PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTEKA FROM BURMA 985 



turai and lateral margin narrowly black , the basal margin 

 and the shoulders with a rufous narrow band, margined with 

 black below , its lower edge deeply indented at the middle ; 

 underside and the femora fiavous, the last abdominal segment , 

 the pygidium above, the breast and the tibiae and tarsi black; 

 anterior coxal cavities closed. 

 Garin Gheba. Several specimens. 



160. JMonolepta clypeata, Jac. 



I find the coxal cavities in this species open, it must therefore 

 find its place in Luperodes. 



161. Hyplxaenia sulbmetallica , u. sp. 



Obscure dark metallic blue below; the thorax fulvous with 

 a violaceous gloss, elytra metallic violaceous, closely punctured; 

 legs fiavous , the tarsi fuscous , the antennae longer than the 

 body, black, the basal joint fulvous. 



Length 2 '/s lines. 



Of narrowly elongate shape, the head very broad, impunctate, 

 the vertex violaceous , the lower portion fiavous , the anterior 

 edge of the clypeus straight, the antennae extending beyond 

 the apex of the elytra, black, the basal joint obscure fulvous, 

 the second joint very short, the third and fourth elongate, equal, 

 the seventh to the ninth joints curved , all the joints with a 

 long fringe of hairs at their outer margin ; thorax one half 

 broader than long, very slightly narrowed at the base, all the 

 margins nearly straight, the disc bifoveolate, impunctate, fulvous 

 with a distinct metallic violaceous gloss ; scutellum black ; elytra 

 closely and finely punctured with traces of longitudinal impres- 

 sed lines, violaceous ; legs slender, fiavous, the tibiae unarmed, 

 the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the following 

 three joints together; claws appendiculate , the anterior coxal 

 cavities closed. 



Garin Gheba. 



