PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTRRA FROM BURMA 961 



closely and distinctly punctured, testaceous, the suturai and la- 

 teral margins piceous. 



Length 3 lines. 



Of parallel shape, the head very broad, testaceous, the vertex 

 convex, impunctate, the frontal elevations absent, clypeus broad, 

 antennae extending beyond the middle of the elytra, black, the 

 lower three joints testaceous, the third joint twice the length of 

 the second, the fourth longer than the preceding joint; thorax very 

 short and transverse, the sides slightly rounded, the anterior angles 

 slightly prominent, the disc with an obsolete depression at each 

 side and with but a few fine punctures anteriorly, testaceous ; 

 scutellum fuscous; elytra rather closely and strongly punctured, 

 pale testaceous, the lateral and suturai margins rather broadly 

 piceous; underside and legs testaceous, tibiae unarmed, the an- 

 terior coxal cavities closed. 



Palon. A single specimen. 



127. Sphenoraia imitaus, n. sp. 



Pale fulvous, thorax strongly punctured with two black spots ; 

 elytra strongly, closely and irregularly punctured, each with 

 six round black spots, (2. 2. 2.) 



Length 3 Yg lines. 



Broadly ovate, convex, the head sparingly punctured, the an- 

 tennae filiform, not extending to half the length of the elytra, 

 fulvous, the second and third joints short, the latter one half 

 longer than the second one, the following joints nearly equal ; 

 thorax nearly three times broader than long, the sides nearly 

 straight, the anterior margin strongly concave, the posterior 

 one parallel, the anterior angles obliquely truncate, the surface 

 strongly and irregularly punctured , more closely so on the 

 sides than on the disc , the former with a small black spot ; 

 scutellum with a few punctures ; elytra strongly convex, very 

 closely, strongly and evenly punctured, the interstices slightly 

 rugose, two round spots placed transversely at the base, two at 

 the middle and two near the apex the inner one of which is 



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