214 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voiv, IX, 



On the whole more ochiaceous than P. alter nans ^ with the 

 l)lack tessellation of the elytra less distinct. The luteoiis central 

 area of the pronotum anteriorly narrower, the two pale dots placed 

 at each side of it nsually rather prominent, and the apical patch 

 of the elytra darker. The second and third tarsal segments are 

 much broader than in P. alternans, the third being as broad as the 

 first segment is long. 



43. Phloeobius albimaculatus, Allard (1895). 



PhlcBohius (!) albimaculatus, Allard, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 104, no. 2 

 (1895) (Therrawaddy). 

 Rangoon (C. /. Blight), one $ . 



B. Species with the third tarsai. segment 



COMPARATIVELY SMALL. 



44. Phloeobius pilipes, Jord. (1895). 



Phloeobius pallipes ab. pilipes, Jord., Stett. Ent. Zeit. p. 198 (1895) 

 (Sumatra). 

 A small cf from the Andamans, a new locahty for this species. 



45. Phloeobius pallipes, Jord. (1895). 



Phloeobius pallipes, Jord., I.e. p. 197, no. 90 (1895) (Perak, 



Sumatra). 



x\ series from the Andamans, a new record. 



The species was originally described from a small cf and a 2 . 

 The antenna of this cf is short, approaching the 2 antenna in pro- 

 portions. In larger cf cf the antenna resembles that of the cf of 

 P. gigas, whereas in the cf of P. pilipes the end-segment is much 

 straighter. P. pilipes further differs from pallipes in the frons 

 being broader and bearing a blackish transverse mark, the upper 

 lobe of the eye being somewhat narrower, the pronotum bearing 

 centrall}^ light and dark semicircular arcs, and the pubescence of 

 the tibiae being longer, 



46. Phloeobius gigas nigroungulatus, Gylh. (1833). 



Anthribus nigroungulatus , Gylh., in Schonh., Oen. Cure, i, p. 133, 



no. 6 (1833) (China). 



A pair without locality, and a 5 from Kurseong, 5000 ft. 



I have onl}'^ seen a limited number of specimens of nigroungu- 

 latus (inclusive of the type-specimen) and am not yet certain about 

 its range of variation. P. pallipes may possibly be a form of 

 nigroungulatus with particularly large black tufts. 



Basitropis, Jekel (1855). 



An Oriental genus which extends to the Malagassic subregion, 

 if coqiiereli, Faim. (1880), tessellata, Boh. (1859) and tuberidorsis, 



