PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM BURMA 911 



This handsome species , although closely allied to H. hebe, 

 Baly seems certainly quite distinct, the thorax is more transverse 

 and blue instead of black, the elytral punctuation is quite irre- 

 gular, their pubescent much longer and denser and the distri- 

 bution of the two metallic colours is quite different, the lower 

 edge of the cupreous band is irregularly dentate. 



57. R/lxyparida, aterrima, n. sp. 



Black, the basal joints of the antennae fulvous; thorax rather 

 strongly punctured, elytra without basal depression, finely punc- 

 tate-striate ; femora dentate. 



Length 1 V4-I V2 ^i^e. 



Of an entirely deep black colour, the head obsoletely punctured, 

 with a more or less distinct oblique ridge at the sides of the 

 vertex, the clypeus separated from the face by a transverse 

 groove, transversely subquadrate, with a few fine punctures, 

 the anterior edge dentate at the middle, labrum and palpi ful- 

 vous, antennae not extending to half the length of the elytra, 

 black, the lower six joints fulvous, the third and the following 

 three joints slender, of nearly equal length ; thorax about twice 

 as broad as long, less broad in the male insect, the sides straight, 

 the angles acute, the disc irregularly impressed with larger 

 and smaller punctures, the sides nearly impunctate, the base 

 with a narrow impressed margin; elytra convex, scarcely broader 

 at the base than the thorax, without basal depression, the sides 

 with a narrow reflexed margin , the surface rather strongly 

 punctate-striate, the punctures fines towards the apex; prester- 

 num much broader than long, with a few fine punctures, under- 

 side of the tarsi fulvous, femora with a distinct tooth dilated at 

 the middle. 



Bhamò, June; Garin Gheba, May. 



It is possible that this species, on account of the oblique ridge 

 above the eyes belongs to the genus Clypeolaria, Lelèv. 



