PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM BURMAH 149 



2. Sag"r*a nxultipixnctata, n. sp. 



Narrowly elongate , metallic blue , green or cupreous above ; 

 antennae dark blue ; thorax closely punctured , elytra closely 

 punctate-striate, the interstices also distinctly punctate. 



Mas. The intermediate femora dilated into a triangular tooth ; 

 posterior femora extending beyond the elytra, bidentate, tomen- 

 tose at the base, their tibiae with a long tooth near the apex, 

 the latter strongly produced. 



Fern. Posterior femora not extending beyond the elytra, gla- 

 brous at the base, the tibiae simple. 



Length 4-6 lines. 



c/". Head closely and deeply punctured , especially near the 

 sides and in front ; antennae rather more than half the length 

 of the body , entirely dark blue , the second joint very short , 

 the four terminal joints very elongate, punctured and opaque, 

 the others shining ; thorax scarcely longer than broad, the sides 

 slightly concave, the anterior angles produced into a blunt 

 tubercle, the surface rather closely and strongly punctured at 

 the sides, the middle of the disc less closely punctured; elytra 

 without any basal elevation or depression, punctate-striate near 

 the suture , the sides closely and irregularly punctured , the 

 interstices finely transversely wrinkled and rugose more espe- 

 cially towards the apex ; posterior femora not much extending 

 beyond the elytra, narrowly elongate, with a larger tooth near 

 the apex and followed by a smaller one furtlier back ; a small 

 space at the base on the inner side clotlied with fulvous pu- 

 bescence ; the first abdominal segment at tlie middle and the 

 margin of the following ones , finely covered with yellowish 

 pubescence. 



Bliamò (Upper Burmah) August. 



Tins species cannot easily be mistaken for any other Saqra on 

 account of the narrow elongate shape, the closely punctured head, 

 thorax and elytra^ th(; want of an elevated space at the base 

 of the latter , the triangularly dilated intermediate femora , in 



