PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM BURMA 913 



59. I*aclanei)lxoi*us plag-iatus , n. sp. 



Obscure piceous or aeneous, covered with pale fulvous and 

 white scales , the antennae and tibiae more or less fulvous ; 

 thorax closely punctured, elytra very strongly punctate-striate, 

 the posterior portion with some small whitish spots. 



Length 1 Y4 line. 



Head rather shining, the vertex densely covered Vv'ith scales, 

 the lower portion strongly and rather closely punctured, trans- 

 versely depressed between the eyes, labrum fulvous, antennae 

 extending to the base of the elytra, fulvous, the terminal joints 

 strongly thickened ; thorax scarcely broader than long, the sides 

 straight, gradually widened towards the apex, the surface very 

 closely and rather strongly punctured, covered with pale brown- 

 ish and whitish scales ; elytra much wider at the base than the 

 thorax, very strongly punctate-striate, brownish with an aeneous 

 gloss, covered with scales like the thorax, which form small 

 white spots at the sides and near the apex ; underside piceous, 

 the breast rugosely-punctured , abdomen sparingly pubescent : 

 legs dark fulvous. 



Garin Gheba; Palon (Pegu). 



Evidently closely allied to P. Bretinghami, Baly but distin- 

 guished from that and the few other Indian species by the 

 white spots of the elytra. 



60. IMoulxotiiia ìbirmLaniea , n. sp. 



Piceous, above obscure fulvo-aeneous , head rugose-punctate 

 anteriorly, thorax deeply punctured at the sides, remotely at the 

 disc , elytra strongly punctate-striate , longitudinally chanelled 

 near the lateral margin ; femora dentate. 



Length 1 3/^-2 lines. 



Head sparingly punctured at the vertex , the lower portion 

 strongly strigose or covered with highly raised oblique rugosities, 

 the space in front of the eyes bounded by an oblique ridge, 



Ann. del Mus. Civ. di St. Nat. Serie 2.", Vol. XII (6 Dicembre 1892) ' 58 



