286 H. W. BATES 



43. Siagona angustipennis , n. sp. 



S. punctatissimae (Chaud.) affinis sed minor, multo gracilior 

 praecipue elytris anguste oblongo-ovatis. Piceo-nigra pubescens, 

 antennis, palpis et pedibus ferrugineis. Caput mediocre, fronte 

 convexa medio sparsim later i bus dense punctata, carinis latera- 

 libus sulcum occipitalem (latum sat profundum) attingentibus 

 antice incurvatis integris; collo grosse pnnctato. Thorax postico 

 sat late rotundatus dense subaequaliter punctatus, sulcis utrinque 

 profunde impressis. Elytra angusta subconvexa versus basin baud 

 angustata, usque ad apicem densius punctata, punctis postico 

 prolongatis. — Long. 11 millim. 



Palon and Tikekee in Pegu. 



Three examples, precisely similar. 



Subfamily COSCINIINAE. 



44. Coscinia Helferi, Chaud. Bull. Mosc, 1850, I, p. 441 ; id. 

 ibid., 1876, I, p. 61. 



Rangoon ; Mandalay ; Bhamò. 



Many examples, including the variety having a large brown 

 spot on each elytron, mentioned by Chaudoir. The species is 

 also found in Siam. 



Subfamily APOTOMINAE. 



45. Apotomus xanihotelus , Bates, Entom. Monthly Mag., XI, 

 p. 95 (1874). 



Bhamò. Var. pallidior, Bhamò and Rangoon. 



Differs from A. rufus by its shorter form and more rounded 

 thorax and by the black or dark-brown colour of the body and 

 the testaceous-white joints 8-11 of the antennae, joints 3-7 

 being black or brown and silvery-tomentose in certain lights; 

 the two basal joints are fulvous like the palpi and legs. The 

 body is clothed, in fresh examples, with an extremely fine, 

 hoary tomentum which is soon abraded, and is destitute of the 

 stiff erect pubescence seen in other species of the genus. The 



