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Head yellow, antennse paipi and mandibles black. Thorax elon- 

 gate, twice as long as wide in front, yellow above, the sides and 

 underside are black, constricted below the middle, but not very 

 much cornpressed. The thorax is wider in front in the example 

 with the antennse with shorter rami, and the third joint nearly 

 simple. In the maie the fifth abdominal segment is eut out in 

 a small semicircle shewing a small sixth segment. The colours and 

 punctuation appear the same in both sexes. 



Gallimerus nilgirianus n. sp. — C. hydnoceroidem refe- 

 rens, at major et latior, niger, elytrorum disco basi et usque ad 

 maculam albidam fusco-brunneis, lateribus et apice piceis, punctis 

 duobus oblique sitis ante médium, et macula lunulata fasciam fere 

 prebente albo-squamosis, antennis et palpis rufis, pedibus rufo- 

 piceis vel piceis; capite prothoraceque perobsolete minute punc- 

 tatis; elytrorum disco fere lœvi, lateribus minute, crebre ac 

 confluenter punctatis. — Long. 9-10 millim. 



Mas. Tibiis posticis juxta apicem dentioulo parvulo externe 

 armatis. 



Hah. India, Nilgiri Hills. Beating; Upper slopes. 



The gênerai colour of this species is blackish, with the anlennse 

 palpi and legs yellow, the mandibles and tarsi dark, the elytra 

 hâve each two dots obliquely placed, the inner one uearest Ihe base, 

 and a larger lunate fascia, not reaching the margln or suture, 

 formed of white scales. Their colour is of a dirty testaceous or bone 

 colour as far as the fascia, excepting the margins which with the 

 apical third are obscurely pitchy-black. The body beneath is den- 

 sely clothed with white scales. The whole insect is sometimes 

 more infuscate, and the legs are then dark, and the white spots 

 especially the two dots are absent when worn. The punctuation 

 is obsolète, that of the elytra being only visible under a strong lens. 

 The scutellum is clothed wish ashy hairs, and the whole insect is 

 very finely pubescent, The posterior tibiaein ail the five spécimens 

 sent bave a small tooth immediately before the apex extenially. 

 The length of the antennse in this genus is nearly the same in ail 

 species, i. e. about as long as the head from the base to the tip of 

 the mandibles, 



Gallimerus filiformis n. sp. — Elongatus, filiformis, niger; 

 ore, palpis, antennis pedibusque, pallide flavis, partim infuscatis, 

 elytris subviridibus, pube grisea tenuiter vestitis. — Long. 6-7 mill. 



Hah. India, Nilgiri Hills. Beating; Upper slopes. 



Very much more altenuated than any species yct described in 

 this genus. The head is black with the mouth and trophi and the 

 antennes pale yellow, the crown obsoletely and sparsely, the epistome 



