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of the posterior tarsi scarcely longer than the following joint ; 

 claws bifid ; the anterior coxal cavities open. 



134. Sastroides Ibii'iiiaiiiea, , n. sp. 



Fulvous ; antennae (the basal joint excepted) the apex of the 

 tibiae and the tarsi, black; thorax strongly rugose; elytra finely 

 pubescent opaque, minutely granulose and punctured. 



Length 5 lines. 



Head with a rather broad depression above the eyes, the 

 vertex finely rugose, the frontal elevations transversely subqua- 

 drate: tlie clypeus triangular, rather swollen, strongly punctured; 

 antennae two thirds the length of the body , black , the lower 

 two joints and the base of the third, fulvous ; intermediate joints 

 slightly widened, the third joint much longer than the two 

 preceding joints together , the fourth about a third shorter ; 

 thorax more than twice as broad as long, the sides straight at 

 the base, rounded before the middle and narrowed in front, the 

 anterior angles pointed, the surface with a short obsolete ante- 

 rior depression and a broader posterior one, placed at the centre 

 of disc, the latter strongly rugose throughout ; scutellum pube- 

 scent, broad, its apex obtusely rounded ; elytra closely covered 

 with pale reddish pubescence, finely coriaceous and punctured; 

 below fulvous, sparingly pubescent, the apex of all the tibiae 

 and the tarsi, fuscous. 



Burmah: Bhamù, June, Teinzò, Mai 1886. 



One of the specimens is of fuscous, the other of pale reddish 

 colour. 



The present species differs from those described by myself in 

 the Notes of the Leyden Museum , in its more parallel shape , 

 the scarcely impressed thorax and shorter metatarsus of the 

 posterior legs; in spite of this, these differences do not seem of 

 sullicient importance to justify the position of the insect in 

 another genus. 



