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as broad again as long, sides slightly widened near base, surface 
pubescent like the head with two very obscure fuscous bands at 
the middle. Scutellum clothed with whitish pubescence. Elytra 
extremely closely rugose-punctate, the arrangement of punctures 
in rows very indistinct, scales fulvous ; a very indistinct narrow 
transverse band at the middle and another more distinct and 
broader band, consisting of two spots, and the apex whitish, 
pubescent. Femora of typical shape and dentate ; the emargination 
of the intermediate tibiae distinct, latter widened at apex and 
strongly pubescent. 
Length 5 mm. 
Hab. Bengal: Mandar {Coll. Jacoby). 
745. Hyperaxis malabarica, sp. n. 
Pale fulvous, clothed with fine yellow pubescence ; apical joints 
of antennae fuscous ; elytra with some very obscure fuscous spots 
at base and behind the middle. 
Head finely rugose-punctate, clothed with scale-like fulvous 
pubescence ; clypeus transverse, more shining, closely punctured, 
anterior border deeply emarginate in the middle ; antennae long 
and slender, pale flavous, apical two joints more or less stained 
with fuscous, third and following joints very elongate. Thorax 
half as broad again as long, sides rather strongly widened in the 
middle, surface sculptured and pubescent like the head. Elytra 
oblong, subcylindrical, parallel-sided, shoulders acute, surface 
strongly and extremely closely punctate-striate ; interstices not 
larger than the punctures themselves, slightly wrinkled, furnished 
with single, short, stiff black hairs and very sparse yellow pubes- 
cence ; an obscure spot at the base, one near the suture behind the 
middle and two transverse spots near apex fuscous. Anterior and 
posterior femora strongly incrassate, each furnished with a large 
tooth. 
Length 4 mm. 
Hob. Malabar: Mahe {Coll. Jacoby). 
In one specimen the elvtral pubescence is rather thicker, but 
the spots, although rather obscure, are the same in number and 
position in the two specimens before me. 
746. Hyperaxis dubia, sp. n. 
Obscure fulvous or piceous, clothed with grey pubescence or 
scales ; thorax with a fine pale central stripe ; sides of elytra 
mottled with small spots and greyish-white pubescence. 
Shape and sculpture as in the preceding species, but a larger 
form and distinguished by the reticulate or mottled sides of the 
elytra, which mottling forms a broad band that consists of small 
spots of the ground-colour and whitish pubescence ; in some 
