PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM BURMA 901 



filiform , entirely fulvous or with the terminal joints slightly 

 darker ; thorax twice as broad as long, rather convex, the sides 

 very acutely dentate below the middle, strongly obliquely nar- 

 rowed in fronts the surface very closely and finely punctured 

 throughout, with the usual deep anterior transverse groove ; scu- 

 tellum very minutely punctured; elytra with a deep transverse de- 

 pression below the base, the latter swollen, the shoulders very pro- 

 minent, the punctured striae rather fine and distantly placed near 

 the suture, stronger and much more closely placed at the sides, the 

 punctuation very fine below the middle, femora with a small tooth. 



Rangoon , Palon (Pegu). 



This species may be known by its large size, the rugose head, 

 strongly dentate and finely punctured thorax. 



44. ]Vod.ostoma violaceo-fasciatum., n. sp. 



Dark fulvous, apical joints of the antennae black, the head 

 and thorax closely and strongly punctured , elytra distinctly 

 punctate-striate each with a broad longitudinal violaceous band, 

 not extending to the apex, femora dentate. 



Length 3 lines. 



Head rather convex, strongly punctured, the punctures remo- 

 tely placed at the vertex , more closely anteriorly, with three 

 small raised smooth tubercles between the eyes, antennae black, 

 the basal four joints fulvous; thorax transversely convex, scar- 

 cely twice as broad as long the sides, strongly dentate below 

 the middle , the disc convex , very strongly and closely punc- 

 tured, the anterior submarginai groove deep ; scutellum impunc- 

 tate ; elytra broader at the base than the thorax , ver;) deeply 

 depressed below the base , the latter convex , rather strongly 

 punctate-striate , the striae distantly placed , very fine towards 

 the apex, the colour paler than that of the thorax, the disc 

 almost entirely occupied by a broad dark violaceous longitudinal 

 band which does not extend to either margin and ends in a 

 point before the apex ; femora with a minute tooth. 



Palon , August , September. 



