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feebly rounded, distinctly more narrowed in front than behind, all the angles 

 rounded ; ^wucturation rather fine, not very close, and sparingly intermixed 

 with yet finer punctures ; pubescence rather coarse, sparing. Scutellum 

 triangular, moderately finely and closely punctiired. Elytra scarcely longer, 

 but a little broader than the thorax, transverse, moderately coarsely, closeh^, 

 and rugosely punctured; pubescence moderate, rather coarse. Abdomen a 

 little narrowed behind, moderately coarsely and somewliat closely punctured, 

 a little more finelj' posteriorly : posterior margins of 4th, 5th, and 6th seg- 

 ments crenuhxted ; pubescence ratlier long, coarse, and moderately close. 



Hab. Nilgiri Hills {R. L. Andre wes). 



The facies of this species is very similar to that of Philontlnis 

 fumarius Gr., and it would appear to differ from P. jiavipes Fauv. in 

 the darker legs and in the absence of any definite dorsal series of large 

 punctures on the thorax. 



A single 5 . Type in my collection. 



Creophilopsis, n. gen. 



Labrum bilobed ; mimdibles slender at the apex, at the middle each with 

 a broad, stout, bicuspid tooth. Maxillary palpi 4-joiuted, 1st joint small, 2nd 

 elongate, gradually dilated towards apex, the 3rd considerably shorter than the 

 preceding, narrow at the base, and widened distally, the 4th a little longer than 

 the 3rd, cylindrical, the apex truncate ; tongue short and broad, entire, the 

 anterior margin rounded ; labial palpi 3-jointed, the 1st joint rather short, the 

 2nd a little shorter than the preceding, dilated towards the apex, the 3rd com- 

 pressed, triangular, the distal border truncate, a little longer than the 2nd ; 

 antennae filiform ; gular sutures united in the middle ; superior curved line of 

 the thorax but little deflexed, not uniting with the inferior; mesosternal pro- 

 cess short, acuminate, the sides bordered ; metasternal process broadly rounded, 

 not nearly meeting the mescsternum, from which it is separated by a rather 

 long intersternal piece; middle coxae narrowly separated; tibiae spinose ; 

 anterior tarsi strongly dilated, si)onc-y beneath (at least in the J) ; tarsi 5, 5, 5, 

 the middle pair with the 1st joint rather long, about as long as the three fol- 

 lowing together, the 2nd to the 4th short, gradually decreasing in length, the 

 posterior pair with the 1st joint elongate, as long as the three following united, 

 the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gradually decreasing in length. 



In build this genus resembles Creophilus Mann. Its position would 

 appear to be near Tympanopliorus Nordm. and Pammegus Fauv.; fi-om the 

 former it is distinguished by the dilated anterior tarsi and the truncate 

 4th joint of the maxillary pali)i ; from the latter by the shorter truncate 

 4th joint of the maxillary palpi and the dilated tarsi ; from both by the 

 different facies and large transversely quadrate head and parallel 

 form. 



