22 Mr. Gilbert J. Arrow's Conlribulion to the 



Indalmus the other forms at present placed in Ancylojpus. 

 A. melanocephalus has iji the female a very remarkable 

 transverse sulcus upon the pronotum and an oblique im- 

 pression upon each elytron of which no trace is found in 

 any other described species. In the male a small but 

 important distinctive character which seems not to have 

 been noticed exists in the antennae, the eiohth joint of 

 which is narrower than either of those adjoining it. 



Indalmus hiviUaius Perch, (or the species to which it is 

 agreed to apply that name) appears to inhabit a very 

 large part of Africa. It is very variable in coloration and 

 has been many times described, the names unicolor Gerst., 

 fuscipennis Gahan, and nigrofuscus Gorh., being synonyms 

 of it. 



Fairmaire has described (Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1897, 

 p. 203) as Indalmus hivitialus a species from Madagascar 

 which is evidently distinct and which is omitted from the 

 Catalogue. To avoid confusion this may be re -named 



Indalmus hova, nom. nov, 



Indalmus clavipes, sp. n. 



Fusco-castaneus, nitidus, elytris purpureo- vel cupreo-fuscis, singulo 

 flavo-bimaculato, maculis transversis, paulo ii-regularibus, baud 

 magnjs ; pronoto baud valde transverse, glabro, convexo, lateribus 

 antice fortiter arcuatis, anguUs prominentibus, postice fere rectis, 

 augulis acutis, baud productis, sulcis basabbiis profundis, fere ad 

 medium attiugentibus ; elytris ovatis, sat brevibus, subtiliter punctu- 

 latis, lateribus undique aequaliter arcuatis, distincte marginatis ; 

 an tennis gracilibus, articulis omnibus elongatis, tribus ultimis clavam 

 angustam laxam, intus serratam formantibus, ultimo recte truncato : 



(^, tibia antica intus apiceni veisus gradatim dilatata, clavata, 

 apice paulo emarginato, intermedia apice intus incurvata, minute 

 uncinata, posticae dimidio postico intus sat longe fulvo-hirto. 



Long. 6 mm. ; lat. max. 3 mm. 



Hah. S. India : Nilgiri Hills, Karkur Ghat, 2,000 ft. 

 (H. E. Andrewes, July). 



A good series of this isolated species was taken by Mr. 

 Andrewes. It is easily recognisable by its glossy surface, 

 short, ovate and rather metalhc elytra with distinctly 

 flattened margins, long slender antennae, terminating in a 

 narrow loosely- jointed club of three sharply triangular 

 joints, and by the peculiar structure of the tibiae in the 



