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Closely allied to several other Eastern species, but differing principally in the entirely fulvous 

 antennae, from H. indica, Baly, in the much smaller size and colour of the elytra, from H. unicolor, 

 Jac, in the rounded shape of the sides of the thorax and the absence of any punctuation of the 

 latter. H. femoralis, Jac, has distinctly punctured elytra. 



Notomela apicipennis, sp. nov. 

 Subquadrately ovate, fulvous, the apical joints of the antennae black, thorax transverse, finely 

 punctured, elytra regularly punctate-striate, metallic blue, the apex fulvous. 

 Length, 4 mm. 



Head fulvous, impunctate, obliquely grooved in front of the eyes, frontal elevations absent, 

 clypeus broad, antennae widely separated, extending beyond the base of the elytra, the lower five 

 joints fulvous, the rest black, third joint slightly longer than the fourth, this and the following 

 joints nearly equal, thorax more than twice as broad as long, the sides rounded, anterior angles 

 thickened, scarcely produced, the surface transversely convex, finely punctured, median lobe 

 broad, feebly produced, scutellum small, fulvous, elytra convex, regularly and finely punctate- 

 striate, the interstices very minutely punctured, shoulders somewhat prominent, the last row of 

 punctures deeper than the others, extreme apex fulvous, the rest of the surface metallic blue, 

 under side and legs fulvous, prosternum very narrow, mesosternum short and transverse, its base 

 emarginate to receive the apex of the metasternum, posterior femora strongly incrassate, their 

 tibiae widened and sulcate at the apex only, armed with a spur like the intermediate ones, 

 metatarsus as long as the following two joints together, claws appendiculate, anterior coxal 

 cavities closed. 



Habitat. On 23rd April Mr. Annandale and Mr. Robinson were at Patani Town, on 

 the 26th at Ban Sai Kau. Three specimens bear the date 24th April, 1901. 



This genus has been described by me from an African species (Proc. Zoo/. Soc, 1900) with 

 which the Siamese insect agrees so closely that I cannot well separate it generically ; the only 

 difference may be found in the shape of the mesosternum which, in the present species, is of 

 much more transverse and short shape than in its African congener, in which the apex of this 

 part is rather strongly bilobed, on that account the insect may, perhaps, claim the rank of a 

 generic separation if other species so structured should turn up. In general appearance Notomela 

 resembles a species of Chrysomela, notably the the Australian genus Cahmela (Australica). 



Taphinella nigripermis, Jac. 

 The specimens contained in this collection differ from the type, originally described from 

 Burmah {Ann. Mus. Gensa, 1889), in having black tibiae and tarsi, but this is the only difference 

 of any importance I can find. Taphinella is distinguished by the very short second and third 

 joint of the antennae, and the following five or six strongly dilated joints in the male ; the 

 thorax is transverse, of equal width, the tibiae are unarmed, the claws appendiculate, and the 

 anterior coxal cavities are closed. 



Cerophysa siamensis, sp. nov. 

 Fulvous, antennae and tarsi black, thorax deeply transversely sulcate, elytra obscure 

 flavous, the sutural and lateral margins narrowly piceous. 

 Length, 4 mm. 



