204 CBTOXIIN-E. 



S . The abdomen is narrowly channelled beneath and the hind 

 tibia bears a rather long fringe of hairs within. 



2 • The outer spur of the middle tibia and both spurs of the 

 hind tibia are long and strongly curved, but not very sharp. The 

 hind tarsus is shorter than that of the male. 



Length 9 mm. ; breadth 4 mm. 



"VV. Bengal : Chota Nagpur (7^. P. Cordon), Chandanagar. 



Ti/pe (S in the British Museum ; $ in coll. Janson ; co-types in 

 coll. Oberthiir. 



Genus PARAPILINURGUS, nov. 



Type, Parapilinurgas variegatus, sp. n. 



Range. That of the species following. 



Body rather short, with the elytra much broader than the 

 prothorax, and the whole body clothed witli opaque earthy matter. 

 Head small, with prominent eyes, and clypeus broad, with the 

 anterior margin \ery strongly reflexed. Prothorax rather small, 

 strongly narrowed in front and regulai'ly rounded at the sides and 

 base. Elytra rather parallel-sided, strongly sinuated behind the 

 shoulders. Pygidium nearly vertical, scarcely convex. Terminal 

 spiracles scarcely elevated. Mesosternum narrow and not 

 prominent between the coxae. Legs slender, the front tibiae 

 minutely and sharply bidentate, the middle and hind tibiae sharply 

 digitate at the end and armed with a strong spine at the middle 

 of the outer edge. Tarsi five-jointed. Basal joint of antenna not 

 much enlarged, club rather large. Mentum tumid beneath, with 

 the anterior part flattened and the front margin broad aud feebly 

 notched in the middle. Maxilla short and stout, with its outer 

 lobe forming a strong, but not acute, tooth. Last joint of all the 

 palpi long. Mandible armed with a short triangular tooth. 



This new genus is very near the African FUhinrgus, from which 

 it differs by its peculiar shape, narrow in front aud broad behind, 

 the very slight antecoxal process of the prosternum, scarcely 

 elevated terminal spiracles and not-concave mentum. 



182. Parapilinurgus variegatus, sp. n. 



Black, clothed above and beneath with a brown earthy matter, 

 irregularly speckled with pale markings, among which a slight 

 transverse angulate mark is distinguishable behind the middle of 

 each elytron. The surface is coarsely, shallowly and rugosely 

 punctured. 



The form is short, with the elytra broad and flattened and 

 the prothorax narrow. The head is rugose aiid tlie clypeal margin 

 entire and very strongly reflexed. The 2»'onot urn is much narrower 

 than the elytra, about as long as it is broad, not very convex, 

 strongly narrowed anteriorly, with the front angles acute, the 



