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in the same way, rather convex, underside and legs testaceous, 

 the breast black. 



Hab. Si-Oban. 



Closely allied to M. fulvicollis, Jac. from Sumatra, but the 

 antennae differently coloured and the breast black, the general 

 size of the insect also smaller. Six specimens were obtained. 



28. Anthipha castanea, sp. n. — Dark fulvous, the apical joints 

 of the antennae fuscous, thorax without depression , finely and 

 sparingly punctured, elytra with basal depression, rather strongly 

 punctured in closely approached longitudinal rows. 



Length 2 lines. 



Head impunctate , the frontal elevations transverse , strongly 

 raised, clypeus convex, triangular, labrum pale fulvous, antennae 

 scarcely extending to the middle of the elytra, fulvous, the 

 apical five joints more or less blackish, third joint one half 

 longer than the second one, the latter very small, fourth joint 

 longer than the preceding two joints together and also longer 

 than the fifth , thorax about twice as broad as long , the sides 

 straight, the anterior angles strongly oblique, forming a tooth 

 before the middle, the surface convex, finely and sparingly 

 punctured, scutellum rather broad, impunctate, elytra with the 

 basal portion slightly raised, transversely depressed below the 

 latter, strongly punctured in very closely approached regular 

 rows, distinct to the apex, underside and legs flavous or 

 fulvous. 



Hab. Sipora. 



A good many nearly similarly coloured species of Anthipha 

 have been described, the present one approaches most nearly 

 A. concolor, Jac. (brunnea? All.), but is, I think distinct from 

 that and the other allied forms, the principal character of distinc- 

 tion is to be found in the relative length of the joints of the 

 antennae which have the second and third joints short although 

 unequal, also in the convex thorax which shows no trace of a 

 depression, the elytral punctuation is also rather stronger than 

 in most of the allied species and regularly arranged in very 

 close rows. .4. concolor, Jac. from Burmah wants renewed exa- 



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