1922.; X29 



of the head and prothurax. This sj)ecies is nearly related to Donaldia 

 decjans AUuaiid (Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1898, pp. 102-104), from Mauritius, 

 and shoulil be ineluded in the same genus, from which it differs in the 

 less dilated outer joints of the antennae, the less developed prothorax, 

 and the narrower elvtral epipleui-a. Mai tli a codes pic/us Waterh. (187G), 

 from Kodriguez, and the European Phloeopliilus Steph. are also some- 

 what similarh* maculate forms. The narrow dark males have the general 

 facies of a Cis. Tlie type of Xamprpus, X. vagef/uttatus Fairm., from 

 Madagascar, is said to have the live terminal joints of the antennae 

 broad, dentate, and forming a club. X. perforaius Pic (1917), from 

 Ceylon, has immaculate elytra, and the prothoracic puncturing stronger 

 and less dense. 



Proceeallus, n. gen. 



Antennae ll-joiiiteLl, slioit, joints 7-11 thickened, 7-10 strongly transverse, 

 serrate; terminal joint of maxillary pal]u slender, fusiform; elytra coarsely 

 punctured, with complete e]iipleura aiid raised suture ; tibiae asperate exter- 

 nally ; tarsi short, joints 1-4 subccpial, 5 loii','', stout; tarsal claws equal, armed 

 with a strong- curved tooth ; the utlier characters as in Cercdlus Duval and 

 Hiiphnwmtis Stepli. 



Type, Daaytcs aplociiemifornua Pie. 



This Indian insect is so like the type of CeraUus Duv., C. ruhidas 

 Gyll., in its general structure, that, till tin; antennae are examined, it 

 would appear to belong to that genus, in which these organs are 

 10-jointed. The tarsal claws (not noticed by Pic) are similarly toothed 

 in the two genera. 



1. Froc( rcdhis aplocncmifonnis. 



D((.<ytes aplocneinifuDnis Pic, Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. p. 97 (1915). 



Hah. India {3Ihs. Brit.), Kliasia Hills {fi/pe of Pic), W. and 

 Central Almora Divisions of Kumaon, Nainital (H. G. C. : xi.l916, 

 X.1917, ix.l918), Mussoorie (coll. Andreices). 



A very hairy, brassy-hlack, convex, elongate insect, with the 

 antennae and legs partly testaceous ; the antennal joints 1 and 2 stout, 

 3 narrow, much longer than 2, 4-6 short, 7-10 hroad, short, 11 ovate ; 

 the head and prothorax alutaceous, and rather closely, shallowly, umbili- 

 cate-punctate ; the elytra long, coarsely, closely punctured ; the legs 

 rather stout, the tooth of the tarsal claws black and conspicuous. The 

 2 has the elytra a little widened posteriori3\ The J has the terminal 

 ventral segment glabrous and almost smooth, hollowed on each side, and 



