PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM BURMA 967 



more elongate ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides rounded 

 at the middle, slightly narrowed at the base, the posterior an- 

 gles rather obliquely shaped , the surface with a few minute 

 punctures, testaceous ; scutellum broad, the sides rounded ; elytra 

 narrowly parallel, with some closely approached rows of larger 

 punctures, the interstices everywhere finely punctate, the basal 

 and suturai margin narrovNdy black, another narrow black stripe 

 runs from the base nearly to the apex, this band is sometimes 

 slightly widened at the middle and either free at its lower end 

 or joined to the suture before the apex ; underside and legs 

 entirely testaceous. 



Garin Gheba. 



In the variety the dark bands are nearly confluent, leaving 

 only the sides and apex as well as a narrow space at the 

 middle, of the ground colour. 



134. Ag-elastiea (*?) flava, n. sp. 



Oblong, convex, entirely flavous, antennae long and slender, 

 thorax transversely convex; minutely punctured, elytra extre- 

 mely closely and distinctly punctured. 



Length 2 Yg lines. 



Head not longer than broad, the vertex convex, impunctate 

 with a deep transverse groove between the eyes , the frontal 

 elevations in shape of a narrow transverse ridge, lower portion 

 of the face distinctly punctured, labrum flavous with a row of 

 punctures, palpi slender, antennae extending to the end of the 

 elytra, very slender, flavous, the second joint short, the third 

 more than double as long, the fourth joint longer than the pre- 

 ceding one ; thorax transversely convex, twice as broad as long, 

 the sides rounded , the surface rather closely and finely punc- 

 tured ; elytra convex, more distinctly punctured than the thorax, 

 the punctures very closely approached , the interstices slightly 

 wrinkled , elytral epypleurae broad at the base , very narrow 

 below the middle, the anterior tibiae unarmed, the four poste- 

 rior ones mucronate, the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long 



