PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM BURMA 959 



(probably due to sexual difference). The specimens were obtained 

 by Sig. Fea at Meetan in Tenasserim and at Rangoon. The 

 genus Sastroides seems however a better place for this species 

 than Sastra. 



124. SastroidLes parA^ula, n. sp. 



Flavous, pubescent, the terminal joints of the antennae, the 

 tibiae below and the tarsi, fuscous; thorax short and transverse, 

 the disc uneven, pubescent ; elytra closely and finely punctured, 

 pubescent like the thorax. 



Length 2 72 lines. 



Head finely granulose-punctate , with a longitudinal central 

 groove, the eyes round and large, the fi-ontal tubercles elongate, 

 not strongly raised, clypeus narrowly transverse, the penulti- 

 mate joint of the palpi, thickened, antennae rather short, not 

 extending to the middle of the elytra, the second joint short, 

 the third elongate, very slightly longer than the fourth joint, 

 the lower five joints flavous, the rest fuscous, all clothed with 

 pubescence; thorax nearly three times as broad as long, the 

 sides slightly rounded and widened at the middle, narrowed in 

 front, the angles obsolete, the surface transversely depressed at 

 the middle near the base and to a smaller extent at the sides, 

 sculptured like the head, but the punctuation obscured by the 

 rather long yellowish pubescence; scutellum longer than broad, 

 large; elytra slightly widened at the middle, punctured like the 

 thorax and with similar golden-yellow pubescence , their epi- 

 pleurae disappearing before the middle; tibiae simple and unar- 

 med; claws bifid, the anterior coxal cavities open. 



Garin Gheba. A single specimen. Smaller than the other 

 species of the genus, the third joint of the antennae less elongate 

 than usual. 



125. Bixplxonida pallida, n. sp. 



Elongate, rather robust and parallel, testaceous, the antennae 

 (the basal joints excepted) and the tibiae and tarsi, black, the 



