ig4 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. VIII, 



c^ pygidio polito, impundato , paiilo bigibboso, apice emarginato , 

 basi medio fossulato ; 9 pygidio fortiter punctato , apice profunde 

 fisso. 



Long. 5 — 6 mm. Lat. max. 3 — 3'5 mm. 



Hab. Assam: Khasi Hills; Upper Rotung, 1400 ft. 



This has an extremely close resemblance to the Malayan species 

 P. ritsemae, Har... of which it has the same size^ shape and sculp- 

 ture. The two may be distinguished by examination of the 

 pygidium. This in the (apparent) male of P. hindu is very smooth 

 and bigibbose, the apex being deeply indented as in P. ritsemae, 

 while the basal furrow has a large pit in the middle, so that the 

 pygidium is partially divided into two lateral halves. In the other 

 sex^ the basal pit is hardly visible, but the apical notch is ver^'' 

 deep, reaching to the middle of the segment, and the whole sur- 

 face of the latter is strongly punctured. The metasternum is very 

 distinctly punctured in its posterior median part and the suture 

 between the meso- and metasternum, which is angular in P. rit- 

 semae, is almost straight, or gently curved, in P. hindu. 



Specimens of the two forms were found together by Mr. Kemp 

 under bark and in rotten wood in January at 1400 ft. alt., but the 

 male is represented by a single specimen only. Three males from 

 the Khasi Hills (taken in July, 1894) previously existed in the 

 British Museum and one of these is the type of the new species, 



18. Catharsius molossus, L. 



Sadiya, N. E. Assam, 24-28-xi-i9ii ; Kobo, 400 ft., 30-xi- 



1911. 

 This large and common beetle is probably one of the most 

 familiar of all Oriental insects. 



19. Copris magicus, Har, 



Rotung, 1400 ft,, 3i-xii-i9ii. One specimen was found by 

 Mr. Kemp under a stone. 



20. Onitis philemon, F. 

 Sadiya, N. E. Assam, 24 — 28-xi-i9ii. A single specimen. 



21. Oniticellus vertagus, F. 



Sadiya, N. E. Assam, 23-xi-i9ii. A number of examples were 

 found on cow-dung by Mr. Kemp. 



22. Onthophagus tarandus, F. 



One specimen was found together with the preceding. It 

 appears to be a common species throughout India. 



