72 [IWarch, 



A convex, shining black insect, the elyti'a with a common, angulate 

 fascia before the middle, and the suture thence to the apex, testaceous, 

 the antenral joints 1-1 also testaceous in both sexes. 



Volutes dorsaiis. 



2 . Ehaeits dorsaJis Gurh., Ann. Soe. Ent. Belg. xxxix, p. 321 

 (1895). 



J . Maxillary palpi with joints 3 and 4 enormously thickened, 3 obliquely 

 articulated to 2, subtri<augular, convex, 4 broad-oval, convex beneath, concave 

 above, obliquely truncate at tip; antenual joint 1 elongate, greatly thickened. 



2 • Maxillary palpi with joints 3 and 4 moderately thickened, 3 short, 

 triangular, 4 subtriangular, broad, truncate at the apex; anteunal joint 1 more 

 slender, subpyriform. 



Hah. S. IxDiA, Belgaum [t^ype] ; Ceylox, Kandy {G. E. Brijunt : 

 16.vi.l908). 



In the series of nine specimens of C. dorsalis in the Andrewes 

 collection there are two males ; the others, as well as four taken in 

 Ceylon by Mr. Bryant, are $ 5 . Tlie anchor-like dilatation of the 

 common bLack elytral patrh in certain examples is not a mark of sexual 

 distinction as suggested by Gorham, who overloolvcd the form of the 

 tarsi and palpi of tjie male. G. conUt)itinatiis Ab. (1900), also from 

 Kandy, must be a closely allied insect. 



Golofes iiidianus, n. sp. 



S- Oblong, rather convex, widened posteriorly, moderate!}' shining, 

 cinereo-pubescent ; black, tlie head in front, the palpi, joints 1-4 of tlie 

 antennae, prothorax (the median vitta excepted), and legs (the posterior tibiae 

 and the bases of the others excepted) testaceous; the head and prothorax 

 excessively minutely, the elytra densely, finely, distinctly punctate. Head 

 nearly as wide as the prothorax, tiie eyes small ; antennae long, slender, sub- 

 filiform, joints 12 and 3 short, equal, 1 long, stout; maxillary palpi with joints 

 3 and 4 enormously thickened, 3 convex, subtriangular, 4 subquadrat^^, broadly 

 truncate at the apex. Prothorax very short, strongly transverse, rounded at 

 the sides. Elytra at the base not wider than the prothorax, widened and con- 

 vex posterior]}', conjointly rounded at the tip, the humeri distinct. 



Length \\ mm. 



Hah. S. IxDiA, Belgaum (ex coll. H. E. Andrewes). 



One male. A close allv of the S. Eui-opean and X. African 

 G. (^Ho)iiaeodipnis) javefi Duv., the legs and antennae not wholly 

 testaceous, the third joint of the maxillary palpi ( J ) extremely large, 

 as broad as the fourth, which is transversely subquadrate. In the 

 Andrewes collection there is also another very similar Indian Colotes, 

 represented by a smgle example ( $ ) from the Nilgiris : this differs from 



