PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM BURMA 975 



the fourth and fifth equal ; thorax nearly three times as broad 

 as long, the sides very slightly rounded at the middle, the an- 

 terior angles oblique , produced outwards , the surface rather 

 convex, entirely impunctate, dark blue ; scutellum large, smooth; 

 elytra with the basal portion slightly raised and bounded bj'' a 

 transverse depression , very closely and strongly punctured in 

 semi-regular rows; breast and legs black, abdomen flavous. 



Garin Gheba. A single specimen. 



Glosely allied in coloration to A. flaviventris, Jac. from China 

 but much larger and at once distinguished by the strongly 

 transverse and impunctate thorax, colour of the antennae, etc. 



145. Oharaea (*?) allboplag-iata, n. sp. 



Black , the thorax and the femora , flavous ; thorax nearly 

 impunctate ; elytra extremely finely punctured , nearly black, 

 the disc occupied by a large ovate whitish patch 



Length 1-1 '/a ^i^^^- 



Head impunctate, black, shining, the frontal elevations rather 

 obsolete , labrum dark piceous , antennae nearly extending to 

 two-thirds the length of the elytra , black , the basal joint 

 more or less or entirely flavous , the second and third joints 

 extremely small, equal, the rest of equal length, elongate; 

 thorax broader than long, flavous, the sides nearly straight, the 

 anterior angles obsolete, the posterior ones distinct, somewhat 

 oblique, the disc without depression, with a few scarcely per- 

 ceptible punctures ; scutellum black, elytra very minutely punc- 

 tured, the punctures only visible under a strong lens, blackish, 

 the disc almost entirely occupied by an oval large whitish patch 

 leaving the suturai and lateral margin narrowly, the basal and 

 apical portion more broadly of the ground colour; below black, 

 the femora flavous, the tibiae and the tarsi more or less black; 

 the first joint of the posterior tarsi, longer than the 3 following 

 joints together, claws appendiculate, the anterior coxal cavities 

 open. 



Garin Gheba. Three specimens. 



