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terior angles obtuse , the posterior ones distinct , the surface 

 closely punctured , the interstices slightly rugose ; scutellum 

 rather long, impunctate; elytra rather more strongly punctured, 

 the punctuation very closely arranged, their epipleursc continued 

 below the middle ; the first joint of the posterior tarsi nearly 

 as long as half the tibiie, the latter with a distinct spine; an- 

 terior coxal cavities closed. 



Thagatà and Meetan in Tenasserim April 1887. 



On account of the prolonged epipleuru3 of the elytra I have 

 placed the present species in Chapuis genus Candezea. 



1G5. Platyxantlia g-racilis , n. sp. 



Narrowly elongate, black ; above pale fulvous ; antenna? fili- 

 form ; thorax bifoveolate ; elytra with a slight metallic gloss , 

 very finely and closely punctured. 



Mas. Head with a deep excavation below the antenna? with 

 projecting ridge; intermediate tibiae v\ith a styliform process 

 near the apex. 



Length 2 72 lines. 



Mas. Head swollen at the vertex, the latter impunctate; the 

 lower part of the face deeply excavated , divided by a kind of 

 protruding ridges; palpi swollen at the penultimate joints; 

 antennae nearly as long as the body, filiform , the basal 

 joint swollen, cup-shaped, the second short, the third, a little 

 longer than the following joints , the basal two or three 

 joints fulvous , the rest black ; thorax about one half broader 

 than long, the sides narrowed at the base, strongly rounded at 

 the midtUe, the anterior angles acute, the surface with a deep 

 depression at each side, and a more sliallow one at the middle 

 near the anterior margin, the disc impunctate, shining, fulvous; 

 elytra fulvous with a very slight metallic greenish gloss, very 

 finely punctured , the punctures slightly arranged in double 

 rows , with traces of longitudinal fine lines ; their epipleura? 

 continued below the middle; tibia? unarmed; the intermediate 

 ones with an elongate narrow appendage near the apex , the 



