TRIKOPHYLUM. 



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lonc^ as the next two united, that ot the hind tarsus almost as long 

 us the remaining joints iniited. Front cox^b rounded ; their 

 acetabuhi open posteriorly and rounded on the outer Bide; the 

 intercoxal process rather narrow, nearly flat, and scarcely dilated 

 postei-iorlv. Acetabuk of middle coxae very narrowly or not all 

 open to the epimera, almost shut off from them by a prolongation 

 of the antero-lateral angles of the metasternum. -bpisterna ot 

 metatliorax gradually retracted posteriorly. 



161. Gelonffitha hirta, Fah-m. (Stvomatimn) Bev. et Mag. de Zool. 



Gploiifetha curtipes, Tho.m. Rev. et Miu/. deZool. 18/8 p. id. 

 Astrimus obseurus, Sharp, Trans. Ent. Soc. 18/ b, p. _U4. 



Eeddish brown to dark brown in colour; scantily clothed with 

 greyish depressed pubescence interspersed with moderately long 

 ^ ^ ^ suberect tawny setiB. Head densely 



punctate, marked above with a feeble 

 mediau groove which extends anteriorly 

 between the antennal supports. Pro- 

 thorax densely rugulose-punctate, some- 

 what sparsely asperate at the sides ; the 

 disc with a' postero - median and two 

 nearly obsolete anterior callosities. Elytra 

 densely punctate, the punctures some- 

 what unequal in size, rather strong on 

 the anterior half and gradually smaller 

 towards tlie apex ; each elytron with one 

 or two feebly raised longitudinal lines. Metasternum, except at 

 the side, and the abdomen very sparsely punctate, lemora 

 almost impunctate : the tibiae punctate. 

 Lenrjth 9-16 ; breadth 2^-4^ mm. 



Hah. Calcutta ; Coromandel Coast ; Nilgiri Hills ; biam ; 

 Philippine Is.; Sandwich Is.; Tahiti. 



Genus TRINOPHYLUM. 



Trinophvlnm, Bates, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 720 ; ul Scientific Results 

 Second Yarkaud Misnon, Col. p. 21 (1890). 



Type, T. crihratxmt. Bates. 



Kanqe. Himalayas from Kashmir to North Assam. 



Head short, with the antennal supports depressed ; the front 

 short and transverse, marked with a foveate impression on each 

 side ; eyes emarginate, not very coarsely facetted, rather distant 

 above. Anleniue of S nearlv"as long as the body; first joint 

 groxluallv clavate, slightly curved : second nearly twice as long as 

 broad ; fourth shorter than the third or fifth : fifth to eleventh 

 subequal in length. Prothorax feel)ly convex or somewhat flat- 

 tened above, rounded at the sides, slightly constricted at the base, 

 a little broader than it is long. Elytra scarcely more than twice 



Fig. 62. — Gdonaiha hirta, 

 Fairm. X ?. 



