290 H. W. BATES 



medium fascia angusta plus minusve indistincta (interdum ob- 

 soleta) nigro-fusca, palpis antennis (art. 3-11 interdum fuscis) 

 pedibusque melleo flavis. Sulci frontales utrinque angusti et 

 acute impressi, postico versus oculi marginem posteriorem cur- 

 vati. Thorax latissimus, postico lateribus rectis et late explanatis, 

 angulis posticis acutis, basi utrinque versus angulum leviter 

 sinuato-arcuato ; sulculo basali marginali brevi, longe ante an- 

 gulos terminato, foveisque basalibus parvis. Elytra late ovata, 

 stria suturali solum acute impressa, 2-3 punctulatis interdum 

 perspicuis vel translucentibus , 87* flexuosa abbreviata prope 

 apieem, poris setiferis minutis, anteriori post medium, posteriori 

 prope apieem baud procul a strida recurrenti sed extus, sitis. 



— Long. 2 V3-2 V2 millim. 



Bhamò; Karin Gheba, alt, 900-1100 m. ; Thagata (Tenasse- 

 rim). 



T. amplians (Bates), Ceylon and T. perlutus (Bates), Japan, 

 are allied species belonging to the same subsection of Tachys. 



The following can not be more than a variety of this species ; 



— Yar. T. contractulus. A typo differt solum, statura minori, 

 thorace paullo angustiori, postico pauUulum sinuato-angustato 

 lateribusque multo minus late explanatis. Long, vix 2 millim. 

 The antennae have joints 3-11 dusky brown, as in some exam- 

 ples of the type form. 



53. Tachys remotiporis, n. sp. 



Oblongo-ovatus paullo convexus, niger cyaneo-viridi tinctus, 

 politus, palpis antennis tibiis et tarsis fulvo testaceis, femoribus 

 fusco-metallicis. Sulci frontales angusti, postico usque pone oculos 

 divergentes. Thorax transversus mox pone angulos anticos valde 

 rotundato-dilatatus , ante medium usque ad basin angustatus, 

 angulis posticis rectis. Elytra convexa dorso anteriori subdepressa, 

 laevissima, stria suturali dimidio anteriori obsoleta, 8."* flexuosa 

 integra; poro-setifero 1."^° disco anteriori versus humerum, 2."*^" 

 prope striolae recurrentis apieem, sitis, striola valde elongata, 

 submarginali. — Long. 2 ^j^ millim. 



Kawkareet and Meetan in Tenasserim. 



