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which is scarcely narrower than the base, the basal margin trun- 

 cate, finely coriaceous above and with a fine central stria which 

 does not reach the apex. ScuteUum transverse. Elytra rather 

 narrow, jointly sinuate at the base, parallel-sided from the 

 shoulders to beyond the middle ( d )> the apices each with a small 

 divergent mucro, puuctato-striate, the punctures not diminishing 

 behind, the intervals broad, smooth and slightly convex : the setae 

 short and subdepressed, but forming a slightly longer apical 

 fringe. Legs with dense pale scaling; the hind tibia; not pro- 

 duced at the inner apical angle and with the corbels scarcely 

 ascending the dorsal edge. 



2 unkno\\"n. 



Length, 5| nun. ; breadth, 2 mm. 



Bombay TMatheran, 2500 ft. 



Tijpe S iu the British Museum. 



Genus TYLOPHOLIS, nov. 



Type, Tylopholis hallardi, sp. nov. 



Head convex, the eyes quite lateral. Rostrum short, but longer 

 than the head, scarcely broader than the forehead at the base, 

 curved downwards, the outline of the low-er surface not parallel 

 with the upper, but sinuate and forming a rounded acute angle 

 Avith the underside of the head ; the apex shallowly emarginate 

 in the middle, the scrobe hnear and rather sharply curved down- 

 wards at some distance in front of the eye ; mentum rather 

 deeply sunk, trapeziform, with an oblique carina on each side and 

 two stout setse near the front mai'gin ; submentum perpendicular 

 to the plane of the mentum and with two rounded impressions. 

 Antenna; with the scape rather short, impunctate, cylindrical, 

 slender and sharply clavate, directed so much downwards at rest 

 that it scarcely reaches the anterior margin of the eye ; funicle 

 with the two basal joints longer, the rest bead-like, the club 

 4-jointed. Prothorax with the basal margin truncate or rounded, 

 broader than the apex. ScuteUum small, but distinct. Elytra 

 jointly truncate at the base, the basal margin raised and not 

 broader than the base of the prothorax, shoulders entirely absent, 

 stria 10 coalescing Avith 9 for a short distance above the hind 

 coxse, the lateral margin not notched near the base. Sternum with 

 the front coxae separated and nearer the anterior margin of the 

 presternum ; mesepiineron narrow, much smaller than its epister- 

 num ; uietasternum not longer than the median coxa3, the episternal 

 suture distinct throughout. Venter with the inter-coxal process 

 rounded and much narrower than the coxa, segment 2 much 

 longer than 3-|-4 and separated from 1 by a curved line. Legs 

 moderate, the front pair not longer than the others ; the front 

 tibiae denticulate internally, the anterior pairs with a perpen- 

 dicular apical mucro, but not the hind pair, the corbels of which 

 are broadly enclosed and partly covered with scales internally ; 



