ASUXOSHA. 



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thickened, apical segment minute, conical, pointed. Prothorax 

 quadrate or slightly broader than long, narrow behind, anterior 

 and posterior margins almost straight, lateral margins straight, 

 their edge gently undulated ; the anterior lateral angles are slightly 

 expanded and each bears a fine seta ; the posterior angles are 

 slightly produced, each similarly bearing a fine seta; surface 

 convex in front, impunctate, each side depressed, the depressions 

 containing a few scattered coarse punctures. Scutellum triangular 

 with the three angles sharp ; surface impunctate. Elytra broader 



Fig. 85. — Asutosha clivama, Maulik. 



at the base than the prothorax : each elytron has (1) a short 

 scutellar row, (2) nine regular rows, of which the sixth, seventh, 

 and eighth are closer together than the rest and arise below the 

 humeral area, (3) an extreme marginal row of which the punc- 

 tures are deeper and placed in the concave expansion of the 

 lateral margin ; the rows converge towards the apex ; interstices 

 smooth and flat ; humeri impunctate. Underside impunctate, 

 smooth, shining, sparsely covered with hairs. 

 Length, 5^ mm. 



Buema : Euby Mines (Dotierty). 



Type in the British Museum. Described from two specimens. 



