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elevated uneven protuberance behind the chpeus, a high 4- or S-lobed 

 pereurrent hump bearing a smooth median keel in the centre of the 

 basally sliglitl}' sinuate pronotum, and each elytron furnished with 

 numerous tubercles arranged in three oblique curved rows and a fourth 

 row of lower tubercles on the costal margin. Moreover, the upper 

 surface of Psa)iimkiin is in part clothed with close-set, broad, silvery 

 scales. I think there can be no doubt that these two genera are really 

 apterous. I have in vain tried to disconnect the elytra of ^j/iii2}rj)his ; 

 they are completely coalesced down their uhule length. 



SyMPEI'LUS CUBCL'LIUKCULUS, n. SJ). 



Glaber, opacus ; supra Havo-lestaceus, capiteeL scutello fere semper nifiris, 

 illo latcribLis teuuiier albido-incrustalo, carinida a])icali scutelli albida, limbo 

 lalo coslali elvtrorum t'u.^co-retioulato ; s,ubtus in'otr, capite, limbo nniico et 

 niargine lateral! pectoris, parte laterali basis ventris buj usque marpiiie laterali 

 albo-incrustatis ; rostrum uigruiii ; antennae et pedes obscure lesiacea, articulo 

 priniu illariuu f'emoribus(pie iufuscatis. Caput supra dense et miuute subcon- 



flut-nter punctuialiun, articulo tertio anteii- 

 iiaruui .secundo \ix. duplo lonj^iore, hneari, 

 <piart() tertio paullo breviore, iusitbrmi. 

 I'roiKjtum dense ])anctulatum. Scutelluni 

 subtiliter punciulatinu. I'^lytra dense sed 

 (piani pronotum fortius puuctata. Ablomeii 

 subtus dense puuctulatum, se^nnento <>-enitali 

 maris rotundato, convexo, punctulato, seg- 

 mentis duobus ultimis ventralibus conjunctis 

 medio subaeque lougo, segmeiito ultimo vent- 

 rali feminae (vaginam includeute) segmentis 

 duobus praecedentibus unitis medio distincte 

 longiore. 



Loug. (J 1-7-1-9 mm., $ 2-2-2 mm. 



Mab. S. India, Chikkaballapura (T. V. CampheU), 



The reticulate fuscous lateral markings of the elytra are sometimes 

 ^educed to two rows of fuscous spots. 



Breddin says nothing of the tarsi in Psa/zunium, but I think there 

 can be no doubt that they are two-jointed. 



The Geocorinae should be divided into two groups with the 

 following characters. 



Geocorini: Ocelli adsunt, saltern in formis macropteris. Elvtra libera, 

 plus minusve depressa, corio, clavo membranaque composita, clava et corio 

 rarissime in unum confusis, membranararissime deticiente. Tar>ii tri-articulali. 



PsAMMiiNi : Ocelli desunt. Elytra tota coriacea, fortiter et communiter 

 fornicato-convexa, per totam loiigitudinem coalita, corio et clavo in unum con- 

 fusis, membraua deticiente. Tarsi bi-articulati. 



