HYPERAXIS. 
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terminal joints shorter. Thorax half as broad again as long, lateral 
margins obsolete anteriorly, surface sculptured like the head and 
similarly pubescent. Scutellum subpentagonal, pubescent. Elytra 
with a depression below the base, rather pointed at the apex, 
strongly and closely punctate-striate, clothed with fulvous pub- 
escence like the rest of the body but the pubescence interrupted 
by a black spot near the scutellum ; an oblique transverse band 
behind the middle and a shorter band near the apex that is joined 
by a longitudinal stripe near the suture. Legs with the femora 
more or less piceous, armed with a distinct tooth. Prosternum 
subquadrate, broad. 
Length 4-5 mm. 
Bab. Malabar: Belgaum, Mahe ; Nilgiris. 
The thickened anterior and posterior femora in this species 
place it with more right in Hyper axis than in Demotina. The 
dark bands and spots of the elytra are often more or less obscure, 
but the latter are of a more shining appearance on account of the 
denuded bands and the puncturation is stronger than in the allied 
species ; great variability, however, obtains in this respect, also in 
regard to size, scarcely two specimens are alike; only well-preserved 
specimens can be distinguished by the regular shape and position 
of the elytral dark bands. 
738. Hyperaxis foveolatus, sp. n. 
Beneath nearly black, above closely covered with brownish-grey 
scales ; elytra with numerous small black fovese ; labrum and 
antennae fulvous. 
Oblong. Head densely covered with thick scales ; clypeus dark 
brown, closely punctate, anterior margin black, nearly straight ; 
eyes round ; antennae filiform, third and fourth joints elongate, 
equal (terminal three joints wanting in the type and only known 
specimen), eighth shorter than the preceding joints. Thorax nearly 
as long as broad, narrowed anteriorly, sides rounded, surface 
entirely covered with scales. Elytra wider at base than the thorax, 
about twice as long as broad, surface with small black foveas 
arranged partly in rows, interstices with short stiff black hairs. 
Body beneath with short grey pubescence. Anterior and posterior 
femora strongly incrassate, each with distinct tooth ; intermediate 
femora more slender though similarly toothed, their tibiae emar- 
ginate at apex. Prosternum broad, widened at apex. 
Length 5| mm. 
Hah. Southern India : Nilgiris {Coll. U. E. Andrewes). 
The elvtra in this species are of peculiar structure and the black, 
shining impressions form a kind of network. 
739. Hyperaxis distincta, Btiviv. Ann. Sac. Ent. Belg. xxxvi, 1892, 
p. 411. 
Brownish-fulvous, varied with grey above; antennae and labrum 
fulvous. 
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