258 CEEAMBTCID.E. 



the (S , slightly past the apex in the $ . First joint of the hind 

 tarsus about equal in length to the remaining joints united. 



Length 9-11 ; breadth 24-3 mm. 



Hab. Southern India : Nilgiri Hills, Madras. 



295. Perissus dohertii, sp. n. 



Head, prothorax and elytra densely covered with j'ellowish-grey 

 pubescence ; the elytra marked each with a small dark brown spot 

 close to the shoulder, another at the side just behind the shoulder ; 

 a narrow dark brown band crosses the disc obliquely backwards 

 from near the suture to the side and there is slightly bent round ; 

 a second narrow dark brown band crosses the disc transversely a 

 little behind the middle; body beneath covered with luteous-white 

 pubescence ; legs and antenn?e reddish. Antennae of 5 less than 

 half the length of the body ; third joint slightly shorter than the 

 first, longer than the fourth, sixth to tenth gradually thicker, 

 Prothorax ovate-cylindrical, narrowed at base, almost as w"ide in 

 the middle as the base of the elytra. Elytra parallel-sided. The 

 femora of 5 extend a little past the apex of the elytra. 



Length 8 ; breadth 2 mm. 



Hab. Manipur (Doherti/), 



296. Perissus myops, CJieir. Mem. Soc. R. Sci. de Licfje, sviii, p. 267 



(1863). 



Eather narrow ; densely covered above with ashy-grey pubes- 

 cence ; prothorax with two small black spot? just before the 

 middle ; scutelhim white ; elytra mai'ked along each side Avith 

 three large, nearly equidistant, black spots ; these spots extend 

 from the outer margin up to or a little beyond the middle of the 

 disc, the first behind the shoulder, the second at the middle, the 

 third at some distance from the apex ; body beneath covered with 

 ashy-white pubescence at the sides ; abdomen with a black band 

 along the middle ; legs and antennae black, faintly covered with 

 ashy-grey pubescence. The antennae reach about to the posterior 

 thu'd of the elytra. Prothorax subcylindrical, longer than broad. 

 Elytra transversely truncate at the apex, outer angles subacute, 

 the sutural ones obtuse. 



Length 9 ; breadth 2| mm. 



Hab. Ceylon : Dikoya district {G. Lewis). 



This species at first sight might be readily mistaken for Dcmonax 

 wallceri, Pasc, owing to its great similarity in size, form, colour 

 and markings, and attention should be paid to the generic differ- 

 ence in the .structure of the head and antennae in order to 

 distinguish between them, 



297. Perissus parvulus, sp. n. 



Blackish brown, varying sometimes to reddish brown ; antennae 

 with the first few joints testaceous, the rest dark brown ; pro- 



