1916. | F. H. Gravety : Lignicolous Beetle-Larvae. 141 
Episphenus neelgherriensis (Percheron). 
Localities.—Nilgiri Hills: Ootacamund, 7500 ft. 
Mysore Bababudin Hills, 4000-5000 ft. 
Cochin State : Kavalai, ca. 1300-3000 ft. 
The lengths of the various larvae in the collection vary from 
11-35 mm. 
The head is almost devoid of any indication of hairs on the 
dorsal surface except for about 5-7 long ones in a row behind 
each antenna, 5 being apparently the normal number. 
The arrangement of the hairs on the thorax and abdomen 
seems to be less constant than is usual. The tenth abdominal 
segment always bearsacircumanal ring. In the smallest specimens 
each segment in front of it bears dorsal and lateral pairs of hairs, 
of which the former are much the strongest; and the first thoracic 
segment bears in addition a line of about three hairs in each an- 
terior angle. All these hairs may be retained in large larvae; but 
more usually the first thoracic segment bears only two hairs situated 
laterally side by side, being without dorsal hairs, the second thora- 
cic segment bears none at all, the third thoracic and first abdomi- 
nal segments each bear the dorsal pair only, and the second to 
ninth abdominal segments bear both dorsal and lateral pairs. 
The whole body is smooth as in young larvae of the preceding 
species. 
Episphenus indicus (Stoliczka). 
Localities. —Mysore: Bababudin Hilis, 4000-5000 it. 
Anamalai Hills, 5000 ft., 
Cochin State: Kavalai, ca. 1300-3000 it. 
The lengths of all the larvae of this species that I have before 
me are about 35-50 mm. There are no really small specimens 
among them. The head is more uniformly covered with fine hair 
than is that of the preceding species, which it resembles as regards 
the hairs behind the antennae. The thorax and abdomen are 
more or less covered with moderately long pile, especially later- 
ally ; but there are no definite tufts as in large larvae of Pleurarius 
brachyphyllus. ‘The thorax is without prominent hairs. The first 
seven abdominal segments each bear two hairs (abnormally one or 
three) situated dorsally rather close together one below the other. 
The eighth and ninth abdominal segments bear none. The tenth 
bears the usual circumanal ring. 
Ophrygonius cantori, Percheron, subsp. convexifrons, Zang. 
Locality.—Assam: Shillong, Khasi Hills, 5500-6400 ft. 
Four specimens, all about 22 mm. jong. Both head and body 
are covered, except near the mid-ventralline of most of the abdomi- 
nalsegments, with somewhat thickly scattered coarse hairs, but there 
is no true pile. Longer and thicker hairs are present on the head 
in a row behind the antennae in the lateral angles of the frons. On 
