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93. Hj^pliasis liiii"ba,tipeiiiiis , n. sp. 



Fulvous ; the eight terminal joints of the antennse black ; 

 thorax strongly transverse , extremely finely punctured ; elytra 

 ovate, depressed, finely punctured, piceous, the lateral margin 

 narrowly fulvous. 



Length 1 ^l^-% lines. 



Head rather swollen, impunctate, fulvous ; the frontal eleva- 

 tions transversely subquadrate, strongly raised, the clypeus with 

 a very acutely raised straight ridge ; antennae two thirds the 

 length of the body, the lower three joints fulvous , tlie others 

 black, the basal joint long and slender , the third double the 

 length of the second joint; thorax very transverse, more than 

 three times broader than long, the sides rather strongly rounded, 

 flattened in front of the lateral margin , the anterior angles 

 slightly thickened but scarcely produced, the surface impressed 

 with a few very minute punctures, only visible under a strong 

 lens ; scutellum trigonate , impunctate ; elytra broadly ovate , 

 rather depressed , closely and very finely punctured , the disc 

 dark piceous , the lateral margin narrowly fulvous ; the first 

 joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the three following joints 

 together ; claw -joint swollen. 



Burmah : Bhamù, June and August 1885. 



To be separated from //. indica Baly by the much smaller 

 size and the nearly black disc of the elytra , and from its 

 other allies by the colour of the underside and legs and that 

 of the elytra. 



94. Ily x>lxa,sis iinicolox' , n. sp. 



, Ovate , broadly roundeii , pale testaceous ; liead and thorax 

 impunctate ; elytra extremely finely punctured. 



Length 2-3 lines. 



Entirely of a pale testaceous colour, shining, tlie vertex im- 

 j)Mnctate, the frontal tubercles transversely subquadrate, tlie carina 



