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HALTICTNiE. 



Dot produced. Scutelium large, triangular, with surface im punc- 

 tate. Elytra broader at base than prothorax, somewhat widened 

 behind ; there is a fringe of fine, remotely placed setas along the 

 edge all round ; surface closely, finely and confusedly punctate. 

 Underside covered with fine pubescence; first segment of posterior 

 tarsi longer than the two following segments together. 

 Length, 5|-6| mm. 



Ceylon :~ Kandy, vii and ix. 1908 (67. E. Bryant); one 

 specimen was taken in September, the remainder in July. 



Type in the British Museum. Described from five specimens. 



The darker specimens of this species (which are smaller than 

 the others) greatly resemble //. tenu.ilimbata, Jac, in general form. 

 In one example the suture and the basal margins of pronotum and 

 elytra and to a certain extent the sides of the latter are suffused 

 with black, and in another there are traces of the black suffusion 

 at the sides only. It is quite possible that the present species 

 and //. tenuilimbata may be identical ; the separation of the two 

 is based on the latter having the suture and margins all round 

 completely stained with dark colour, and the surface of the elytra 

 without the mottling. 



110. Hyphasoma obscuripeniris, Jacob y. 



Hyphasis obscurijjennis, Jac, Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg\ vii, 1900, p. 1'22. 



Body narrowly oblong. Colour obscure testaceous ; antennae 

 blackish, with the three basal segments more or less fulvous ; 

 elytra darker than the pronotum, fuscous, more or less marked 

 with obscure testaceous ; posterior femora more or less piceous at 

 the apex ; scutelium piceous. 



Bead: vertex impunctate, frontal elevations broad aud tri- 

 angular, separated from the vertex by a deep transverse impres- 

 sion, clypeus with a strongly raised central ridge, eyes large and 

 round. Antennae scarcely extending to the middle of the elvtra ; 

 all the segments comparatively robust; first long and club- 

 shaped, second short, third not mucl 1 longer than second, fourth 

 longer than third ; the following segments almost equal. Pro- 

 thorax twice as broad as long, sides feebly rounded with a distinct 

 refiVxed margin which widens in front, angles not prominent ; 

 surface, seen under a high pow 7 er and in a suitable light, very 

 finely punctate. Scutelium broad, triangular, with surface 

 impunctate. Elytra hardly broader at base than prothorax, very 

 minutely punctate, the punctuation being similar to that of the 

 pronotum and consisting of a mixture of larger and smaller 

 punctures, lateral edges reflexed, epipleura broad and concave. 



Length, 3| mm. 



Burma : Tharrawaddy. 



Type in the British Museum. It has only " Burma 99 as the 

 locality. 



This small species is of rather peculiar and uncertain 



