PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM BURMA 889 



from above ; elytra with strongly produced lateral lobe, reddish- 

 brown, the extreme basal and lateral margin anteriorly, black, 

 the disc regularly punctate -striate , the interstices also finely 

 punctured; underside and legs dark fulvous, tarsi paler; pro- 

 sternum with strongly raised lateral margins, broader than 

 long without discoidal ridges. 



Garin Gheba, December (A single specimen). 



Evidently allied to D. Mouhoti^ Baly but of half the size and 

 the elytral interstices punctured , differing also entirely in the 

 punctuation of the thorax. 



28. Ooexiolbiixs Tbirnaanicus, n. sp. 



Piceous, the head, basal joints of the antennae, the thorax 

 and legs , fulvous ; thorax deeply transversely grooved at the 

 sides ; elytra black , strongly punctate-striate , the interstices 

 slightly convex. 



Length 1 line. 



Rather broad , moderately convex , the head depressed and 

 strongly punctured at its lovver portion, eyes very large, conti- 

 guous, broadly emarginate, antennae subfiliform, extending to 

 about half the length of the elytra, black, the lower four joints 

 fulvous, third and fourth joints equal, terminal joints slightly 

 compressed; thorax strongly transverse, distinctly narrowed in 

 front, the sides straight, the posterior margin scarcely produced 

 at the middle, the surface with a deep oblique transverse groove 

 at the sides, interrupted at the middle, the disc impunctate with 

 the exception of a row of punctures accompanying the lateral 

 and posterior margin, the latter not denticulate ; scutellum nar- 

 rowly linear, much longer than broad, longitudinally concave 

 at the base; elytra not broader at the base than the thorax, 

 the shoulders prominent, the punctures deep, regular and distinct 

 to the apex, the interstices at the sides longitudinally convex, 

 entirely impunctate; presternum broad, fulvous, its base slightly 

 widened and truncate, the surface, transversely sulcate anteriorly 

 and posteriorly ; abdomen nearly black. 



