. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. 42 kutelinyE, transverse, and very smooth and shining upon the disc. The- scutellum is short, smooth and shining. The elytra bear nearly complete rows of punctured striae. The pygidium is rugose at the sides and bears minutn scattered punctures in the The mesosteruum is produced into a mode- rately long, curved and sharp-pointed process. The femora and tibiae are very short, but the four hinder tarsi are mode- rately long. The outer claw of the four posterior feet is deeply cleft. S. The terminal teeth of the clypeus are very strong and sharp
. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. 42 kutelinyE, transverse, and very smooth and shining upon the disc. The- scutellum is short, smooth and shining. The elytra bear nearly complete rows of punctured striae. The pygidium is rugose at the sides and bears minutn scattered punctures in the The mesosteruum is produced into a mode- rately long, curved and sharp-pointed process. The femora and tibiae are very short, but the four hinder tarsi are mode- rately long. The outer claw of the four posterior feet is deeply cleft. S. The terminal teeth of the clypeus are very strong and sharp. The prothorax is strongly narrowed in front, its sides only are rugose, the anterior angles are obtuse -p. .^ and the hind angles rather sharp. ParastasiaMerocera,c^. $ • The head bears, besides the two- terminal teeth, an additional short but sharp tooth on each side occupying the ends of the clypeal suture. The pronotum is strongly rugose at the front and side margins, and all its angles are obtuse. Length, 9-5-12 mm. ; breadth, 5-7 mm. Andaman Is. ; Nicobar Is. (Boepstorff, Wimherhy); Bubma :. Rangoon {E. T. Athinson). Tyiw in Dr. 1\ Ohaus' collection. 14. Parastasia bimaculata. Parastasia himacuhtta, Guer., Delessert's Voyage, ii, 1843, p. 41,, pi. 11, tig. 2. Parastasia himactikda, var. nicoharica. Ohaus, Deutsche Eut. Zeits. 1900, p. 233. Reddish testaceous, with mottlings of a rather dai'ker shade upon the elytra, the head and front tibiae rather dark red, and a pair of black spots near the hind margin of the pronotum and not very far removed from each other. It is very convex, short and subglobose iu form. The clypeus is small and armed in front with two strong recurved teeth. The head is deeply cliannelled in front, strongly and rugosely punctured, and the pronotum bears moderately deep, irregularly scattered punctures, which are rather close in the anterior part but almost disappear near the base. The scutellum is broad, very obtuse at the apex, and almost su)ooth
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