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long as the next two united, that of the hind tarsus almost as long 

 as the remaining joints united. Front coxa? rounded ; their 

 acetabula open posteriorly and rounded on the outer side ; the 

 intercoxal process rather narrow, nearly flat, and scarcely dilated 

 posteriorly. Acetabula of middle coxae very narrowly or not all 

 open to the epimera, almost shut off from them by a prolongation 

 of the antero-lateral angles of the metasternum. Episterna of 

 metathorax gradually retracted posteriorly. 



161. Gelonaetha hirta, Fairm. (Stromatium) Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 



1850, p. 60. 



Geloneetha curtipes, Thorns. Rev. et Mag. de Zool 1878, p. 13. 

 Astrimus obscurus, Sharp, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p. 204. 



Reddish brown to dark brown in colour; scantily clothed with 

 greyish depressed pubescence interspersed with moderately long 

 suberect tawny setae. Head densely 

 punctate, marked above with a feeble 

 median groove which extends anteriorly 

 between the antennal supports. Pro- 

 thorax densely rugulose-purictate, some- 

 what sparsely asperate at the sides ; the 

 disc with a postero - median and two 

 nearly obsolete anterior callosities. Elytra 

 densely punctate, the punctures some- 



,-v C o /-. / what unequal in size, rather strong on 



Fig. 62. GelonatJia hirta ,, , L i<? j j n n 



Fairm. x f. e an t enor * an( i gradually smaller 



towards the apex ; each elytron with one 



or two feebly raised longitudinal lines. Metasternum, except at 

 the side, and the abdomen very sparsely punctate. Femora 

 almost impunctate : the tibiae punctate. 



Length 9-16 ; breadth 2-4| mm. 



Hab. Calcutta ; Coromandel Coast ; Nilgiri Hills ; Siam ; 

 Philippine Is.; Sandwich Is.; Tahiti. 



Genus TRINOPHYLUM. 



Trinophylum, Sates, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 720; id. Scientific Results 

 Second Yarkand Mission, Col. p. 21 (1890). 



Type, T. cribratum, Bates. 



Range. Himalayas from Kashmir to North Assam. 



Head short, with the antennal supports depressed ; the front 

 short and transverse, marked with a foveate impression on each 

 side ; eyes emarginate, not very coarsely facetted, rather distant 

 above. Antennae of tf nearly as long as the body; first joint 

 gradually clavate, slightly curved : second nearly twice as long as 

 broad ; fourth shorter than the third or fifth : fifth to eleventh 

 subequal in length. Prothorax feebly convex or somewhat flat- 

 tened above, rounded at the sides, slightly constricted at the base, 

 a little broader than it is long. Elytra scarcely more than twice 



