166 CUECFLIONID.^. 



stria. Elytra broadly ovate, with a distinct humeral fold, slightly- 

 broader behind the middle, strongly compressed posteriorly, the 

 apex sharply miicronate in both sexes, linely punctato-striate, 

 the intervals broad and convex, the setje very short and depressed, 

 more noticeable on tlie declivity. 



Lcnrith, S 6-6^, $ 7-7^ min. ; breadth, S 2|-3, $ 3:l-3| mm. 



Madras : Pondicherry ; Malabar ; Pillur, 500U ft., Nilgiri 

 Hills {Gapt. A. K. Weld Doivnimj). 



Type $ in the .Stockliolm Museum. 



125. Sympiezomias hispidns, sp. nov. 



Colour black, densely clothed with intermingled black and grey 

 scales, tlie latter predominating at the sides and often having a 

 coppery reflexion. 



In general appearance and structure very similar to S. acutl- 

 pennis. Boh,, but readily distinguished by tlie presence of erect 

 setae on the elytra, especially in the apical half ; in addition to 

 this, the prothorax is more coarsely sculptured, the posterior 

 declivity of the elytra slopes much more gradually, and its outline 

 is straight and not sinuated. 



Length, 6-9 mm,; breadth, 2|-4 mm. 



Madras: Parambikulam, 1700-3200 ft.. Cochin State {F. H. 

 Gravelij). 



Type in the Indian Museum, 



126. Sympiezomias lividus, sp. nov. 



Colour black or piceous, with dense greyish scaling, varied with 

 small vague darker markings, or else with brownish scaling 

 and paler markings ; the scales generally with a pale greenish 

 reflexion. 



Head convex, with fine scattered puuctation. Hostrwn with a 

 distinct doi'sal impression and the usual central furrovv', Fro- 

 tliorax slightly broader than loug, the sides more rounded and 

 narrower in front in the 5 than in the S , the upper sur- 

 face with shallow snbconfluent puuctation, usually more or less 

 hidden by the scaling, with a line central furrovv in the basal 

 half and a very shallow lateral impression behind the middle. 

 Elytra with the basal maigin only slightly raised, the humeral 

 prominence distinct, having almost the appearance of a true 

 shoulder, so that the external basal angle is an obtuse angle, the 

 apices not or scarcely mucronate, the strise with comparatively 

 large and deep punctures, the intervals not much broader than 

 the striae, 3 and 5 often broader than the others, the intervals 

 usually of equal height, but sometimes the alternate ones are 

 slightly more raised, the setae inconspicuous. 



Length, 5|-7^ mm. ; breadth, '^h-^k ^"^• 



Madras : Nilgiri Hills {8ir G. Ifampson). 



Types 6 2 ill the British Museum. 



