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shoulder, a moderately wide and undulate fascia, just interrupted 

 at the suture, and a roundish spot close to the apex ochreous- 

 yellovv. Legs pitchy, the bases, and tarsi rufous. The specimen 

 from Teinzò differs a little being less deeply punctured, the 

 punctures on the elytra much closer and less distinctly in rows, 

 the legs and thorax are in this specimen quite rufous, as is the 

 apical spot on the elytra. 



Orthrius was proposed by myself, for a single species (0. cy- 

 lindricus) from Australia (New South Wales), and the present 

 species so closely resembles it, that it might from the description 

 be confused with it. The following differences should be observed, 

 0. feae is a hairier insect, less elongate, with the thorax espe- 

 cially shorter, wider in the middle, and more contracted behind, 

 the elytra are much more deeply punctured, and are also striate; 

 the joints of the antennae, from the fourth to the eighth are 

 longer and different in shape. Although the two specimens differ 

 somewhat in colour as well as in sculpture it would be unwise 

 to separate them without further evidence. I take the darker 

 example from Garin Hills for the type of 0. feae. 



I do not fail to observe the very close generic, and even 

 specific resemblance between this insect, and Opilo sinensis, 

 Gorham. I now place that insect witli Thanasimus sellalus, 

 Westw. in Orlhrius. I may however observe that the type of 

 the latter genus is Australian, and of a very different aspect 

 from such Opilos as 0. congruus, Newm., 0. sexnotatns, Westw. 

 The genera of this section require to be recast and the whole 

 subject merits more attention than I can now bestow upon it. 



27. Orthrius tarsalis, n. sp 



Ferrugineus, tenuiter pubescem, pectore pedibusque nigro-fuscis; 

 cox'iSj trochanteribus larsisque rufis, elytris subtiliter punctaliSj, per- 

 obsolele striatis. Long. 9-10 millim. 



Hab. Bhamò. 



The form, size, and build of this insect are almost precisely 

 the same as those of 0. feae; it is of an uniform ferruginous 

 red, with the exception of the mandibles at their tips, the femora 



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