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Show 98 REV. H. S. GORHAM ON N E W [Mar. 5, A single specimen, the antenna? are lost with the exception of two joints. 4. TELEPHORUS BRAHMINICUS, sp. nov. Fulvus ; antennis, palporum articulo ultimo pedibusque nigris, his basi fulvis; elytris nigro-ceeruleis, subnitidis, granuloso-rugosis. Long. 12 millim. Hab. India, Assam. Head and thorax fulvous, impunctate, finely pubescent; antennas entirely black. Thorax rather narrower in front than at the base, the margins very little reflexed, the disk channelled, and rather tumid on each side of the centre, transversely impressed in front. Scutellum red. Elytra rather rugulose, not shining except at their base; underside yellow. Legs black, excepting the coxse, the trochanters, and the inner side of the femora at the bases. Two specimens in my own collection, one in the Calcutta Museum. Obs. In one of these the antennas are lost except the two basal joints, which are fulvous beneath. 5. TELEPHORUS CRURALIS, sp. nov. Fulvus; antennis (articulis duobus primis exceptis), palporum apicibus, tibiis tarsisque nigris; elytris plumbeo-caruleis, subtiliter rugulosis. Long. 12 millim. Hab. India, Dibru. Head and thorax fulvous, impunctate, sparingly pubescent, the latter with its sides considerably narrowing from the base, and with a slight constriction before the front margin ; the disk smooth and shining, not channelled but uneven, and almost tubercularly elevated on each side of the middle; the base finely margined, the sides not reflexed at all, towards the hind angles with longer thicker pubescence. Scutellum red. Elytra dull leaden blue, almost black ; the shoulders highly carinate, shining. Body beneath and legs yellow ; tibise and tarsi black. The hind tibise slightly bent. A single specimen in m y own collection. 6. TELEPHORUS VIATOR, sp. nov. Niger; capite, prothorace elytrisque luridis, coxis interne et abdominis segmentis quinque basalibus flavo-marginatis. Long. 12 millim. Hab. India, Khasia Hills, 2000 feet elevation. Head and thorax fulvous, impunctate, shining ; antennse black, basal joint yellow beneath ; tips of the mandibles and palpi fuscous. Thorax narrowed in front from the base, not distinctly channelled, but tumid on each side of the middle, a little constricted near the front, the sides (as in T. cruralis) not reflexed. Scutellum yellow, infuscate at the base. Elytra dull ochraceous, thickly pubescent, with scarcely any sculpture. Underside and legs greyish black ; tips of the coxae and margins of the abdomen yellow. |