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profundis extus versus oculum angulatis sine linea impressa 

 curvata. Thorax comparate grandis, latus, elytris baud angustior, 

 ante medium late rotundatus postice pauUo baud sinuatim an- 

 gustatus, angulis posticis obtusis sed apice denticulatim extan- 

 tibus; sulculo laterali a margine explanato (prope angulos anticos 

 excepto) distanti et ante apicem desinenti , sulculo marginali ba- 

 sali nullo, sulcis utrinque basalibus usque marginem exaratis; 

 basi impunctata. Elytra comparate brevia, acute exarato-striata, 

 striis versus basin punctulatis; interstitio 3/° unipunctato. Me- 

 tasterni epistema latitudine parum longiora. — Long. 7-7 V2 



millim. (Z' 9 • 



Houngdarau Yalley (Tenasserim). Two examples. 



242. Abacetus politulus, Chaud., Bull. Mosc, 1869, I, p. 369. 

 Rangoon ; Senmigion. 



243. Abacetus guttula, Chaud., Bull. Mosc, 1869, I, p. 374. 

 Bhamò; Kathà; Kawkareet (Tenasserim). 



Chaudoir gives Dacca (by error " Deccan ") as the locality. 

 The small reddish subapical spot, is often supplemented by a 

 subhumeral spot, on 3, 2 or 1 interstices. 



244. Abacetus maculipes, Chaud., Bull. Mosc, 1869, 1, p. 384. 

 Karin Asciuii Chebà alt. 1200-1300. 



The original specimens of the species according to Chaudoir 

 were taken by Heifer in the province of Martaban. 



245. Abacetus chalceolus, Chaud., Bull. Mosc, 1869, 1, p. 384. 

 Senmigion; Rangoon. 



Found also in Northern India and among the insects collected 

 by Heifer (in Burma?), according to Chaudoir. 



If I have determined this species rightly, and Signor Fea's 

 specimens agree with Chaudoir's description and with examples 

 from Bengal with which I have compared them, it is very clo- 

 sely allied to, if not identical with A. politulus which its describer 

 (Chaudoir) places in a different section of the genus namely in 



