334 Mr. G. J. Arrow on a Contribution to the 



with rows of very large riug-sliai)ed impressions, the inter- 

 stices minutely antl scantily punctuUited. The pygidiuin 

 is coarsely and ratiier rugosely punctured and tlie uieta- 

 sternum is decorated with huge crescentic impressions, 

 except at the midtlle whicli is almost smooth. It bears 

 only a few tawny hairs. 



$ . The head is scantily punctured and bears a very 

 short horn in the middle. The prothorax has a faint 

 longitudinal impression which becomes a rather feeble 

 semicircular fovea behind the front margin. 



EoplLilcuriLS nilgircnsis, sp. n. 



Niger, nilidus, latus, depressus, i)rotliorace minute sat crebre punc' 

 tato, lateribus valde arcuatis, angulis posticis fere aciitis ; scutello 

 minute punctata ; elytiis crebre seriatim punctatis, punctis annulatis 

 hand profundis ; pygidio basi rugoso, ajnce leviter punctato ; 



(^, capite lajvi, cornu baud longo; protliorace antice I'ortiter 

 circulariter impressu, postice vix sulcato : 



5 , capite protboraceque antice transverse rugosis. 



Long. 22-24 mm. Lat. max. IS".") mm. 



Hah. S. India : Nilgiri Hills, 6,000 ft. 



Collected by Captain A. H. Weld Downing and Mr. H. L. 

 Andrewes, by whom the % was dug up in the jungle. 

 E. nilgirensis is very nearly related to E. planatus, Wiede., 

 but much less finely punctured and the pruthoracic fovea 

 in the male is circular, extends in well-develo2jed speci- 

 mens considerably past the middle and is not bounded 

 behind by distmct angulations. The prothorax is closely 

 punctured, becoming rugose in front, and the sculpture 

 is only a little coarser than in E. planatus. Tlie sides 

 are strongly rounded but the curvature does not quite 

 reach the posterior angles, which are rather sharp. The 

 scutellum is irregularly punctured. The elytra are closely 

 covered with coarse annular punctures arranged in definite 

 rows and there are a very few minute punctulations in 

 the interstices. The pygidium is rugose at the base and 

 scantily punctured at the apex and the metasternum is 

 densely punctured and clothed with long tawny hair, 

 except in the middle, where it is scantily punctured and 

 bare. 



It will be well, in passing, to call attention to an error 

 in connection with certain species of Fhileuncs properly so- 



