ZOODES. 



117 



ante-median and post-median black fascios are broader and more 

 distinct and joined at their inner ends with a longitudinal black 

 streak, while the space between them is of a distinctly paler colour 

 than the rest of the elytra. 



Lenijth 17-24 ; breadth d-Q>\ mm. 



Hah. S. India : Anaimalai Hills {H. L. Amlreiues). 



112. Zoodes fulguratus, sp. n. 



2 . Yellowish brown, the elytra of a paler, somewhat 

 whitish colour ; faintly covered with short grey pnbesceuce and 

 furnished besides with long scattered hairs, especially on the 

 miderside ; head marked on the front with a triangular black spot 

 which extends between the antennal supports and joins a trans- 

 verse black spot on the vertex ; prothorax with the front and hind 

 margins, two short bands on the disc extending from the base to 

 the middle and a few spots on each side, blackish brown ; elytra 

 each with the sutural and lateral borders, a short oblique vitta at 

 the base, two zigzag bands, placed one before the other, at some 

 distance behind the middle and a line joining the inner ends of 

 these two bands, dark brown ; the space between the zigzag bands 

 somewhat paler than the rest of the elytron. Prothorax with 

 a small tubercle at the front end of each of the two discal bands, 

 and some granules along the bands. Elytra rounded and unarmed 

 at the apex, each with two slightly raised dorsal lines. 



Lenf/fh 22 ; breadth 6 mm. 



Hah. Upper Burma : Maymyo (Bingham) ; Ruby Mines 

 (Dohertij). 



113. Zoodes nilgiriensis, sp. n. 



(5 . Dark brown, rather densely covered above with short 

 greyish -tawny pubescence ; elyti'a with a darker patch on each a 

 little behind the middle, enclosing an irregular pale yellow band 

 or spot, which is variable in size and some- 

 times almost obsolete. Antennae more than 

 one-third longer than the body ; first joint 

 gradually thickened from the base, feebly 

 depressed in front near the base. Prothorax 

 broad in front, gradually narrow-ed from 

 the middle to the base ; the disc with two 

 feeble tubercles before the middle, a short 

 median impression near the base, and 

 another feeble impression on each side. 

 Elytra rounded, or sometimes subtruncate 

 at the apex. Body beneath and legs 

 covered with short grey pubescence inter- 

 mixed with some longer hairs. 

 2 . Reddish brown, the elytra marked as in the d • Antenna 

 a little longer than the body. Prothorax narrowed in front as 

 well as towards the base, rounded at the middle of each side ; the 



Fig. 46. — Zoodes 

 nilgiriensis, Gabau, i^. 



