closely punctured, their 

 outer limb more distinctly reflexed: in the single specimen before 

 me the hinder legs are unfortunately broken off. 



Genus pentamesa, Lac. 

 1. Pentamesa duodecimmaculata, v. Harold. 

 Hab. The Upper Hills. 



Genus oides, Weber. 

 1. Okies indica, n. sp. 



Late rotundato-ovata, ad apicem pauUo atteuuata, valde 

 convexa, flava, nitida, antenuis extrorsum, oculis, metasterno, 

 abdominisque segmentorum singulorum maculis duabus nigris. 

 Long. 6 lin. 



Hab. The Hills. 



Vertex smooth, impunctate; face just above the encarpa; dee^ily 

 impressed; encarpas transverse, subclavate, separated (the extreme 



