Head entirely impunctate, the vertex convex, deeply and broadly 

 sulcate in front of the eyes, clypeus separated by a transverse 

 groove, impunctate, transversely subquadrate, antennae short, the 

 lower five joints fulvous, the rest black, the fifth to the last joint 

 gradually widened, the basai one long and thickened, subcylindri- 

 cal, third joint thinner and slightly longer than the second one; 

 thorax transverse, the anterior rnargin nearly straight, the poste- 

 rior one obliquely widened at each side, with a very small perpen- 

 dicular notch, the médian lobe broadly rounded, the surface with a 

 few minute punctures at the middle of the dise, latéral margins 

 nearly straight, the anterior angles strongly pointed, scutellum 

 ovate; elytra wider at the base than the thorax, their epipleurse very 

 broad, finely but distinctly punctured in closely approached, irre- 

 gular rows, the sides near the shoulders slightly thickened and 

 impunctate at the base, the latéral rnargin accompanied by a row 

 of deeper punctures, femora moderately thickened, posterior tibise 

 mucronate, the others unarmed, prosternum rather broad, subqua- 

 drate, anterior cavities closed. 



This is the third species of this genus first described by myself in 

 the Genoa Annals 1889 from an insect from Birmah, the présent 

 species bas entirely the appearence of an Argopus or Sphœroderma, 

 the perpendicular notches at the base of the thorax can only be 

 seen under astrong lens; there are eight spécimens before me. 



PODONTIA CONGREGATA Baly. 



This species has been described by the author in the Annals and 

 Mag. Natur. Hist. 1865 without its « habitat » being known at the 

 time; as the insect has been obtained by M' H. E. Andrewes in 

 Kanara in India and I hâve compared it with Baly's type in the 

 British Muséum, the locality is now fixed; other spécimens now 

 before me from the Nilgheri Hills are ail difïerently marked than 

 the type, but I cannot find any structural différences ofany impor- 

 tance to separate the insects specifically from Baly's species; the 

 latter has flavous elytra wilh numerous black reticulations along 

 the suture (forming a broad band) and near the latéral margins 

 only, in the spécimens now before me thèse reticulations or net- 

 work of black Unes occupies the entire dise and is sometimes arran- 

 ged in closely approached longitudinal Unes and occupying the 

 rows of punctures; I may further add, that the elaws in this species 

 can scarcely be called « bifid », there is only a very small division 

 visible at the base of each claw which almost makes them appear as 

 simple, the prosternum also is only emarginate at the, surface of 

 the base, but the basai rnargin itself is nearly straight. 



