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sternum and mesosternuni are sparsely covered with shallow 

 ocellated punctures, the latter is immarginate and obtusely pro- 

 duced in front. The scape of the antenna is clothed with long 

 flavous hairs, such as are seen in several species of Teretriosoma. 

 The inside edge of the fore tibia near the tarsi has also conspi- 

 cuous flavous hair like T. pilimanus Mars. 

 Bhamò, Birmania, a single specimen. 



52. Onthophilus hispidus, Payk. Mon. p. 98, t. 11, fig, 2. — 

 Mars. Abeille I, 1864, p. 340. 



Nearly a dozen examples from Bhamò in Birmania. This species 

 occurs under bark of trees in the later stages of decay. It is 

 also abundant in Ceylon. 



53. Abraeus indicus, n. sp. 



Suborbicularis; convexus, niger nitidus 3 sat dense punctatus: an- 

 tennis pedibusque brunneis; fronte ante oculos triangulatim elevata: 

 pronoto basi recte crenulato-lineato; pronoto striis duabus obsoletis; 

 prosterno parce 3 mesosterno grosse, punctatis. Long. 1 3 / 4 mill. 



This species is doubtless similar to paria Mars., but it may 

 be known by the line in front of the scutellum being straight, 

 crenulate and unbroken. The fore tibiae also are semicircular on 

 the outer edge with the apex conspicuously emarginate. The 

 prosternum is short, and has like the mesosternum only a mar- 

 ginal stria on each side. 



One example taken at Rangoon, May 1885. 



