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race elytrisque nigro-fuscis ilio interdum obscure flavo-marginato, 

 his maculis utrinque tribus flavis 1.^ oblonga subhumerali inter 

 strias 4.^"^ et 7/'^™ basi baud attingenti, 2."'^^ prope apicem, rotun- 

 data inter strias 2.^'" et 5.'"^™ , 3.^^ minori prope angulos apicales 

 exteriores; epipleuris praecipue versus apicem et margine exteriori 

 apicali rufescentibus. Caput sat elongatum, oculis magnis sed 

 mediocriter prominentibus , laeve, punctis nonnullis praecipue 

 postice sparsis. Thorax capite baud latior anguste cordatus an- 

 gulis posticis subacutis, vage strigulosus basi utrinque sparse 

 pilifero -punctato excepto, glaber, linea dorsali prope apicem et 

 basin profundius impressa. Elytra oblonga, postice pauUo dila- 

 tata, apice pilifero-punctato excepto, glabra; utrinque 8 costata 

 (8."^^ antice obsoleta) costis parum acutis subnitidis, interstitiis 

 opacis laevis, apud maculas solum transverse punctatis. Subtus 

 fusco niger, medio (ventris apice excepto) rufo-testaceus. — Long. 

 11 V2-I3 millim. 

 Bhamò; Palon (Pegu). 



343. Brachinus exquisitus, n. sp. 



Gracilis, elytris oblongo-ovatis, glabris, apice pilifero-punctatis ; 

 capite postice thoraceque sparsim pilifero-punctatis, partibus oris 

 antennis (articulis 2-4 nigro-fuscis exceptis) macula rotunda 

 inter oculos pedibusque rufo-testaceis ; elytris macula utrin- 

 que rotunda prope apicem inter strias 1 et 4 flavo-testacea. 

 Caput ovatum, collo panilo post oculos constricto, media fronte 

 politissima. Thorax capite baud latior, anguste cordatus, postice 

 mediocriter sinuato-angustatus, angulis posticis subacutis. Elytra 

 utrinque costis parum elevatis, subnitidis, punctulatis octo, 8.^^ an- 

 tice perparum abbreviata, interstitiis fere laevibus opacis. Subtus 

 fusco-niger prosterno medio rufo. -— Long. 8 72 niillim. 



Teinzò. One example only. 



344. Brachinus suturellus, Chaud., Monogr. des Brach. (1876), 

 p. 59. 



Rangoon. " North India " (Chaud.). One example agreeing 

 well with Chaudoir's description. 



