450 Mr. G. J. Arrow on the 



elongate-oval joint, preceded by three transverse joints, but 

 in the new species these three are much more distinctly 

 articulated, and the last of them is eidarged almost to the 

 diameter of the terminal joint and about a fourth of its 

 length. About a dozen specimens of these two species which 

 I have examined seem to be all of the same sex. 



Apseclus indicus, sp. n. 



Niger, nitidus, sat longe griseo-setosus, pedibus antennisque pallide 

 flavis, harum clava biarticulata, bruuuea ; breviter ovatus, pro- 

 noto lato, lateribus antice valde contractis, postice late lobato, 

 lobo truncate, antennarum clava baud compacfca, articulo pen- 

 ultimo transverse ovali, ultimo paulo elongate, vix triplice 

 majori. 



Long. 1'5 mm. 



Bab. Bombay: Belgaum {H. E. Andrewes). 



This species has the closest resemblance to A. liirtellua^ 

 but the prothorax is rather more narrowed in fiont and its 

 anterior margin has a pale semitiansparent appearance. The 

 lateral carinas slightly approach the lateral margins behind 

 instead of diverging from them, and are therefore nearer tiie 

 hind angles. The club of the antenna is quite different. 

 The terminal joint is large, but oval, and still less elongate 

 than in A. iota, the ninth and tenth (penultimate) joints are 

 as in that species, the eighth not longer than it is wide. 



Genus Teinodes. 



Tr'inodes yunct'ipennis and glohosus of Macleay must be 

 removed from the Dermestidse to the Byi'rhidse. The 

 former, of which Mr. Lea has sent me specimens compared 

 with the type, proves to belong to the genus Byrrhinus, and 

 the other must be supposed to be allied to it until evidence 

 is found to the contrary. The iiagmentary description is 

 practically worthless. 



Trinodes flavus, Motsch., Egypt (Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 

 xxxvi. 1863, ii. p. 433), has been omitted from all the 

 catalogues. Its description is not really worthy of that 

 name, but in the absence of any autbori'ative definition as 

 to M'hat constitutes a description the name can scarcely be 

 ignored. 



The description of T. cinereohtrtus, Motsch., from Ceylon, 

 although of much greater length, seems to contain scarcely 

 more information of real sij^nificance. The species from 

 Ceylon here described, although of the same size, is not 

 suggested by anything else in that description. The phrase 



