(89) 



in I? fere contiguis, in 9 separatis interspatio quintae parti rostri latitadinis aequali. 

 Carina dorsali prothoracis in medio leviter et versus latera distinctius retrorsnm 

 flexa. 



Long. (cap. excl.) 7 — 7'5 mm. 



1 (? and 1 ¥ from Anaimalai and Karknr (Jhat, Nilgiri Hills, .3;")r)0— 4000 ft., 

 bnzzing abont and settling on felled trees ; exactly like a blue-bottle in mode of 

 flight. 



Rostrum nearly double as broad as long, with a feebly raised obtuse mesial 

 carina. Underside of head, prosternnm and underside of fore and mid femora with 

 rather long hair. Antennae black, short, the club less loose than in most species, 

 in ? segments 10 and 11 broader than, in c? as broad as, long. The four dorsal 

 spots of the pronotum diagonally united by two thin lines. The elytra hardly at 

 all depressed at the suture, almost evenly convex everywhere, at each side of the 

 scutellum a black spot, nnmeroas small black spots irregularly scattered over the 

 surface, those placed in the centre between stripes I and 5 confluent, a moderately 

 large spot on apical declivity. Under surface silky. Tips of tibiae blackish ; 

 mid tibia of cf mucronate. 



Unlike any other species known to me. 



fi. Disphaerona verrucella spec. nov. 



(??. Nigra, tomento fulvo-ochraceo vestita, tibiis annnlo bene expresso sub- 

 mediano ornatis, antennarum fnnicnlo atque tarsorum segmentis 3'° 4"que rufescen- 

 tibus, clava apice jiallide rufa. Caput cum rostro grisescens. Carina pronoti valde 

 irregularis undulata, ad latera in snmmo lobo magno prothoracis sita. Elytra dense 

 tubercnlata, ante apicem abrupte declivem tuberculo magno et pone basin utriusque 

 elytri duobus tuberculis minoribus instructa. 



Long. (cap. excl.) 4 5— .5-5 mm. 



1 <S and 1 ? from the Nilgiri Hills, the <3 found by Capt. A. K. Weld 

 Downing, the ? by H. L. Andrewes. 



The frons is anteriorly in the 3 a little narrower and in the ? a little wider 

 than half the width of the rostrum. The prothorax offers the most distinctive 

 features, being dilated behiud the centre of the sides into a lobe which is rounded 

 in a dorsal view. The carina is curved backwards in centre, then forward, again 

 backward, forward, and then runs in a curve along the crest of the lateral lobe ; 

 the pronotum is transversely raised into several indefinite tubercles placed between 

 the carina and apex ; puncturation coarse and dispersed. The globular elytra are 

 very rough, all the interspaces being tuberculate. The tubercle placed in tiie third 

 interspace in front of the apical declivity is large, there being another fairly large 

 tubercle in the same interspace near the base and a small one between that tubercle 

 and the scutellum ; the declivous apex is somewhat flattened and bears in the S a 

 black patch on the suture ; the submarginal interspace bears some grey dots. 



7. Phaulimia priva nigrina subsp. nov. 



c? ?. Nigra, subtus luteo et nigro macnlata. 



1 c? and 2 ? ? from Karkur Ghat, Nilgiri Hills, 15U0 ft.. May 1011 (H. L. 

 Andrewes). 



Much darker than /'//. prica prica, the legs reddish only at the joints, the 



