PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM BURMA 973 



closely and finely punctured in rows ; legs fiavous, the first joint 

 of the posterior tarsi as long as the following joints together. 



Garin Gheba. 



Allied to A. Bretinghami, Baly but differing in the entirely 

 fulvous underside the similar coloured scutellum and elytra and 

 in the finer punctuation of the latter. 



142. A-iithipha, a^uteiiiia-ta,, n. sp. 



Fulvous, the head and thorax impunctate, the elytra finely 

 and closely punctured , the anterior half fulvous , the posterior 

 one violaceous black. 



Length 3 lines. 



c/". Head smooth, shining, the frontal elevations narrowly 

 transverse , antennae fulvous , the third joint twice as long as 

 the second, the fourth more elongate, thicker and subcylindrical, 

 the terminal joints rather thickened and shorter; thorax twice 

 as broad as long, the sides very slightly rounded, the anterior 

 angles oblique, the surface rather convex, smooth and impunctate; 

 elytra very closely punctured, the punctures rather larger an- 

 teriorly than posteriorly, the anterior portion fulvous, the other 

 half violaceous black , the anterior margin of the dark portion 

 slightly convex , and obliquely shaped at the sides ; underside 

 and legs fulvous. 



Rangoon and Bhamo. 



Glosely allied to A. posticata, Baly but with differently shaped 

 antennae , the elytral punctuation stronger and the posterior 

 portion of darker colour and extending higher upwards with its 

 anterior margin convex instead of sinuate-concave. 



143. A-nthiplia ffeae, n. sp. 



Obscure fulvous or piceous, the base of the head black, the 

 lower portion , the thorax and the femora testaceous , elytra 

 finely punctured in rows, black or piceous, a transverse band 

 at the middle and another before the apex, testaceous. 



