230 CEToyiix.E. 



211. Podovalgiis griseus, sp. n. 



Black or pitchy brown, clothed above and beneath, but not 

 densely, with flat greyish scales. 



The chjpeus is quadrate, broad in front, where it is notched at 

 an obtuse angle, the corners being strongly 

 reflexed and strongly bent outwards. The 

 l^rotliorax is elongate, broad in front, with 

 the median part ])rominent, the sides sinu- 

 ated and rather converging behind, the 

 base being broadly rounded. The longi- 

 tudinal carinjB extend almost the entire 

 length of the pronotum, and there are two 

 large tubercles on each side situated at 

 the corners of a transverse parallelogram. 

 The scufelhnn is triangular. The eh/t'ra 

 are deeply striated and the interstices 

 clothed with rows of uniform grey scales. 

 Fig. 52.— Podovalqus There is a slight elevation before the 

 griseus. middle of each elytron near the suture. 



The propyijidium and pygidiuvi are uni- 

 formly, but not densely, clothed with grey scales, and the former 

 is convex with its hind margin nearly straight. The legs are 

 moderately stout and all the tarsi thick and very compact, the 

 basal joint of the hind tarsus broad and transverse. 



(S . The fifth ventral segment is a little shorter tlian in the 

 female, and the abdomen slightly arched. 

 Lenr/th 6-5-9 mm.; hreadth 3"5-4*o mm. 

 Bengal : Barway {P. Cardoti). 



Type in the British Museum ; cotypes in the Brussels Museum. 

 A series of specimens of this interesting insect was sent to me 

 by M. Severin, of the Brussels Museum. 



Genus IDIOVALGUS. no\ . 



Type, Orcodenis planicolUs, Gestro. 



Ham/e. That of the type. 



Form rather short and stout and the legs not very long. 

 Clypeus moderately broad, the front and sides forming a con- 

 tinuous curve. Prothorax subcircular, without discoidal carinse, 

 the base and sides strongly curved, the former overlapping the 

 scutellum, and the hind angles obsolete. Scutellum short. Pro- 

 pygidium without prominences, the terminal spiracles not elevated. 

 Pront tibia stout and armed with three slender acute teeth, 

 placed rather far apart, the uppermost near the base. Tarsi 

 moderately slender, the basal joint of the hind tarsus strongly 

 triangular and not longer than the succeeding joint. The maxilla 

 bears a thick tuft of long hairs and the last joint in all the palpi 

 is larse. 



