972 MARTIN JACOBY 



Head punctured on the vertex only, the frontal elevations 

 transverse , interrupted by a deep fovea , the antennae not ex- 

 tending to half the length of the elytra, black, the lower two 

 joints fulvous, the third and fourth joints equal, the intermediate 

 ones slightly widened ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides 

 perfectly straight, the anterior angles oblique, furnished with a 

 single hair, the surface obsoletely depressed at each side, rather 

 strongly and closely punctured especially so at the sides ; scu- 

 tellum rather large ; elytra without any basal depression , pu- 

 bescent, closel\ impressed with rows of larger and smaller 

 punctures, the apex very finely punctured, the epipleurae partly 

 piceous or black, the apical portion of the posterior femora and 

 the tibiae and tarsi black. 



Garin Gheba. A single specimen. 



This species is very closely allied to .4 . hirsuta , Jac. from 

 Assam but its shape is less convex and widened at the middle 

 and the colour of the elytral epipleurae as well as that of the 

 legs is different ; it is however possible that the species represents 

 only a local variety of A. hirsuta. 



141. A-iithiplia inornata , n. sp. 



Fulvous, the head, antennae, thorax and legs flavous, thorax 

 very finely and sparingly, elytra more distinctly punctured in 

 closely approached rows. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head broad, impunctate , the eyes prominent and large , the 

 frontal elevations narrowly transverse, the antennae two-thirds 

 the length of the body, fiavous , the second joint very short , 

 the third nearly three times as long, the fourth twice as long 

 as the third joint, the following joints elongate and slender ; 

 thorax more than twice as broad as long , the sides nearly 

 straight, the ant(n'ior angles oblique, the posterior margin rather 

 rounded, the surface with a few very fine punctures, pale fla- 

 vous ; scutellum flavous, impunctate; elytra wider at the base 

 than the thorax, fulvous, the base without depression, the surface 



