224 cetoniikj?;. 



12 (15) Propyf^idium notched in the middle or 



nearly strai<rht. [p. 226. 



13 (14) Prothorax dilated at the base waterhousei, Gestro, 



14 (13) Prothorax not dilated at the base .... maculiiKnnis, Gestro, 



[p. 227. 

 16 (12) Propygidium prominent in the middle . humeralis, Gestro, 



16 (11) Elytra tuberculate behind fjravis, sp. n., p. 228. 



202. Oreoderus argillaceus. 



Valgus argillaceus, Hope* Ann. Nat. Hist. \iu, 1842, p. 302 

 (1841). 



Dark brown, clothed with not very large or close-lying greyish 

 scales above, and with larger and denser scales beneath. 



The body is long and narrow. The 

 chjpeus is rounded in front and strongly 

 contracted in front of the eyes ; the basal 

 joint of the antenna is large. The prono- 

 tum is long, with a median furrow bordered 

 on each side by a straight carina, which is 

 produced in front into a strong tubercle 

 directed forwards and upwards, and bearing 

 two other smaller erect tubercles placed at 

 equal distances posteriorly. The sides are 

 strongly curved and each bears three equi- 

 distant tubercles, the two posterior ones 

 , minute, and there is another tubercle placed 



^^g- ^^-^i^JZ o'^ each side of the disc before the middle. 



The base is strongly rounded and the hind 

 anglesare very slightly prominent. The scutelhan is long and narrow . 

 The elytra are narrowed from base to apex and striated, the scales 

 being arranged in well-marked bands. The hind margin of the 

 propygidinm is nearly straight. 



I have discovered no external sexual difference. 

 Lengtli 8-9 mm. ; breadth 3-5-4 mm. 

 Madras : Mysore, Nilgiri Hills (//. L. Andrewes). 

 Type in the Oxford Museum. 



203. Oreoderus momeitensis, sp. n. 



Dark brown, clothed with greyish scales, usually with lighter 

 scales forming a small transverse bar crossing the elytral suture 

 at the middle. 



The body is depressed and moderately elongate. The prothorax 

 IS narrow, with the sides curviUnear and very feebly diverging to 

 the base, which is very convex, with the angles obtuse. There is 

 a sharply-elevated looped carina, which extends beyond the middle, 

 and an obli(]ue outer carina on each side before the middle. The 

 scutelhan is rather long and narrow. The elytra are separately 

 rounded behind and the lateral costae are not tuberculate at the 



