TYLornoLis. 157' 



femora clavate, unarmed, the middle pair more slender than the 

 othei'S ; tarsi rather slender, the tliird joint dilated, the claws 

 connate. 



llanr/e. India. 



Distinguished from Sympiezomias and Lej^tomia by the squamose 

 corbels of the hind tibiae, the structure of the submentum, and by 

 the rounded boss in the middle of each scale. 



Ki')/ to the Species. 



1 (2) Head not impressed behind the eyes, 



which are flat ; base of the prothorax 



not niarginate hctUardi^ sp. n., p. 157. 



2 (1) Head transversely impressed behind the 



eyes, which are prominent ; base of the 



prothorax distinctly marginate obovata, sp. n., p. 168. 



118. Tylopholis ballardi, sp. nov. 



Black, with uniform pale grey scaling above and below, and 

 usually with an indistinct paler lateral stripe on the elytra ; the 

 scales round and overlapping. 



Head rather strongly convex transversely, the rugose sculp- 

 turing entirely hidden by the scaling, which also almost conceals 

 the frontal stria. liostnmi a little broader than long, broadest at 

 the base and distinctly narrowed in front, the upper surface 

 almost flat, with a partly concealed central furrow in the basal 



Fig. bO.— Tylopholis hallardi, Mshl. 



half, and on each side a very faint ridge running from above the 

 antenna obliquely backwards and in\\ards, the dorsal margins 

 rounded. Antenna' testaceous brown, with the scape moderately 

 curved ; the funicle with joint 1 distinctly longer and stouter 

 than 2, the remainder short, bead-like and gradually widening 

 outwardly. Prothorax distinctly broader than long, the sides sub- 

 parallel from the base for a short distance and thence narrowed 

 to the apes, without any basal or apical constriction ; the upper 



