PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM BURMA 939 



patch extends almost from the base to the apex, while in //. bi- 

 pustulaia the spot is placed below the middle only. 



95. Ohaetocnema Ibimxariica. , n. sp. 



Obscure cupreo-aeneous, the basal three joints of the antennae 

 and the tibiae more or less fulvous, head rugosely punctured , 

 thorax closely and strongly punctate, elytra deeply and very 

 closely punctured in irregular rows, the interstices at the sides 

 longitudinally costate. 



Length 1 ^4 line. 



Head broader than long, closely and strongly punctured, the 

 interstices very minutely granulate and only just separating the 

 punctures, lower portion of the face clothed with white pube- 

 scence, the e}es very widely separated, antennae slender, black, 

 the lower three joints fulvous, the third joint slightly shorter 

 than the fourth and a little longer than the second thickened 

 joint; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides nearly straight, 

 the anterior angles very slightly oblique , the surface very 

 strongly and closely punctured, the interstices at the sides 

 slightly reticulate ; scutellum small , impunctate , triangular ; 

 elytra not wider at the base than the thorax but gradually 

 widened towards the middle , more strongly punctured than 

 the thorax, the punctures arranged in very close longitudinal 

 rows, the interstices scarcely larger than the punctures, those 

 near the suture rather smaller and more irregularly placed, the 

 interstices at the sides forming two not very strongly raised 

 longitudinal costae, the anterior femora slightly, the posterior 

 ones more darkly aeneous, the tibiae also slightly stained with 

 aeneous, prosternum and the breast strongly punctured. 



Rangoon , December. 



96 . diaetocnema Dri'vi-^ieri , n. sp. 



Greenish-black , the basal joints of the antennae , the four 

 anterior legs and the posterior tibiae and tarsi , fulvous , head 



