XI. THE ANTHRIBIDAE IN THE INDIAN 



MUSEUM. 



By K. Jordan, Ph.D. 



The Anthribidae of continental India are but little known. 

 The majority of the species of this family being of small size and! 

 as a rule, of a cryptic colouration, it requires some skill and experi- 

 ence in order to be successful in collecting these beetles. The 

 number of species described from the Malayan Islands is much 

 larger than that of forms known from India. Fewer Anthribidae 

 have been recorded from continental India inclusive of Burma and 

 Tenasserim than from Perak, for instance. The superiority in 

 Anthribidae of the Malayan countries over India is, I think, more 

 apparent, however, than real, being mainly due to the better ex- 

 ploration by experienced collectors of the Malay Peninsula and the 

 Sunda Islands. 



As many of the Indian species are of large or medium size, we 

 may safely assume that the species recorded fall far short in number 

 of the species actually existing, especially in the case of small forms. 

 Although the family is very poorly represented in the Palaearctic 

 Region and therefore cannot be expected to occur in abundance at 

 the higher altitudes in the Himalayas, the foot-hills and plains un- 

 doubtedly harbour a much larger number than have as yet been 

 found. There are a few dozen of still undescribed Indian Anthri- 

 bidae in the British Museum, particularly in the Fry collection, 

 which contains a first set of the Coleoptera collected bv W. Doherty 

 in Assam and Burma. But even with these included the total 

 remains excessively small. 



Besides the forms here enumerated the Indian Museum con- 

 tains nine species which are only represented by unique specimens 

 (some badly preserved) and which, for various reasons, cannot be 

 identified or described at present. 



The types of the new forms, if not otherwise stated, are in the 

 Indian Museum. 



Eugigas, Thoms. (1857). 



The buccal plate (or labiophore) bears a large median tooth. 



I. Eugigas goliathus, Thoms. (1857). 



ihus^ Thorns., Arch. Ent. i, p. 436, t. ] 

 'ava). 



One & from Sinkip Is., off Sumatra {Moti Ram). 



Eugigas goliathus, Thoms., Arch. 'Ent. 1 p. 4^6 t r? ficr 2 q 

 (1857) (Java). ,P ^^ , . 7, .. . V 



