of the less-hioirn groups of Lariidlicorn Coleopto^a. 497 



Hah. South Mysore : Nilgiri Hills {H. L. Andrewes, 

 Sir G. F. Hampson) ; Ceylon. 



Type in the British Museum. 



P. pallidus is very much like P, emarginatus, Cast., but 

 is of a bright mahogany colour and rather smaller than 

 the normal size of that species. The pronotum is moder- 

 ately sparsely punctured and the elytra finely and closely 

 striate-punctate, with the intervals not elevated. In the 

 males the front tibiae are rather broad and indistinctly 

 serrate before and after the minute uppermost tooth, only 

 three or four serrations being distinguishable above it. 

 The mandibles are a little broader and more prominent 

 than in P. emarginatus. In our single female specimen 

 the elytra are very finely but distinctly punctulated in the 

 interstices. 



Phaeochrous arahicus, sp. n. 



Piceus vel rufo-piceus, modice nitidus; capita crebre prothorace 

 parce sed distincte punctato, elytris crebre striato-punctatis antice 

 .sat regulariter, postice confusius ; 



(J, mandibulis prominentissiniis antice omnino arcuatis, tibiis 

 anticis tri-dentatis, forcipis lobo dextro lanceolate, modice acuto, 

 lobo sinistro lato, fere quadrate. 



Long. 9-11 mm. Lat. max. 5-6 mm. 



Hah. Arabia : Yemen {Millingen). British Museum. 



This species was contained in the bequest of the late 

 Alexander Fry. It is intermediate between the Oriental 

 and African groups, the elytra in the first being striate, 

 while in the second they are more or less irregularly 

 punctured. In P. arahicus the elytral punctures are 

 arranged in longitudinal rows, some of which are lightly 

 impressed, but towards the apices they become broken up. 



Phaeochrous nitichis, sp. n. 



Nigro-piceus, nitidus, ore, pedibus, corporeque subtus ferrugineis ; 

 prothorace irregulariter punctato ; elytris creberrime confuse punc- 

 tatis, punctorum seriebusque tribus longitudinaHbus quadruplice 

 instructis, tibiis anticis tridentatis et sat minute serratis : 



^ , mandibulis prominentibus, capite fortiter punctato, prothorace 

 hand late marginato, lateribus antice modice arcuatis ; forcipis lobo 

 dextro anguste lanceolato, baud distorto, sinistro brevi, basi vix 

 dentato. 



Long. 10'5-12 mm. Lat. max. 6-6"5 mm. 



