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extending beyond the elytra, the basal joint rather short and 
thick, furnished at its lower margin with à fringe of stiff long 
hairs, second joint short, provided as well as the following joints 
with two very long bristles, intermediate joints very elongate, 
truncate at the apex, terminal joints thin, the last four blackish, 
thorax nearly twice as broad as long, the sides narrowed at the 
base, rounded anteriorly, the surface impunctate, bifoveclate at 
the sides, scutellum broadly triangulate, elytra very finely and 
closely punctured, the apex subtruncate, with a few stiff hairs 
as well as the lateral margin, their epipleuræ very broad, con- 
tinued to the apex, legs pubescent, tibiæ unarmed, the first joint 
of the posterior tarsi as long as the following three joints toge- 
ther, anterior coxal cavities closed. 
Hab. Bombay (my collection). 
Only a single male specimen of this species is known to me. 
Aenidea pallida n. sp. 
Testaceous, thorax obsoletely bifoveolate, impunctate, elytra 
very minutely punctured. 
G'. Head deeply excavated anteriorly, the bottom of the exca- 
vation with a longitudinal ridge, basal joint of the antenuæ 
piceous, fringed with hairs. 
Length 3 lines. 
Of pale testaceous colour; the head impunctate, the frontal ele- 
vations narrowly transverse, the lower portion of the face in 
the male deeply excavated, the inner portion bounded by a semi- 
circular ridge above, the clypeus extending inwards in a slightly 
raised central ridge, apex of the mandibles black, palpi modera- 
tely swollen at the penultimate joint, antennæ testaceous, exten- 
ding to the middle of the elytra, the first joint rather short and 
thick, piceous, with a fringe of hairs at the lower margin, second 
joints hort, third slightlÿ longer than the fourth joint, the follo- 
wing ones cylindrical, of equal length: thorax one half broader 
than long, distinctly narrowed at the base, the dise with two 
nearly contiguous shallow foveæ, impunctate, minutely granulate, 
scutellum triangular, elytra very finely and closely punctured, 
their epipleuræ very broad, continued to the apex, the first jcinit of 
the posterior tarsi as long as the following three joints. 
ab. Belgaum, S. Bombay. 
Very closelÿ allied to À. pilicornis but of more elongate shape 
and of very pale colour, the antennæ without the Jong bristles and 
of different comparative length in regard to the joints, but the 
excavated portion of the head almost similar: the female has as 
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