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punctured and the latter rather parallel-sided, each having three 

 costse. The j^ygidium is finely rugose and the last three spiracles 

 on each side of the abdomen are elevated. The front tibia ter- 

 minates in two feeble and blunt teeth. 



(S . The abdomen is strongly arched, but scarcely excavated. 



Length 16-20 mm. ; breadth 6-8 mm. 



Bengal: Maldah. 



Type in coll. R, Oberthiu*. 



192. Ccenochilus taprobanicus. 



Cceiiocbilus taprobanicus, Westw.* Thes. JEnt. Oxon. 1874, p. 46, 

 pi. xii, fig. 8. 



Black, coarsely rugose above and below and thinly clothed with 

 minute setse. It is large, elongate and convex, with long but 

 stout legs and thick, closely articulated tarsi. The Jtead is coarsely 

 rugose, with the front margin broad and trisiuuate, and the eyes 

 not very prominent. The pr-onotum is subhexagoual, with the 

 sides angulated before the middle and the base narrow ; it is 

 convex, coarsely and rugosely punctured, and feebly sulcate longi- 

 tudinally behind the middle. The scutellum and elytra are coarsely 

 punctured, the punctures being more or less crescent-shaped and 

 partially confluent. The elytra are long, not prominent at the 

 shoulders nor markedly tapering behind, and broadly sulcate above. 

 The joygidium is tumid and rather finely rugose, the metasfernum 

 closely covered with horseshoe-shaped punctures, and the abdomen 

 with transverse wrinkles. The front tibia is moderately slender, 

 with two stout teeth close together at the extremity, and the four 

 posterior tibice have each a small spine considerably behind the 

 middle. The basal joint of the antenna is very large and triangular. 

 The last pair of spiracles is strongly elevated and the two preceding 

 pairs slightly. 



S . The abdomen is slightly arched beneath and the spurs of 

 the hind tibia are sharp. 



$ . The spurs of the hind tibia are very short and bi'oad. 



Length 17-20 mm. ; breadth 6-7*5 mm. 



Ceylon : Peradeniya {E. E. Green) ; Madras : Shembaganur, 

 near Madura. 



'Type in the British Museum. 



193. Ccenochilus curtipes. 



Ccenochilus curtipes, Westw.,* Thes. Ent. Oxon. 1874, p. 47, pi. xiii, 

 fig. 6. 



Black or pitchy-black, thickly punctured above and below, each 

 puncture bearing a minute yellowish seta, the legs short and thick 

 and the tarsi strongly contracted, with very short, nearly straight 

 and scarcely divergent claws. The clypeus is very broad and tri- 

 sinuate in front, and the eyes not at all prominent. The Jiead 



