L28 



Hah. Nilgii'i Hills {11. L. AiiJrcices),yL\\C\vA^\(^x coll. Toiiil/'/i). 



Four sp;icimens, including one S ; the 5 iioni Madras is labelled as 

 having been captured in Nov. 1907. Larger and more elongate than 

 //. iiwcstas, the antennae entirely black, and a little longer and stouter. 

 Tlie puncturing of the prothorax is variable. 



DoxALDiA AUuaud. 

 1. Donald ia maindroni. 

 Xainerpns via/'iidroiii and vars. paUidiilioraa', b/inacuhifa, and 

 iinunaciilata l^ic, L'Echange, xxii, pp. 7, S (190G). 



Oblong-, convex, sliiniiig', clothed with rather long, soiiiierect, pallid luiirs; 

 variable in colour, iiCcordii:g to the prediiuiinance of the black or testaceous 

 markings — the darker examples with the margins of tlie prothorax, the ehtml 

 epipleura, and an oblique strepdi on the disc below the base, testaceous and the 

 rest of the surface infii*cate, the lighter individuals with the head, prothorax, 

 and elytra testaceous, and the elvtra with a transver. e or tviangidar scuttd'ar 

 patch, extt ndiijg down the (-utiiru and sometinics dilated into a triaiigidar 

 common patch at the middle also, a sjjot or streak opj'.o^ite to this near tlie 

 margin, and an dblicpie sti'eak towards the ajiex, infuscate or black ; the 

 antennae with joints 1-4 testaceous and the others black or piceous, the legs 

 teslaceous, the metasternum and abdomen black; t];e head and prothorax 

 alutaceous, closely, shallowly umbilicate-punclate, tie elvlia ver}' coarsely 

 punctured. Head mucli narrower thnnthe prothorax, the eyes not promiutnt ; 

 antennae long, joints 2-4 rather slender, 5-10 moderately widened, triangular, 

 longer than broad, 11 ovate; terminal joint of maxillary palpi broad, securi- 

 form. Prothorax broad, short, arcuately narrowed anteriorly, the maigiiis 

 narrowly explanate. Elytra subparallel in (^ , broader and more rounded at 

 the sides in 9? "t the base not wider than the prothorax, somewhat acuminate 

 at the apex; the epiileura broad at the base, gradually narro^'ed, about 

 reacliing the first ventral sature. Legs rather short ; tibiae narrow, simple ; 

 tarsal joints 1-4 short, subequal in width, the claws with a small membranous 

 lobe at tlie bas". 



Var. ? The prothoracic margins and the elytra testaceous; the elytra each 

 with an elongate, posteriorly-acuminate patch near the suture (enclosing a 

 testaceous narrow streak), two short streaks exterior to it at the middle (the 

 outer one extending forward to the base in one example) and another near the 

 apex, black or piceous; the prothorax more rugose, and with a smooth median 

 line at tlie base. 



Length 2-^-3 mm. (J $.) 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills {H. L. Andrewes, Sir G. F. Hampson), Madras 

 {ex coll. Tomlin), Coonoor {types of Pic), Nuwera Eliya and Dikoja, 

 Ceylon {G. Lewis: i, ii.lSS2). 



Twelve specimens seen, including two of the variety ? ; the others 

 varv greatly in the development of the elytral markings and in the colour 



