1888.] g 5 



DESCEIPTIONS OF THEEE NEW PEYTOPRAGA EEOM THE EAST. 

 BY JOSEPH S. BALY, F.L.S. 



[The insects characterized form part of a small collection sent me 

 for examination by the Calcutta Museum. — J. S. B.] 



Lema bimacttlata. 

 Sub-elongata, sub-cylindrica, fulva, nitida, antennis, basi exceptis, ely- 

 troque singulo maculd pone medium, nigris ; thor ace fere ad longitudinem 

 cequilato, cylindrieo, lateribus medio valde constrictis ; disco Icevi, ante basin 

 transversim sulcato ; elytris oblongis, utrisque decern seriato-punctatis, striis 

 apicem versus sulcatis ; stria nond integrd. Long., 3 lin. 



Sab. : Andaman Islands. 



Antenna filiform, three or four lower joints fulvous or piceo-fulvous, the rest 

 black. Thorax strongly constricted, the sides obliquely converging from the base 

 to the middle, thence obliquely diverging to the apex ; upper surface smooth, im- 

 punctate, transversely sulcate in front of the basal margin. Elytra oblong, convex, 

 slightly depressed transversely below the basilar space, rather strongly punctate- 

 striate, the striae towards the apex sulcate, the second stria from the outer margin 

 ntire ; each elytron below the middle with a small sub-rotundate black patch. 



Entomoscelis metallica. 

 Oblor.go-ovata, valde convexa, picea, nitida, corpore superiori pedibusque 

 cupreo nitentibus ; thorace convexo, distincte sed tenuiter punctato ; elytris 

 seriato-punctatis, punctis in striis inordinatis ad apicem confuse, dispositis. 



Long., 3| — 4 lin. 

 Kab. : Sikkim, Teste Valley, 2000—4000 feet. 



Labrum piceo-fulvous. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long ; Bides nearly 

 straight and parallel behind the middle, obliquely converging towards the apex 

 anteriorly; disc convex, finely but distinctly punctured, the punctures irregularly 

 congregated on the surface. Elytra scarcely broader than the thorax, oval, strongly 

 convex, finely seriate-punctate, the punctures placed irregularly on the strise, the 

 latter lost before reaching the apex of the elytra. 



Yery similar in appearance to _E7. assamensis, mihi (Cist. Ent., ii, 

 p. 437), separated from that species by the stronger metallic tint of 

 the upper surface and legs, by the larger size, and by the more 

 regularly punctured elytra. 



GONOPHORA MASONI. 



Elongata, modice convexa,fulva, nitida ; thorace rude et crebre punctato, 

 ante basin transversim sulcato, disco vittd elevatd lavi, medio longitudinaliter 

 sulcata, et utrinque callo elevato, instructo ; elytris sub-elongatis, lateribus 

 parallelis, serratulis, apice conjunctim obtuse rotundatis, utrisque octo seriato- 

 punctatis, elevato-tri-costatis ; sub-nitidis, maculis quatuor, harum una infra 



