426 Mr. G. Lewis on 
of each elytron ; the forehead is somewhat closely punctured, 
the punctures are shallow and somewhat irregular, the lateral 
strie are anteriorly slightly bent inwards, the epistoma is 
more finely punctured than the vertex of the head; the 
thorax, marginal stria complete and crenulate anteriorly, 
the surface except in the region before the scutellum is closely 
and distinctly punctured ; the elytra, strie, inner humeral is 
shortened at the base but continues along the apical margin 
and joins the sutural stria, outer humeral laterally complete, 
1-2 dorsal complete, 3 discal and indistinct, 4 shortened 
apically and joined to the sutural at the base, the punctuation 
of the dorsal region is fine and sparse except between the 
interstices of the first and second strize and broadly along 
the apical border, where the punctures are closer and more 
distinct ; the pygidia are clearly punctured ; the prosternum, 
the keel is evenly and ‘distinctly punctured and the lateral 
striee are well marked and turn slightly inwards anteriorly ; 
the anterior tibize are 9-10-spinose. 
The punctuation of this species (especially that on the 
thorax and prosternal keel) is more conspicuous than that 
of any other known at present. The striz on the meso- 
and metasterna resemble those of N. fungorum, Lew., and 
others. 
Hab. Ruby Mines, Birma (Doherty). In Mr. Fry’s Col- 
lection and my own. 
ORECTOSCELIS, gen. nov. 
In founding a new genus on a single species it is some- 
what difficult to select characters which may ultimately be 
deemed important, but those given here are wholly different 
to any in the allied genus Chlamydopsis. ‘The antenne, 
scape rather long and bent and obtusely angular on its upper 
edge; the basal joint of the funicle is swollen and longer than 
the next joint, which is very narrow; joints 4-8 are small, 
moniliform, and of equal size; the club is apparently solid 
and remarkably long and*narrow, longer than joints 2-8 
together. The anterior tibiz are rather narrow and angulate 
on the outer edge at the point where the tarsal grooves end; 
the intermediate and posterior tibiz: are short and moderately 
dilated, in form resembling those of an Hretmotus; the 
anterior and intermediate femora and tibie, when folded in 
repose, fit into grooves in the sterna. The prosternum is 
without a keel, parallel laterally between the coxe and almost 
truncate at its base. 
