PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM BURMAH 191 



83. Haltica eyanea, Weber. 



Shwegoo, Kathà, Senmigion and Bhamò, in Burmah ; Thagatà 

 in Tenasserim. 



84. Splxaeroderina piceieollis, n. sp. 



Rotundate-ovate, piceous ; the head and the basal joints of the 

 antennsp, fulvous ; thorax transverse , very closely and finely 

 punctured ; elytra fulvous, closely semipunctate-striate. 



Length 1 V^-l V., line. 



Head impunctate, pale fulvous ; eyes very large and closely 

 approached ; the frontal elevations distinct, oblique, the clypeus 

 with a strongly raised acute and rather convex ridge ; mandi- 

 bulse piceous ; palpi pale liavous ; antennae less than half the 

 length of the body, the four lower joints fulvous, the rest black, 

 the 2."* and S."* joints equal, the fourth very slightly longer, 

 terminal joints slightly thickened ; thorax nearly three times 

 broader than long , widened at the middle , the sides rounded 

 with a narrow margin, the anterior angles rather obtuse some- 

 what oblique, posterior margin distinctly bisinuate at each side, 

 the median lobe broadly rounded , the surface evenly , finely 

 and closely punctured, piceous or nearly black ; scutellum small, 

 dark fulvous ; elytra convex , rounded , reddish fulvous with 

 closely approached and rather irregular rows of fine punctures, 

 which are surrounded by piceous rings, a broader space in front 

 of the lateral margin nearly impunctate ; underside dark fulvous, 

 partly stained with piceous , clothed with tliin yellow pu- 

 bescence. 



Bhamò, July 1880. 



This small species of Sphneroderma resembles greatly several 

 others known from the East , notably S. niqricollis Jac. and 

 .S' orientali!^ Jac. it differs from the iirst named species in its 

 more rounded and convex shape, the more transverse thorax 

 and the mudi more closely and less regularly punctured elytra; 



