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18. IDownesia Gestroi, n. sp. 



Filiformis, subcylindrica, dorso deplanata, fulva aut rufo-fulva, 

 nitida* antennis, tarsis elytrorumque dimidio postico, nigris; thorace 

 'quadrato, kviter convexo, laevi; elytris parallelis, octo-striato-pun- 

 ctatis, striis ante medium per paria approximatis, stria secunda 

 antice obsoleta, striis apicem versus aequidistantibus, interspatiis plus 

 minusve elevatis. Long. 2y 2 -3 Un. 



Mas. Tibiis anticis intus ante apicem dente conico armatis. 



Faem. Tibiis anticis inermibus. 



Vai*. A. Antennis piceis, coeteris ut in typo, 

 Var. B. Elytris totis fulvis. 



Hab. Burmah : Bhamò, Teinzò. Tenasserim : Thagatà. 



Antennae scarcely longer than the head and thorax, slightly 

 thickened towards the apex, the joints short, nearly equal to 

 each other in length. Thorax quadrate; sides straight, obsoletely 

 diverging towards the apex ; above moderately convex, smooth 

 and shining, very minutely and rather remotely punctured, the 

 punctures sometimes obsolete. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 about three times its length; tl^eir sides parallel, very slightly 

 dilated towards the apex, the latter regularly rounded ; above 

 convex on the sides , flattened along the suture ; each elytron 

 with eight rows of punctures, the second row from the suture 

 obsolete on the anterior disk, the other rows arranged in pairs, 

 the fifth and sixth commencing below the humeral callus, each 

 alternate interspace broad and thickened; on the hinder disk 

 towards its apex the striae are aequidistant. 



19. Downesia fizlvipennis ? n. sp. 



Angustato-elongata, nigra, nitida, elytris fulvis, pedibus inter- 

 dum nigro-piceis, thorace quadrato, ad longitudinem aequilato, laevi 

 impunctato; elytris octo-striato-punctatis, stria secunda basi obsoleta; 

 striis ante medium per paria approximatis, interspatiis allernis 



