DIALEGBS. 141 



longitudinal depression on the basal half of the disc and another 

 further back placed more towards the side. Femora finely carinate 

 anteriorly and posteriorly. Intercoxal process of prosternum 

 gradually sloped posteriorly and furnished close to its apex with two 

 minute tubercles. 



Length 9-10; breadth 2 mm. 



Hob. Southern India : Nilgiri Hills (H. L. Andrewes). 



143. Dymasius plagiatus, sp. n. 



Reddish brown, with tbe prothorax and elytra dark brown ; the 

 head, prothorax and greater part of the elytra rather densely covered 

 with yellowish-tawny pubescence ; antennae and legs reddish, very 

 faintly covered with pale grey pubescence. Antennae about one- 

 third longer than the body in the <3 , a little longer than the 

 body in the ; first joint densely punctate ; third and fourth 

 subnodose at the apex in the <$ , the third twice as long as the 

 fourth and only slightly shorter than the fifth ; the fourth slightly 

 shorter than the first ; fifth to tenth acutely angulate at the apex 

 on the anterior side. Prothorax subcylindrical, nearly one-third 

 longer than broad, feebly constricted at the apex. Elytra narrowed 

 and rounded at the apex ; each with a rather broad, shallow furrow 

 or depression running straight back along the outer part of the 

 disc from the base to the middle and then obliquely towards the 

 suture, this oblique part of the furrow, bare of pubescence, 

 sparsely punctate and dark brown in colour ; on each elytron 

 there is also an elongated, subsutural, glabrous area near the 

 base which is closely and rather strongly punctured ; the outer 

 border for a short distance from the apex also subnude and 

 brownish in colour. Abdomen reddish brown, thinly covered 

 with grey pubescence. Femora gradually and slightly widened 

 from the base to within a short distance of the apex ; femora and 

 tibise with a fine carina along each side ; first joint of the hind 

 tarsi about equal in length to the second and third united. 

 Intercoxal process of the prosternum gradually sloped posteriorly. 



Length 10-12 ; breadth 2-2^ mm. 



Hob. Burma : Karen Mts, (Doherty). 



Genus DIALEGES. 



Dialeges, Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. (2) iv, p. 40 (1856) ; Lacord. Gen. 

 Coleopt. viii, p. 263 (1869) 



Type, D. pauper, Pasc. 



Range. Ceylon, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



Head more or less elongated behind the eyes, with a fine median 

 groove that extends from the clypeus to the occiput ; the antennal 

 supports depressed ; the front oblique ; the eyes divided each into 

 two lobes or else deeply emarginate, the lower lobes not reaching 

 beyond the antennal supports in front. Antennae much longer 

 than the body in the male, thinly fringed with hairs beneath ; 



