( 308 ) 



Underside pubescent grey, witli weak brown lateral spots ; sterna coarsely 

 jmnctured. Knees, tip of tibiae, and tarsi rufescont. 



Length : 3 niui. 



Hab. Nilgiri HilJs. 



A small series. 



3. Phaulimia lineata nilgiriensis subspec. nov. 



c??. Ditfers from J', I. luieata in the sides of the pronotum being more 

 densely pubescent clayish grey, and the elytra bearing two clayish grey patches 

 across the sutnre, the anteraediau patch being large and at the suture continued 

 to the base, and the postmedian one being narrow. The legs, moreover, are darker. 



Hab. Nilgiri Hills. 



One pair. 



4. Disphaerona andrewesi spec. nov. 



(J?. Black, upperside with grey and clayish pubescence, whicli is densec in 

 some places than in others. Rostrum nearly twice as broad as long, with mesial 

 carina ; frons about three-fourths as broad as the rostrum, slightly convex ; upper- 

 lip, palpi, and the first, second, and eleventh antennal segments pale rufous ; rest 

 of antenna black-brown, rnfescent, especially at the joints. Pronotum strongly 

 punctured, with a transverse row of three callosities, of which the central one 

 is the highest ; between each and the carina a grey line, the two lateral ones of 

 these lines continued beyond the carina to the basal edge and here bordered on 

 the dorsal side by a black spot. Elytra very strongly punctate-striate, the third 

 interspace with four tubercles, of which the first and second are the largest ; small 

 tubercles also in the fiflh and seventh interspaces, the first tubercle of the third 

 interspace quite black, and this colour continued as a short line to the basal edge 

 of the elytrum. Legs nifous ; middle of femora, a small sjiot at base of tibiae, and 

 a large ring between middle and tip of tibiae brown 



Length : 3 — 4 mm. 



Hab. Nilgiri Hills. 



Several specimens. 



•'i. Dinectarius ( ? • basiplaga si)ec. nov. 



? . Rnfescent, clothed with a grey jmbescence. Rostrum transversely depressed 

 at the base, nearly twice as broad as long. Eye very slightly sinuate. Antenna 

 brown, segment 1, the bases of segnaents 2 to 9, and the tip of 11 pale testaceous. 

 Prothorax broader than long, widest behind, with the sides feebly rounded ; the 

 grey pubescence somewhat more condensed in the mesial line and at the sides 

 than before the carina, where the brown ground forms some large patches ; cariini 

 concave in middle, convex towards the sides, evenly flexuose, the extreme end 

 being bent forward. Scutellnm white, conspicuous on account of a large blackish 

 patch of the elytra surrounding it. Tiie elytra otherwise pubescent grey, the 

 ground blackish at the sides, the pubescence interrupted by some small spots 

 arranged in irregular transverse rows. Legs pale testaceous ; apex of femora 

 blackish. Underside of body blackish, densely pubescent grey. 



Length : 3 mm. 



Hab. Nilgiri Hills. 



Two specimens. 



