the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (91) 467 

 Triplax hsemastoma. 



Triplax hcemastoma, Lac. Erot. 208. 



Madagascar. 



Mentaim quadi-ate, broadest in front and acuminate in the 

 middle ; ventral process acuminate, no coxal line ; metasternum 

 canaliculate; mesosternura depressed; prosternum witli the pro- 

 cess narrow, parallel margined, deflexed. 



Triplax cruentipennis.* 



Triplax cruentipenyiis, Lac. Erot. 205. 

 Brazil. 



Intermediate coxal line visible, metasternum sparingly punc- 

 tate. 



Triplax indica, sp. n. 



Oblonga, fulva, antennis (basi excepto) pectore elytrisque 

 nigris; capite fortiter puuctato, vertice Iteviore, thorace subtrans- 

 verso, lateribus rotundatis, basi bisinuato, fortius parce punctato; 

 elytris 8 — 9 punctato-striatis, interstitiis parce sed fortiter punc- 

 tatis; abdomine metasternoque fortiter punctatis. L. 2 lin, 



India. 



Antennse elongate, 3rd joint long, club lax. 



Triplax apicata, sp. n. 



Oblonga, parallela, nitida, laate rufa, clypeo, antennis, pedibus, 

 elytrisque dimidio apicali nigris ; capite thoraceque parce punctatis, 

 elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis parce punctatis ; abdomine 

 metasterno epistei-nisque sat fortiter punctatis. L. 3 — 3^ lin. 



India, Nepaul. I have seen specimens labelled "Xatal," but 

 doubtless erroneously. 



The thorax is margined at the base, the prosternum not keeled 

 or raised before the coxje, the process finely margined and arcuate ; 

 the tibiae are slightly dilated and setose; the maxillary palpi 

 dilated, last joint very short and broad; antennse rather short, 

 club 3-jointed, 3rd joint scarcely longer than 2nd. 



Triplax coccinea* 



?Iscl,yrusflavus, Mots. Et. Eat. 18G6, 116. 



Oblonga, convexa, Ifete rufa; capite thoraceque parce punctatis, 

 abdomine metasterno epistemisque fortiter punctatis. L. 3 lin. 



India. 



Thorax margined at the base; head bi-impressed ; antennse 

 elongate, 3rd joint conspicuously longer than the 2nd, club 3- 

 jointed, lax. 



