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ON GOLEOPTERA COLLEGTEI) IN INDIA 

 by MM. [I.-E. and H.-L. Andrewes 



Familles MALACODERMATA, EROTYLIDE, ENDOMYCHID^ 

 and COCGINELLID/E 



By Kev. Il.-S. Gorlinui, F. Z. .S. 



Member of the Entomological Societies of France, Belgium aud Loudon. 



The présent paper is a sequel to one published by me in the 

 Belgian Annals for 1895, givlng an account of beetles collected by 

 M^ H.-E. Andrewes and Bell in the Madras Presidency of India. 



Since then M. Andrewes has received for thèse collections from 

 M'. Bell, and also a collection from his nephew M'. H.-L. Andrewes 

 in the Nilgiri tiills at Coonor, and a few from the Anamalais Hills. 



Among thèse were several interesting new species, of which I 

 may notice the FaUtn Andrewesi and another Fatua (not contained 

 in thèse collections) wilh very short antennfe. This latter may 

 prove worthy of being given generic rank ; I may mention that 

 having dissected thèse insecls I find Ihe two sexes aro very much 

 alike externally in both, but the maies in. the larger species hâve 

 very much longer antennœ, whereas in F. brevicornis they are of 

 the same length. 



Subfam. LYGIDES. 

 Lyeostomiis prœustus F. Anamalais Hills; 1 ex. 



Lycostomus triangularis Hope. Nilgiri Hills, Anamalais Hills; 

 common. 



Lycostomus modestus C. Waterhouse. Typ. species of Col. in Brit. 

 Mus., I, p. 11. Nilgiri Hills; 1 ex. A rare species apparently. 



Ditoneces nilgirensis n. sp. — Niger subnitidus, prothorace 

 brevissime brunneo-pubescente, angulis posticis acutis, marginibus 

 reflexis, disco postice profundius impresso, elytris sanguineis, 

 antennarum articulo ultimo (maris ad apicem, feminse toto) flavo, 

 scutello nigro. — Long. 7-9 mill. 



Mas, antennarum articulis tertio ad decimum longe ramosis 

 pubescentibus. 



Femina, antennis acute serratis. 



Hab. India, Nilgiri Hills, 6000 feet (H.-L. Andrewes). 



The thorax in this species is as long, as the width in the middle, 



