LQ13-] K. Jordan- A nthribidae m the Indian Miiscuui. 213 



Oriental species, the American species formerly included in Anthri- 

 bus having been separated by me as N eanthribus in 1906. 



38. Anthribus wallacei malaicus, Jord. (1904). 



Anthribus wallacei malaicus, Jord., Nov. Zool. p 230, no. 14 (1904) 

 (Borneo; Sumatra; Malacca). 



A 5 from Borneo ex Mus. Tring. 



This subspecies may be expected to occur northward to Burma. 



39. Anthribus macrocerus macroccrus, Jord. (1904). 



Anthribus macrocerus, Jord., I.e. p. 235, no. 15 (1904) (Sikkim). 

 A cf from Sikkim ex Mus. Tring, 



40. Anthribus macrocerus andamanensis, subsp. nov. 



a" 9 . Capitc, pronoto elytrisque in dor so pube luteo-grisea vestiiis) 

 latcribus magis infuscatis. 



Several specimens of both sexes from the Andamans. 



The light- coloured pubescence of the frons, the centre of the 

 occiput and pronotum and of the interspaces r, 3, 5 and 7 of the 

 elytra contrasts strongl}- with the dark coloured sides. 



Phlocobius, Schonh. (1826). 



Distributed over the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere from 

 West Africa to New Guinea and presumably the Solomon Islands, 

 one species extending northward to Japaii. Some of the species 

 are among the most abundant Anthribids. 



A. Species with the third tarsal segment enlarged. 

 41. Phloeobius alternans, Wied. (1819). 



Anthribus alternans, Wied., Zool. Mag. i. 3, p. 172, no. 22 {1819) 



(Bengal). 

 Anthribus apicalis, Walk., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 3, p. 262 (1859) 



(Ceylon). 



The largest Oriental species of this genus and one of the com- 

 monest. 



Calcutta; Sibsagar (5. /:. Peal); Dacca district {H. E. Staple- 

 ton) ; Maldah, Bengal ; Kandy and Kalutara, Ceylon, i-1908 ; Anda- 

 man Is. 



42. Phloeobius lutosus, sp. nov. 



cr' 5 . A Phloeobio alternante differt tarsorum articulo tertio latinre. 

 Typus ex insula Java in Mus. Tring. 



Distributed from Sikkim to Sumba and Buru. In the 

 Indian Museum two specimens from the Andamans and one ex 

 Mus. Tring from Java. 



