HALTICINyE. 



somewhat explanate and with edges reiiexed ; there are no 

 impressions along the basal margin. Scutellum triangular with 

 apex rounded and surface impunctate. Elytra somewhat broader 

 at base than prothorax, gradually and slightly broadened behind ; 

 surface moderately convex, flattened at the suture, distinctly but 

 not very closely punctate ; lateral margins slightly and narrowly 

 explanate, their edges being reflexed. Underside : presternum 

 twice as broad as long, with sides parallel, apex truncate, and 

 surface longitudinally concave. 

 Length, 7|— 9 mm. 



Assam (type-locality); Sadiy a (Doherty) ; Patkai Mts. (Doherty); 

 Manipur (Doherty). Burma": Euby Mines (Doherty). Sikkim : 

 Gopaldhara, Eungbong Valley (H. Stevens); Mungphu ( Atkinson). 



Type in the British Museum. 



108. Hyphasoma sita*, sp. nov. 



Body oblong, more or less parallel-sided. Colour dirty brown, 

 mottled with blackish specks; the basal margin, suture and sides 

 of the elytra and the edges of the scutellum are to a certain 

 extent stained with brownish-black, but very often this dark 



colour is interrupted ; distal segments of the antenna?, from the 

 fourth onwards, somewhat darker than the basal segments ; 

 underside coloured like the upper side. 



Bead with vertex impunctate, frontal elevations broad and 

 interantennal carina well developed. Antennae a little shorter 

 than the body ; first segment long and club-shaped, second 

 shorter than either first or third ; the following segments are 

 almost equal. Prothorax much broader than long, sides rounded ; 

 surface convex, sloping at the sides in front, very finely and 

 remotely punctate, the punctures being visible under a high 

 power and in a suitable light ; lateral edges reflexed, anterior 



b ig. 65. — Hyphasoma sita, Maulik. 



* Sanskrit, "furrow." 



