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239. Sphaeroderma birmanica, Jacoby. 



Sphcerodewna birmanica, Jac, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxxii, 1892 r 

 p. 927. 



Upper side rich brown, underside somewhat darker ; the three 

 basal segments of the antennae paler brown, the rest black. 



Head with vertex im punctate, frontal tubercles distinct but not 

 much raised, oblique, interantennal carina broad, clypeus deeply 

 depressed, labrum transverse. Antenna? hardly extending to the 

 middle of the elytra ; first segment long and club-shaped, second 

 larger than third, fourth about equal to third ; from the fifth the 

 segments become progressively larger and thicker. Prothorax 

 broader than long, sides nearly straight, narrowly margined, basal 

 margin sinuate at each side and lobed in the middle, as usual ; 

 surface finely punctate. Scutellum triangular, with surface im- 

 punctate. Elytra more closely punctate than the prothorax, the 

 punctures forming longitudinal series, which, however, are too 

 irregular to be counted ; along the lateral margin is a broad space, 

 which narrows towards the apex and is not so strongly punctate 

 as the rest of the elytral surface, but which bears some finer and 

 scattered punctures. 

 Length, 2| mm. 



Burma: Karen Mts., v-xii. 1888 (Fea). 



There is one example in the British Museum with Tea's label 

 and marked " type," but the Genoa Museum may also claim to 

 have the type. 



240. Sphaeroderma piceicollis, Jacoby. 



Sphceroderma piceicollis, Jac, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxvii, 1889,. 

 p. 191. 



Body rounded-ovate. General colour piceous ; head and the 

 four basal segments of the antenna? brown, the rest of the antenna! 

 segments black ; maxillary palpi pale brown ; scutellum dark 

 brown ; elytra reddish-brown ; underside dark brown, partly 

 mixed with piceous. 



Head impunctate ; eyes very large and close together ; frontal 

 tubercles distinct, oblique, clypeus with a strongly raised, acute, 

 and rather convex ridge. Antenna? less than half the length of 

 the body ; second and third segments equal, fourth very slightly 

 longer, the terminal segments slightly thickened. Prothorax 

 nearly three times as broad as long, widened in the middle, sides 

 rounded with a narrow margin, anterior lateral angles rather 

 obtuse and somewhat oblique, posterior margin distinctly bisinuate 

 at each side, the median lobe broadly rounded ; surface evenly, 

 finely and closely punctate. Scutellum small. Elytra convex^ 

 rounded ; surface irregularly punctate-striate, the rows being 

 rather closely approximated and the punctures surrounded by 

 piceous rings ; a broad space along the lateral margin is nearly 

 impunctate. Underside clothed with thin yellowish pubescence. 



