PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM BURMA 905 



the lower side of the first three joints obscure fulvous, the 

 fourth joint the longest, thorax subcylindrical , widened at the 

 middle, very closely and rather strongly punctured, opaque, 

 clothed with white pubescence; scutellum with a few punctures; 

 elytra much wider at the base than the thorax , the shoulders 

 prominent, obliquely augniate, the base slightly depressed near 

 the suture , the punctuation arranged in rows ; the interstices 

 evei-y where finely punctured and transversely rugose, clothed 

 with rather long whitish pubescence ; underside black, femora 

 rufous, the knees, tibiae and tarsi black. 



Garin Gheba, December. Var. Ruby Mines (coll. Jacoby). 



The entirely black colour of this species distinguishes it from 

 its allies; the variety differs in the entirely black legs and in 

 the rather more transversely wrinkled elytra the punctuation 

 of which is less distinctly marked, but other differences I cannot 

 find. 



50. Aoria fulvifVons , n. sp. 



Black finely pubescent, the head and the basal joints of the 

 antennae fulvous ; head, thorax and elytra closely covered with 

 whitish pubescence, the sculpturing indistinct. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head very finely punctured, entirely fulvous as well as the 

 labrum, antennae slender, black, the lower four joints fulvous, 

 the fourth joint longer than the third; thorax of usual shape, 

 widened towards the middle, very closely punctured, and closely 

 covered with whitish hairs; elytra wider at the base than the 

 thorax, the shoulders rather augniate but not very prominent, 

 the punctuation fine and very close, the interstices finely trans- 

 versely wrinkled, very closely covered wàth rather long white 

 pubescence; underside and legs black, clothed with white pu- 

 bescence. 



Garin Gheba. 



Smaller than A. nigrita and at once distinguished by the 

 colour of the head, three specimens were obtained which do 

 not differ. 



