F 
Li 
285 
Head of the male broad, fulvous, the vertex impunctate, not 
constricted, the lower portion deeply excavated through its entire 
width, from the base of wich two lanzeolate projections, fringed 
with hairs are visible, they lay however flat upon the floor of the 
cavity and are rather difficult to see, at the sides a short continua- 
tion of the clypeus extends inwards at right angle the edges of 
which are fringed with long haïirs, palpi swollen, antennæ nearly 
extending to the apex of the elytra, black, the basal joint 
long and curved, the second short, the third and following 
joints elongate, slightly widened anteriorly, pubescent, thorax 
scarcely longer than broad, distinctly narrowed at the base, the 
sides straight at the latter place, rounded before the middle, the 
surface obsoletely biimpressed at the sides, fulvous, minutely 
granulate and impunctate, the lateral margins with some short 
hairs, scutellum broad, elytra very closely and finely punctured, 
the punctuation somewhat regularly arranged in rows near the 
suture, their apex separately truncately rounded not covering the 
pygidium, tibiæ unarmed, the first joint of the posterior tarsi as 
long as the following joints together, anterior cavities closed. 
Hab. Kanara, Belgaum, S. Bombay. 
The structure of the head in the male differs from several other 
species which have a similar excavation and of which several 
are now known all showing this extraordinary and varying 
structural peculiarity ; the female specimens before me have a 
simple head, the antennæ are shorter and the general size is 
larger, but no other differences are noticeable; the colour is 
however subject to much variation, as some specimens are entirely 
fulvous without scarcely a trace of the metallic tint of the elytra 
and of the abdomen. 
Aenidea pilicornis n. sp. 
Elongate, obscure fulvous, antennæ longer than the body, the 
apical joints darker, thorax transverse, bifoveolate, impunctate, 
elytra extremely finely punctured. 
G'. Head deeply excavated at its lower portion, the middle of 
the cavity divided into an anterior and posterior half, basal joint 
of the antennæ with a fringe of long hairs. 
Length 2 5/4 lines. 
Head very broad, impunctate, th2 frontal tubercles strongly 
raised, transverse, eyes large, lower portion of the face deeply 
excavated through its entire width, the upper half divided fromthe 
lower by a semicircularly emarginate edge, exposing another 
cavity within, palpi incrassate at the penultimate joint, antennæ 
