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HALTICINjE. 



323. Sebaethe patkaia, sp. nov. 



Body ovate. Colour bright brown to dark brown ; the two 

 basal segments of the antennae brown, the third piceous and the 

 rest black ; the central part of the abdominal sternites may be 

 fuscous. 



Head with vertex impunctate, frontal tubercles separated from 

 the vertex by an impressed line across the interocular space, and 

 with a longitudinal impressed line between them, interantennal 

 carina developed. Antennae extending beyond the middle but not 

 reaching the apex of the elytra; first segment long and club- 

 shaped, second small, third longer than second, fourth hardly 

 longer than third ; the following segments are more or less nearly 

 equal to each other, but the last but one may be slightly shorter. 

 Prothorax more transverse than in S. neelys, about twice as broad 

 as long, sides rounded, with their margins somewhat explanate 

 and renexed, anterior lateral angles thickened ; surface smooth, 

 more punctate on the basal than on the front part. Scutellum 

 triangular, with surface smooth and impunctate. Elytra some- 

 what broader at base than prothorax, lateral margins slightly 

 reflexed ; surface more or less closely and confusedly punctate, 

 the punctures being fairly strong. Underside covered with fine 

 hairs. 



Length, 3-3 J mm. 



Assam : Patkai Mts. (Doherty); Manipur, one example (Doherty), 

 Type in the British Museum. Described from four examples. 



324. Sebaethe pingala*, sp. nov. 



Body oblong, parallel-sided. Colour pale brownish-yellow ; the 

 seven apical segments of the antennae black, the fourth segment 

 piceous, and the three basal segments yellow-brown ; apices of 

 posterior femora above, and the breast, fuscous. 



Read with vertex impunctate, interocular space with a trans- 

 verse impressed line, interantennal carina sharp. Antennae hardly 

 extending to the middle of the elytra ; first segment long and 

 club-shaped, second small, third longer than second, fourth 

 slightly longer than third ; from the fifth the segments are more 

 or less nearly equal. Prothorax broader than long, sides rounded, 

 with margins somewhat explanate and reflexed ; surface finely 

 and sparsely punctate. Scutellum triangular, with apex rounded 

 and surface smooth and impunctate. Elytra hardly broader at 

 base than prothorax, lateral margins somewhat explanate ; surface 

 confusedly, finely and more or less closely punctate. Underside 

 thinly covered with fine hairs. 



Length, 4-| mm. 



Tenasserim : Tavoy {Doherty). 



Type in the British Museum. Described from one example. 



* Sanskrit, meaning a brown colour. 



