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the lower three joints fulvous, the third joint not longer than 

 the second, the intermediate ones robust, slightly widened, the 

 others more elongate and all pubescent ; thorax short, strongly 

 transverse, the sides rounded, with a narrow margin, the an- 

 terior angles scarcely thickened and not produced, the posterior 

 margin as usual sinuate at the sides, the surface closely and 

 very finely punctured , the punctuation at the sides scarcely 

 visible ; scutellum fulvous ; elytra not more strongly punctured 

 than the thorax, the punctures irregularly placed on the disc 

 but forming distinct rows at the sides to the numbers of four 

 or five, the space in front of the lateral margin nearly im- 

 punctate; legs and underside more or less piceous. 



Tenasserim, Mts. between Meekalan and Kyeat rivers, February- 

 March 1887. 



The single specimen obtained of this Sphaeroderma is much 

 distinguished by the robust and thickened antennae, the speci- 

 men being glued to a card I am unable to say anything about the 

 underside. 



77. Splxaerod.erma nig-rita, n. sp. 



Black, the basal joints of the antennae and the tarsi, fulvous; 

 thorax finely and rather closely punctured , elytra regularly 

 punctate-striate, the interstices very minutely punctured. 



Length 2 lines. 



Subhaemispherical, shining black, the head coarsely punctured, 

 the frontal elevations small , clypeus rugose , antennae only 

 extending to the base of the thorax, the six lower joints fulvous, 

 the rest fuscous and dilated, the third joint elongate and slender; 

 thorax three times broader than long, narrowed in front, the 

 sides rounded, the anterior angles strongly thickened and rounded, 

 the posterior margin sinuate at each side, the surface finely, 

 evenly but not very closely punctured ; elytra with rather pro- 

 minent shoulders, the apex somewhat pointed, the disc with 

 nine rows of regular punctures, the latter closely placed, the 

 interstices very minutely punctured ; the underside as well as 



