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More depressed, the elytra especially flatter than those of 

 0. bnmneus, elongate, and with the sides of the elytra nearly 

 parallel. The whole insect is hairy, the elytra less so, but not 

 shining. Thorax oblong, with an obscure shallow impression, and 

 a few not well defined tubercules in front, rather dark brown, 

 moderately constricted behind ; elytra pale bone colour, variegated 

 with brown, sériai punctaation only represented by the distinct 

 flat-bottomed and shining impressed points, which are elongate, 

 and sometimes brown. The pubescence of the elytra is silky 

 and thicker towarda the apex. About twelve spécimens were 

 obtained. This insect reminds one of Natalis punciipennis Germ. 

 from Chili. 



The latter insect has of course nothing to do with the genus 

 Natalis, but is an Opilo, and is the insect also referred to 

 N. Laplacei, in the Catalogues. There are no Natalis out of the 

 Australian région (cf. Gorh., Gist. Ent., 1876, pp. 70-71, sub Opilo 

 et Natalis). 



I cannot refer either of the two species of Opilo hère described 

 to either Notoxiis imicolor yVhiie, Cat. Chrid., 1849, p. 56, or to 

 Opilus sordidus West,, P. Z. S., 1852, p. 42. Brief and inconclusive 

 as White's description is, the allusions to colour in bolh cases are 

 inconsistent with either of them. 0. hypocaustus Gorh. has pallid 

 elytra, evenly punctate-striate. Compared with the Europacan type 

 0. mollis^ thèse species are hairier, their thoraces are narrower 

 in front. 



Opilo brunneus n. sp. — Totus brunneus, picescens, pube 

 brevi serlcea grisea indutus, parum nitidus prothorace oblongo, 

 disco insequali vix punctato, postice modice constricto, elytris 

 perobsolete punctato-striatis. — Long. 10-13 mill. 



Hah. India, Nilgiri Hills, 6000 feet; at light. 



Of an uniform pitchy-brown colour, scarcely varying in any part, 

 the breast and abdomen being a very little deeper in tint, the tips 

 of the palpi and antennse lighter. The head especially on the crown 

 is clothed with ashy grey hairs; the antennae are of the normal 

 length, being about as long as the head and thorax taken together; 

 the latter is more shining than the rest of the upper surface, not 

 lobed at the sides but irregularly and confluently punctured there, 

 the disk obscurely channelled, widely impressed and wrinkled. The 

 elytra are punctate-striate, but only distinctly so at the base, and 

 from the callus to beyond the middle, and are subcostate; from 

 middle to the apex they are very obsoletely striate-puuctate, and 

 semi-opaque. The underside is smooth and shining, and only very 

 finely punctured. The legs are very hairy. 



