PHYTOPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA FROM BURMAH 205 



the genus differs in tlie long metatarsus of the posterior legs 

 and in the absence of the femoral spine. 



108. A.j>litlioiiella, Ibliamoensis, n. sp. 



Black ; antennae, head, thorax and the anterior legs fulvous ; 

 thorax finely rugosely-punctured; elytra black, strongly punctate- 

 striate. 



Length 1-1 V-2 liii^. 



Head not longer than broad, impunctate ; the frontal tubercles 

 small and obsolete ; eyes large ; palpi strongly thickened at the 

 penultimate joint; antennae two thirds the length of the bodj'', 

 fulvous, the first and second joints strongly thickened, the third 

 and following joints gradually elongate, the terminal ones, the 

 longest and stoutest, the apical joint with a small appendage ; 

 thorax more than twice as broad as long , the margins nearly 

 straight and parallel , the anterior angles oblique , forming an 

 acute angle before the middle, the surface rather closely, finely 

 and somewhat rugosely punctured, flavous or fulvous, the sides 

 with an obsolete longitudinal narrow groove near the lateral 

 margin, more or less distinct; scutellum lilack with about 10 

 rows of distinct punctures, their epipleurse broad and continued 

 to the apex ; posterior femora strongly incrassate, their tibiae , 

 gradually dilated and sliglitly sulcate, armed with a spine, the 

 first joint of the posterior tarsi nearly half the length of the 

 tibia ; presternum distinct , longer than broad , mesosternum 

 widened anteriorly and posteriorly ; coxal cavities closed. 



Bhamò , June ; three specimens. 



109. Oides bi punctata. Fab. 

 Bhamò, .July 1886. 



