new Species of Halticine. 315 
Hyphasis Wallace. 
H, late ovata, convexa, sordide fulva, nitida, antennis nigris, tarsis, 
tibiis posticis apice, tibiis anticis totis femoribusque anticis dorso 
nigro-piceis ; thorace levi, lateribus late nigris ; elytris subfor- 
titer punctatis, utrinque plaga magna humerali, ad marginem ad- 
fixa, postice oblique truncata, alteraque pone medium, subovata, 
apice acuminata, vix intra marginem posita, ornatis, 
Long. 3 lin. 
Hab. Malacca (Wallace). 
Vertex smooth, impunctate; eyes large, rotundate, promi- 
nent, black ; encarpe well defined, obliquely transverse, qua- 
drangular ; carina elongate, its upper half thickened; antenne 
nearly three fourths the length of the body, black, lower por- 
tion of basal joint obscure flavous. Thorax three times as 
broad as long; sides broadly margined, strongly reflexed, 
rounded, the anterior angle armed with an excurved, subacute 
tooth, hinder angle with an obtuse tubercle; upper surface 
shining, very remotely impressed with minute punctures ; 
lateral margin longitudinally concave. Apex of scutellum 
rounded. Elytra broader than the thorax, oblong, convex, 
their lateral margin narrowly dilated, reflexed. 
Hyphasis Bevani. 
H. ovata, convexa, nitida, subtus fulva, metapectore, femoribus pos- 
ticis apice tarsisque posticis piceis; supra rufo-fulva, antennis 
(basi excepta) nigris ; thorace evidenter, subremote punctato ; 
elytris subcrebre punctatis, obscure viridi-gneis, limbo exteriore 
anguste rufo. 
Long. 17 lin. 
Hab. Southern India. Collected by Lieut. Bevan. 
Head trigonate ; vertex and front smooth, impunctate ; inner 
orbit of eye coarsely punctured ; encarpze well defined, sepa- 
rated from the front by a transverse groove, subtrigonate, 
contiguous; carina linear, its apex thickened, obtuse; an- 
tennee with the two lower joints fulvous, the following two 
piceous, the rest black; labrum and apex of jaws piceous. 
Thorax nearly three times as broad as long; sides obliquely 
rounded and converging from base to apex, the anterior angle 
thickened, broadly and obtusely truncate, oblique, produced 
laterally into an acute tooth; upper surface transversely con- 
vex, distinctly punctured; lateral margin moderately dilated, 
reflexed. Scutellum trigonate, its apex obtuse, edged with 
black. Elytra oblong, broader than the thorax, convex, 
rather strongly and closely punctured ; obscure metallic green, 
the outer limb very narrowly edged with rufous; inflexed 
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