480 Mr. F. Bates's descriptions of 



tibia} finely denticulate at outer edge, the outer apical angle 

 strongly dentiform: intermediate tarsi feebly dilated, the joints 

 longer than broad : epi^jleural fold continued to the apex of elytra. 



Chianalus costipennis, n. sp. 



$ Oblong-ovate, dark broAvn; head rather strongly and closely 

 punctured; prothorax transverse, feebly convex, Avider at base 

 than apex, sides well rounded, a little uneven, margins narrowly 

 depressed; finely punctured, foveate at each side of the disc, and 

 a depression at each side at the base; the angles obtuse: elytra 

 oval, suture costiform, and on each elytron four stout costa?, 2-3 

 miited before the apex and continued as but one; the intervals 

 also each with a fainter costa ; finely granulose-punctate, rugulose 

 and hispid. 



9 All the costa3 on elytra sul)e([ual. Length $ h^ lines ; 

 9 5^6 lines. 

 Dras, Karoil and Leh, 



MYATis, n. gen. {Platyscclides), 



Head very short and transverse, epistoma truncated nearly 

 level with base of antenuaj: prothorax variable, usually curvedly 

 narrowed in front, subparallel behind ; front angles obtuse, hind 

 angles acute: elytra oblong, gently convex, shoulders more or 

 less oblique, humeral angle prominent, sometimes dentiform; 

 sides feebly rounded, narrowed and gently dechvous behind ; a 

 httle hispid at the apex and sides: intermediate tarsi scarcely 

 at all dilated: intermediate tibiae in $ thickened behind and, 

 as well as the hind tibia;, densely fringed within with silky 

 golden yellow hairs, the pro- and meso-sterna are not nearly vo 

 convex, or bulged out, as in the other genera of the group: the 

 epi pleural fold does not reach the apex of elytra. 



Jifyatis liumeralis, n. sp." 



Oblong, pitchy-brown, head and prothorax nitid: hearl finely 

 punctured, pubescent at sides and behind: epistoma squarely 

 truncated in front and ciliated: prothorax gently convex, nearly 

 as long as broad, finely uniformly punctured, narrowed in front, 

 slightly incurved behind, hind angles i^rominent, subacute, out- 

 wardly directed: elytra a little expanded to behind the middle, 



