240 CKTOvmvJE. 



222. Dasyvalgus podicalis. 



Valgus podicalis. Blanch.,* Cat. Col. Mus. Paris, I80O, p. 44. 

 Spilovalgus propvgidialis, Moser* Berlin. Ent. Zeitsohr. 1904, 

 p. 267. 



Black and rather shining, with the elytra very deep chocolate- 

 colour. There is a very scanty clothing of minute greyisli setse, 

 the propygidium is densely covered with orange scales, and there 

 are lighter yellow scales decorating the mesosternal epimera and 

 the scutelhuu and forming a small spot at the middle of the hasal 

 margin of each elytron, and two more or less longitudinal marks 

 placed transversely at the middle of each. 



The body is rather broad, not tufted, and the legs are long and 

 slender. The clijpeuts is long and not notched at the front margin. 

 The prothorax is subcircular, with the sides and base uniformly 

 rounded and the hind angles obliterated. The dorsal carinre are 

 nearly parallel and not sharp, and there is a broad oblique im- 

 pression on each side behind the middle. The smtdhim is long 

 and narrow, and the eJijtra are striated, with the hind margins 

 straight. The terminal spiracles are placed upon minute but 

 sharply produced tubercles. The piifjidium is extremely smooth 

 and shining, but bears fine annular punctures. The front tibia 

 is armed with five sharp equidistant teeth, and the tarsi are very 

 long, the basal joint of the hind tarsus being about twice as long 

 as the second. 



Length 6 mm. ; breadth 3'5 mm. 



Assam (teste Moser). 



Tif2^e in the Paris jNluseum ; that of propygidialis in coll. Moser. 



The known specimens of this species appear to me to be all 

 males. 



223. Dasyvalgus insiilaris, sp. n. 



Black, with rather scattered greyish scales above and beneath, 

 aggregated near the middle of each elytron to form a transverse 

 patch, which is produced forwards interiorly along the second 

 interstice. 



The body is robust and the legs moderately long. The ch/peits 

 is shining and feebly bilobed. The sides of the prothora.v are 

 strongly rounded in front and nearly straight behind : the hind 

 angles are obtuse and the base strongly rounded. The dorsal 

 carinae are nearly parallel and end in a pair of tufts near the middle 

 of the disc, and there are four posterior tufts. The scntellum is 

 long and narrow. The ehjtra are deeply striated, scarcely tufted, 

 and separately rounded at the hind margins. The ^propygidium 

 bears two slight tufts behind and the terminal spiracles are 

 scarcely elevated. The front tibia is rather short and broad, the 

 1st, 2ud and 3rd teeth are long, the 4th broad and laminiform, 

 and the 5th stout but prominent. The tarsi are not very long. 



