314 Mr. J. 8. Baly on some 
front, the anterior angles armed with a slightly excurved, 
obtuse tooth ; upper surface nitidous, very minutely punctured, 
the puncturing only visible underalens. Scutellum trigonate, 
its apex acute. Elytra much broader than the thorax, the 
shoulders broadly rounded ; above moderately convex, flattened 
on the disk, minutely punctured, lateral margin narrowly 
dilated, impressed on its inner edge with a single row of 
distinct punctures. Prosternum twice as broad as long, its 
sides parallel, its apex truncate, its surface longitudinally 
concave. Apices of the thighs piceous ; tibie and tarsi nigro- 
piceous; hinder tibia armed near its apex with a short acute 
tooth ; hinder metatarsal joint equal in length to the following 
two united. 
Hyphasis nigricornis. 
H. late ovato-rotundata, modice convexa, dorso paullo deplanata, 
flava, nitida, antennis (basi excepta) oculisque nigris, scutello, 
pectore tarsisque piceis; thorace minute punctato ; elytris dis- 
tincte, subcrebre punctatis. 
Long. 23 lin. 
Hab. Northern India. 
Face elevated between the eyes, the latter smaller and more 
widely separated than in H. piceipennis; encarpe transverse- 
quadrate, contiguous, separated from the front by a deep 
transverse depression; carina strongly raised; vertex and 
front nitidous, impressed with a few minute punctures, only 
visible under a lens; antenne more than three fourths the 
length of the body, slender, filiform, the three lower joints 
obscure flavous, the rest black, the third joint one half longer 
than the second, distinctly shorter than the fourth. Thorax 
more than three times as broad as long; sides broadly mar- 
gined, reflexed, nearly straight and parallel behind the middle, 
rounded and converging in front, the anterior angles armed 
with an obtuse, excurved tooth ; hinder angles distinct, sub- 
acute ; upper surface impressed with minute punctures, the 
interspaces still more finely punctured. Scutellum scarcely 
longer than broad, trigonate, its sides subsinuate, its apex 
subacute. Elytra very much broader than the thorax, the 
shoulders broadly and somewhat obliquely rounded; upper 
surface distinctly and rather closely punctured, the lateral 
margin broadly dilated, only slightly reflexed. Prosternum 
narrowly oblong, slightly sinuate on the sides, the apex 
obtuse; surface only faintly excavated. Hinder tibie un- 
armed; hinder metatarsal joint longer than the following two 
united. 
