new Genus of Ruteline CoJeoptera. 269 



features, the most important of which are the emargiaatc 

 and biangulate clypeus, the obliquely placed eyes, aud the 

 great enlargement of these in the male. The cleavage of the 

 claws far from the tip is also an exceptional feature, although 

 occurring in the subgenus Adoretosoma. I am not at present 

 able to properly examine the organs of the mouth, having 

 only a single specimen of each of the three species. These 

 are all Indian and all of very small size. 

 They may be tabulated as follows : — 



i. Clypeus and forehead strongly punctured t'ndica. 



ii. Clvpeus smooth, forehead punctured binnmiica. 



iii. Clypeus and forehead smooth cinyalensis. 



Micranomala indica, sp. u. 



Pallide testacea, capite tarsisque rufis ; clypeo sat crebre et grosse 

 punctate, antice subangulatim emarginato, angulis paulo obtusis, 

 i'ronte late longitiidinaliter impresso, fortiter vix crebre punctate ; 

 prothorace distiucte fere a^qualiter pmictato, lateribus medio 

 augulatis, antice et postice fere rectis, sequaliter approxiraatis, 

 angulis anticis acutis, posticis obtusis ; scutello punctato ; elytria 

 profuude striato-puuctatis, interstitiis angustis, fere sequalibus ; 

 pygidio fortiter, metasterno fortiter sat crebre, punctatis ; corpora 

 toto glabro, subtus parcissime piloso : 



(S , oculis maximis, quam spatiam iateijicientem antice paulo 

 lalioribus. 



Long. 7*5 mm. ; lat. max. 3'5 mm. 



Hab. S. India : Coimbatore. 



It is pale testaceous, with the head and tarsi reddish. The 

 clypeus is strongly and closely punctured and subangularly 

 emarginate in front, with prominent but not acute lateral 

 angles. The forehead is rather strongly channelled along 

 the middle and strongly punctured, but a little less closely 

 than the clypeus. The pronotum is moderately closely and 

 rather evenly punctured, and the lateral margins are angu- 

 late in the middle, nearly straight, and very slightly con- 

 tracted from there to the front and hind angles, of which the 

 front are acute and the hind obtuse. The scutellum is 

 distinctly punctured and the elytra coarsely and closely in 

 strongly impressed rows placed close together at almost 

 equal distances. The pygidium is strongly, but not closely, 

 and the metasternum closely punctured. There is only a 

 very scanty clothing of hairs upon the lower surface. The 

 front tibia bears three sharp teeth. 



The male has the eyes very large, their diameter being 

 rather wider than the intervening space at its narrowest part. 



