ADOBETUS. 329 



and the hind angles completely rounded away, there being a 

 rather shallow and indefinite longitudinal groove in the middle. 

 The elytra are densely and confluently punctured, with very 

 slightly indicated costae, and have at the outer edge distinct but 

 narrow and not opaque epipleurae extending from the shoulders 

 almost to the extremities, and studded with a fringe of short stiff 

 bristles. A sharp carina extends along each side of the abdomen, 

 and the posterior margin of the propygidium is also sharply 

 elevated and joined to the lateral carinae by a ridge on each side 

 which cuts off the last spiracle. The outer edges of the elytra fit 

 against the continuous carina thus formed. The pygidium is almost 

 uniformly clothed with short erect pubescence. The antennae are 

 10-jointed. The front tibia is armed with two very strong and 

 sharp teeth, and a third placed nearer to the second than that is 

 to the first ; the hind tibia is rather broad and scarcely contracted 

 before its extremity ; the tarsi are moderately slender, and the 

 longer front and middle claws cleft. 



The sexes scarcely differ, except in the shape of the abdomen. 



Length, 9*5 mm. ; breadth, 5 mm. 



MADRAS : Berhampur, Granjam (E. T. Atkinson) ; BENGAL : 

 Pusa (T. Bainbrigge FUtcher), Chapra (Mackenzie)-, UNITED 

 PBOVINCES : Dehra Dun (July) ; SIKKIM : Pashok, Darjiling, 

 3500 ft. (F. H. Gravely, May, June). 



Type in Dr. Ohaus' collection. 



Both sexes were taken in large numbers at light in June by 

 Mr. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher. It was also found underground at 

 the roots of motha (Cyperus) and of a gular tree (Ficus glomerata) 

 in the same locality. 



352. Adoretus simplex. (Plate V, fig. 40.) 



Adoretus simplex, Sharp,* Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xlvii, 2, 1878, 

 p. 173 ; Ohaus, Deutsche Ent. Zeits. 1914, p. 488. 



Rather pale testaceous, and closely clothed above and beneath 

 with uniform pale decumbent pubescence. 



Elongate-oval in shape and rather depressed. The clypeus is 

 large, semicircular aud, like the forehead, closely granulated. The 

 pronotum is strongly and moderately closely punctured, more 

 closely at the sides, which are strongly rounded, with the front 

 angles acute and the hind angles very obtuse. The scutelluin and 

 elytra are densely punctured, and the costae of the latter are not 

 very distinct. A sharp carina, coinciding with the outer edges of 

 the elytra, extends along each side of the abdomen and is con- 

 nected by a short ridge cutting off the last spiracle on each side 

 with the hinder margin of the propygidium, which is also carinate. 

 The pygidium is thickly clothed with hair, with a very small 

 denuded patch at the apex, and the hairs surrounding this are long, 

 close and erect. The antennae are 10-jointed, with the basal 

 joint strongly clubbed, the second globular, the third to seventh 

 regularly diminishing in length. The front tibia is armed with 



