CEBAMBYClDjE. 



Elytra almost twice as long as broad, rounded at apex. Pro- 

 sternum with a strong, wedge-shaped, anterior process which is 

 directed downwards and deeply notched in the middle at the 

 extremity. Legs as in Dorysihenes, but with the fourth tarsal 

 joint smaller and more noduliform. 



3. Dissosternus pertii, Hope, Trans. Zool Soc. i, p. 106, pi. 15, fig. 3 

 (1834). 



c? . Blackish brown in colour, the 

 elytra chocolate-brown. Head rather 

 closely punctulate and very shiny 

 in front, more closely and strongly 

 punctured above, the punctures replaced 

 by granules behind and at the sides. 

 Eyes rather small, broadly and somewhat 

 deeply emarginate in front. Antennae : 

 the first six joints glossy and sparsely 

 ptmctulate, the rest dull ; first joint 

 reaching by about a third of its length 

 beyond the hind margin of the eye ; 

 third a little longer than the first, 

 shorter than the fourth and fifth 

 united. Pronotum glossy, finely and 

 rather sparsely punctured. Scutellum 

 sparselv punctured. Elytra rugulose, 

 with scarcely any gloss. Hind breast 

 faintly pubescent. Front tarsi moderately 

 dilated, with the first joint distinctly 



Dissosternus perHi, Hope, <$. longer than the second. Third joint 

 of the middle and hind tarsi with a 



short spine or tooth at the end of each lobe. Last ventral segment 



sinuately truncate at the apex. Female not known. 

 Length 25-28 ; breadth 8-10 mm. 

 Hob. Poona. 



Genus BALADEVA. 



Baladeva, Waterh. Trans. JEnt. Soc. ii, p. 225 (1840). 

 Cyrtognathus (part.), Lacord. Gen. Coleopt. viii, p. 52 (1869). 



Type, B. walkeri, Waterh. 



Range. That of the type species. 



In the structure of the head, antennae, and legs very closely 

 resembles the genus Dorysthencs. Prothorax armed with three 

 spines on each side, the longest at the middle, the shortest at the 

 hind angle ; the lateral edge in front of the anterior spine short 

 and strongly oblique. Elytra : the shoulders oblique in front, 

 projecting slightly outwards and turned up at the angle. Inter- 

 <;oxal part of the prosternum strongly raised in the middle, vertical 

 and unarmed in front, curved behind, its end resting on the 

 mesogternum. 



