Malacoderm Genera Prionocerus and Idgia. 35T 
There are five specimens of this species in the Museum, 
in addition to the Fabrician type. It is not unlike the 
li. African J. dimidiata, Gerst., but more sparsely pilose, the 
head, palpi, antennee, legs (the bases of the femora excepted), 
aud nearly the apical third of the elytra, black, the rest of 
the body fulvous; the antenne, ¢ ?, moderately long, 
feebly serrate, the eleventh joint curved, concave within, as 
long as 9 and 10 united ; the labrum large, trapezoidal ; the 
eyes large, somewhat narrowly separated in the two sexes. 
The genital armature figured is taken from the Hapulahani 
Sie 
40. Idgia assimilis. 
Telephorus assimilis, Hope, Zool, Mise. 1831, p. 26. 
Diprosopus melanurus, Muls, Mém. Acad. Lyon, i. p. 210 (18 51). 
Idgia melanura, Bourg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg, xxxvi. p- 237 (1892) ; 
Gorh., op. cit. xxxix. p. 319 (1895) (nec Kollar and eee, 
“ Luteus, antennis flavis elytrorumque apicibus nigris. 7’, melanuro, 
Fabr., proximus. Long. lin. 5, lat. 13.” [Hope.] 
Elongate, narrow, moderately shining, finely pubescent, 
and sparsely nigro-setose ; testaceous, the head (the labrum 
and anterior portion of the epistoma excepted), a patch at 
the apex of the elytra, the outer halves of the femora, and 
usually the tibize and tarsi in great part, piceous or black, 
the antenne (joint 11 excepted) more or less infuscate 
towards the apex. Head moderately large, not much pro- 
duced in front, the labrum transverse, trapezoidal, concave ; 
antenne in ¢ long and slender, shorter in 2; eyes large 
and almost contiguous in ¢, well separated in ?; apical 
joint of maxillary palpi elongate. Prothorax slightly longer 
than broad, uarrow, sinuate at the sides posteriorly. LElytra 
long, subparallel, densely, rugulosely punctate. 
¢. Anterior tarsal joints 1-3 with a comb along their 
inner edge; terminal dorsal segment entire. Genital arma- 
ture (Pl. a. fig. 34): lateral lobes moderately long ; median 
lobe stout, abruptly acuminate and slightly curved at tip. 
Length (excl. head) 9-10, breadth 223-3 mm. (¢ ?.) 
Hab. Inpia, Nepal (Mus. Brit., Mus. Oxon.: & 2 y We 
Almora (H. G. Champion: ¢). 
Ten specimens seen from Northern India, including the 
types from the Hardwicke collection in the British Museum. 
Various others from Belgaum and Madura (Andrewes coll.): 
and Bhotan (Jus. Oxon.), and Paungde in Burma (Mus. 
Brit.), are a little less elongate ; but the genital armature 
of a g¢ from Belgaum being very similar (except that the 
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