AMPHORTGMA. 281 



narrow :ind impuuctate when the scahng is intact, the intervals 

 broad and smooth, the dorsal ones with single rows of short stiii' 

 erect bristles. Legs piceous or ferruginous, with dense pale 

 scaling. 



Length, 2-3 mm. ; breadth, \-l^ mm. 



Madras: Ouchterlony Yalle)% 250(V3000 ft., Nilgiri Hills 

 {11. L. Andrewes, Capt. A. K. W. Downing) ; Teppukadu, 2500 ft., 

 Nilgiris {Ayidrewes). 



Type $ in the British Museum. 



Genus AMPHORYGMA, nov. 



Type, Amphorygma nilgirensis, sp. nov. 



Allied to Caiorygwa, Mshl., and diiiering only in the follow nig 

 respects : — 



Head not very broad, narrower than the widest part of the 

 prothorax ; the eyes subdorsal, much closer together, compara- 

 tively large and only slightly convex. Rostrum roundly dilated 

 towards the apex, whicli is not emarginate ; the scrobes broad, 

 dorsal and curving inwards. 



Range. Southern India, Ceylon. 



A noticeable feature of rhese two genera is the low position of 

 the femoral tooth. 



25;'>. Amphorygma nilgirensis, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with dense brownish-grey scaling and vague 

 darker markings on the dislc of tlie elytra. 



Fig. 88. — Amplioriiguta nUgirensh, Mshl. 



Head with the forehead broader than the space between the 

 scrobes, almost plane and with very short erect seta?. Rostrum 

 almost as long as broad, witli a shallow longitudinal impression 

 above and a narrow carina along the inner edge of the scrobe. 

 Antennas with joint 1 of the funicle a little longer and thicker 

 than 2, the remaining joints subequal and transverse. FrotJiora.r 

 about as loug as broad, subcylindrical, the sides slightly rounded, 



