igai.] H. E. Andrewes: Fauna of Barkuda I. 347 



species described by Schmidt-Goebel in his Faunula Coleopterorum 

 Birmaniae. 



r- A fairly coimnon species which is found from S. India to 

 Hongkong. Specimens have been taken in the Nilgiri Hills {H. L. 

 Andrcives) in a toad- stool, and others in the Forest Research Inst., 

 Dehra Dim, were taken under sal bark. 



2 ex. (F. H. Gravely). Dr. Gravely also took an example on 

 Gopkuda Island. 



35. Tetragonoderus quadrinotatus, F. 

 Suppl. Ent. Syst., 1798, 55. 

 A common Indian and Ceylon species. 

 I ex. (F. H. Gravely). 



Velinda, gen. nov. 



J^igula short, quadrate, bisetose at apex, paraglossae wanting 

 (or completely fused with the ligula). Mentum wide, edentate, 

 sinus wide and shallow, epilobes well developed, lobes rounded 

 externally and bluntly pointed at apex. Maxillae curved, sharp, 

 ciliate, stipes with two long setae on outer margin, one at base, 

 the other at a third from apex. Maxillary palpi cylindrical, glab- 

 rous, last joint obliquely truncate at apex, two and a half times 

 as long as penultimate; labials with penultimate joint widening 

 from base to apex, bisetose, apical joint tapering at extremities, 

 half as long again as penultimate. Mandibles short, curved, sharp, 

 right one with a small tooth in middle and another at base. Anten- 

 nae moniliform, pilose from 4 to apex, i wider and a little longer 

 than 3, 2 half as long as i, from 3 decreasing slightly in length 

 towards apex, 11 a little longer than 10. Labrum short, sexsetose, 

 a longitudinal ridge along median line, front margin arcuate ; 

 clypeus bisetose. Eyes moderatelj' prominent. Head longitu- 

 dinally striate. Prothorax cordate, side margin slightly angled at 

 a fourth from apex, with a seta at angle, a pore visible at hind 

 angle (seta probably abraded), base slightly produced in middle. 

 Elytra truncate at apex, three tactile setae along each side margin, 

 one behind shoulder, one behind middle, and one before the trun- 

 cature. Apex of last ventral segment with two setae on each side. 

 Fourth joint of tarsi entire, claws faintly dentate. Upper side 

 (except head) shortly setose, under side glabrous. 



Allied to Dromius, but in that genus the ligula is sexsetose, 

 the antennae filiform, and the sculpture of the upper surface quite 

 different. 



36. Velinda lirata, sp. nov. 



Length 375 mm. Width 130 mm. Piceous: prothorax 

 dark red ; antennae, buccal organs, a basal spot on each elytron, 

 a common apical spot (just divided by the darker suture) and 

 margin of elytra, sterna, median part of ventral surface, and legs 

 testaceous; a transverse dark line in front of each ventral seg- 

 ment. 



