464 Mr. Baly's (lescriptions of 



Genus yENIDEA, Balj. 



1. jiEnidea harhnta, n. sp. 



Subelongata, flava, nitida, jiectore elytrisqne nigris; his vage, 

 tenuissime j^unctatis; thorace transverse, utriuque sat profunde 

 foveolato. Long. 3f lin. 



Mas. Capite lato, valde exserto, clypeo transversim excavato, 

 utrinqiie profunde foveolato, margine antico laminis duabus 

 curvatis suberectis armato, disco infra antennis, fascia trans- 

 versa tripartita pilis erectis nigro-griseis formata, iustructo; labro 

 tumido. 



Hab. Hills of Assam. 



Head broad, strongly exserted; vertex shining, impunctatc; 

 encarpa; transverse, separated by a deep fovea ; interocular 

 spaces swollen ; clypeus very deeply transversely depressed, 

 excavated at either end into a very large deep fovea; on the 

 middle portion, just below the insertion of the antenna?, is a 

 tripartite transverse band, formed of erect nigro-griseous hairs, 

 which spring from a black trilobate base; anterior margin armed 

 with two narrow, slightly curved, suberect, concave processes, at 

 the inner base of each of which is a small acute tooth; labrum 

 swollen, its hinder margin notched, its anterior edge concealing 

 from above the mandibles ; upper joints of maxillary palpi 

 swollen, obovate, the terminal one very short, obtuse, and nearly 

 buried in the preceding one ; antennge slender, nearly equal to 

 the body in length, the basal joint curved, abruptly thickened 

 at its apex. Thorax twice as broad as long, sides straight and 

 diverging from the base to beyond the middle, then obliquely 

 converging to the apex, all the angles thickened, obtuse ; surface 

 sparingly impressed with very minute punctures, only visible 

 lender a strong lens ; on either side the middle disc is a large 

 fovea, the space between them depressed. Elytra broader than 

 the thorax, oblong, convex, excavated below and on the outer 

 border of the basilar space; shining black, impressed with minute 

 punctures, quite as fine as those on the thorax. Apical segment 

 of abdomen trilobate, the medial lobe truncate. 



The above description is that of a male. 



2. yEnidea e.rimia, n. sp. 



Angnste oblonga, fulva, nitida, antennis flaA'is, oculis nigris: 

 thorace parce tenuiter punctato, disco transversim sulcato, sulco 

 utrinque magis fortiter impresso ; elytris infra basin distincte 

 depressis, tenuiter punctatis. Long. 4 lin. 



