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great bieadtli of the mesosterimin, tlistiip^uish it fi'om them 

 all. The prostenium is moderately wide and a little pro- 

 duced behind, where it is very slightly dilated and forms a 

 rounded knob, bearing two small tubercles where it meets 

 the narrow^ed anterior part t»f the mesosternum. The 

 latter is very short and broad and the metasternum is 

 margined in front by a deep groove. 



I have found no secondary sexual characters in the 

 three specimens known to me. These specimens belong 

 to two species, and one is a badly damaged individual from 

 (luerin's collection, whose name (perotteti) I have adopted. 

 This name occurs at the end of the table of genera on p. 581 

 of the Rev. et Mag. de Zool., in association with that of 

 {Eucteanus) harclwickii Hope, although the species bears 

 neither resemblance nor relationship to that insect. In 

 describing Amphisternus verrucosus and rudepimdatus, 

 Gorham has remarked that those species belong to a section 

 of Amphisternus " which I believe forms the genus Haplo- 

 inorpJms Guerin." That name was clearly intended for a 

 large part of the genus Eumorphus as at present constituted, 

 and Gorham's remark is meaningless. I have not seen the 

 former species, but rudepunctatus may be regarded as a 

 rather aberrant member of the new genus Brachylrycherus. 

 It is possible that instead of Haplomorphus Gorham intended 

 to write Homalosternus, the genus to which Guerin tenta- 

 tively and quite erroneously referred his (undescribed) 

 speci)nen of B. perofteii, which was formerly in Gorham's 

 collection with that name in Guerin's handwriting. 



Brachytrycherus perotteti, sp. n, 



Niger, nitidus, utroquu elytro plagis duabus rubris undulatis 

 transverse notato; late ovatus, convexus, pronoto irregulariter sat 

 foititer punctato, medio convexo, lateribus late explanatis, anguste 

 inarginatis, marginibus aiitice valde arcuatis, angulis prominentibus, 

 postice fere parallelis, rectis, angulis paulo productis, acutis, basi 

 stria profunda marginato, foveis basaUbus profundis, cum angulis 

 posticis connexis; elytris undique punctatis, lateribus fortiter 

 arcuatis, anguste marginatis; antennis parum gracilibus, articulo 

 tertio quam quarto dimidio longiori, tjibus ultimis laxe articulatis, 

 angustis. 



Long. 6-7 mm. ; lat. max. 4-4:5 mm. 



Hub. 8. India : Nilgiri Hills {Perotfel, A. K. Wdd 

 Doivuing). 



