(88) 



2. Phloiophilus sulcirostris nissus ?nl)sp. nov. 



cJ ? . Pli. sitlc. )<i//rini.-<tn persimilis, oenlis minus oljliijiiirt, froiite latiore, 

 elytris brevioribus, fortins stiiatia, ail sntnram magis ilejirpssis, tuberculis snbbasa- 

 libns majoribns diversus. 



One pair from Caia, Zambezi, February '.), 1011 (H. Scliwale). 



The elytra bear a well-defined luteons spot behind the middle between the 

 second and fifth stripes. The pubescence of the iipperside is of a more rnsset 

 tint than in P. s. sulcirostrits. 



3. Litocerus hamearis spec. nov. 



(? ? . Niger, snpra luteo signatns, infra griseo pubescens, autennarnm segmentis 

 ad basin rnfis, segmeuto ultimo ad apicem luteo, femoribus tibiis tarsorumque 

 segmentis ad basin jiUis miunsve rufis. 



Eostrum latitudine parum longins, fere vertic-ale, quinqne-carinatum, carina 

 media ad apicem usque fere extensa. Frons valde triangularis, oculis in S autice 

 suboontignis. Funiculus antennarum in S distincte iucrassatns, sed graeilior 

 qnam clava, segmento 8° in utroque se.xn nono breviore. Pronotum versus latera 

 pnnctatum, vitta mcdiana at puncto ad snlcnm transversnm desinentem sito et 

 lateribus duas guttas nigras inclndentibus luteis, carina dorsali convexa, ad latera 

 in angnlo recto antrorsum flexa. Elytra retrorsum paulo angustata, ad sntnram 

 levissimc depressa, sat grosse punctato-striata ; macnla basali snturali postice 

 divisa autice ad marginem basalem versus bumeros continuata, deinde macula 

 etiam suturali oblonga, praeterea guttis minoribus in 4 vel 5 seriebus transversis 

 plus miuusve arcnatis positis. Abdomen in c? et ? convexnm. 



Long. (cap. excl.) 4 — 4"5 mm. 



4 cJc? and 3 ? ? from Karkur Ghat, Nilgiri Hills, May 1911. 



Near L. himeralis Jord. (1894), but the rostrum is shorter, the frons 

 decidedly more triangular, the shaft as well as the club of the antennae are less 

 slender, the eighth antennal segment in the S is one-third and in the ? one-half 

 shorter than the nintli, the markings of the elytra are smaller, the last abdominal 

 sternite of the S is not flattened and the antennae and leg.s are much less extended 

 rufous. 



4. Litocerus taeniatus spec nov. 



cJ ? . Speciei L. patiei Lesne (1891) dictae valde affinis ; fronte angustiore, 

 pronoto minus dense punctato magis rugoso vitta mediana completa ad sulcum 

 transversum et carinam constricta notato, carina dorsali minus convexa distin- 

 guendns. 



1 S from the Nilgiri Hills, rainy season, 35UU ft., and 1 ? from Nadgani, 

 Nilgiri Hills, 2500 ft., October 1010. 



The frons is anteriorly in the c? as wide and in the ? half as wide again as 

 the second segment of the antennae. 



5. Nessiara olivacea spec. nov. 



(??. Nigra, tomento griseo-olivaceo dense vestita, nigro signata ; prothorace 

 ([uatuor maculis dorsalibus diagonaliter connexis atque tribus in utroque latere sitis 

 nigris ; elytris nigro-gnttulatis, guttnlis in medio plus miunsve conflnis. Oculis 



