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CoRiXA Shaepi, n. sp. 

 Black-brown, shining. Pronotum, clavus, and corium, at the base, 

 finely rastrate ; pr on of urn carinate nearly throughout the length, with 

 10 — 12 yellow transverse lines, the posterior ones obliterated. Elytra 

 with very fine, short, yellowish lines in longitudinal series. 

 ? . Head above, black-brown, face yellow. 



Thorax — Pronotum long, rounded behind, disc with a slight middle keel nearly 

 throughout the whole length, and 10 — 12 narrow, transverse, yellow lines, 

 several of the posterior ones obliterated by the dark ground colour. Elytra — 

 Clavus and corium with many long, distant hairs ; clavus with fine, hiero- 

 glyphic, yellow markings, straight at the base ; corium with very fine, 

 twisted, transverse, yellowish lines, broken into longitudinal series, of which 

 4 are visible at the widest part ; marginal channel dull, pale brownish- 

 yellow ; membrane -suture broadly clear. Memhrame with very fine, short, 

 twisted, yellowish lines, on the inner margin especially disposed in a 

 parallel series. Sternum black ; scapidce, jpleurce, and parapleurce pale yel- 

 lowish outwardly. Legs brownish ; thighs paler at the base ; palcB long, 

 narrow, cultrate ; cilia of the 3rd pair of tarsi black. 



Abdomen brown, paler at the sides, basal segments black. Length 4 lines. 



Male unknown. 



Of this fine, distinct species, a single $ , captured by Dr. Sharp, 

 and presented by him to us, is the only example known. Allied to 0. 

 carinata, Sahib. 



COEIXA TNTEICATA, U. sp. 



Shining, black-brown with ochreous markings, and many fine, 

 light, decumbent hairs. Fronotum distinctly rastrate, a middle keel 

 on the anterior half, and 8 — 9 fine, black, transverse lines, which, 

 except 2 or 8 in the middle, are entire. Elytra wholly covered with 

 similar close, fine, irregular, twisted lines, broken by 3 fine longitudinal 

 black lines ; clavus, and corium at its base, very delicately rastrate, 

 marginal channel pale. 



Head ochreous, crown brownish, posteriorly raised sub-angularly, on each side of 

 the elevation a short row of close punctures ; facial depression wide, ovate, 

 reaching beyond the lower angle of the eyes. 



Thorax — Pronotum long, with a middle keel extending perceptibly on the anterior 

 half, but only indicated posteriorly, and 8 — 9 transverse, fine black lines 

 straight and entire, except 2 or 3 in the middle, which are abbreviated and 

 confluent. Elytra entirely covered with similar, close, fine, short, angularly 

 twisted, transverse yellow lines. Corium, viewed lengthwise, the fractures 

 of the lines appear as 3 longitudinal, fine, irregular, jagged, black lines ; at 

 the apex the transverse lines are more straight and parallel ,• marginal nerve 

 (next the channel) black. Marginal channel pale yellow, infuscated shghtly 



