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371. Adoretus andrewesi. 



Adoretus andrewesi, Ohaus, Deutsche Ent. Zeits. 1914, p. 485,. 

 fig. 18. 



Deep red-brown, with the antennae, femora and tibiae a little 

 paler, and rather closely clothed with uniform decumbent grey 

 hair. 



It is eiongate-ovnl in shape and almost parallel-sided. The head 

 is moderately large, with the clypeus nearly semicircular and 

 rather coarsely rugose, the forehead strongly and rather rugosely 

 punctured. The pronoturn is strongly punctured, rugosely towards 

 the sides ; the lateral margins are gently rounded, the front 

 angles acute and the hind angles obtuse. The elytra are strongly 

 and densely, but rather distinctly, punctured and the costae are 

 narrow and not very well marked. The pygidium is finely punc- 

 tured and clothed with moderately long, but not thick, erect hair, 

 with a bare shining area near the apex. The front tibia is armed 

 with three strong, nearly equidistant teeth, the hind tibia is 

 rather inflated, the longer claw is cleft on the front and middle 

 feet, and the shorter hind claw is about half the length of the 

 longer. The antenna is 10-jointed, joints 3-5 progressively 

 diminishing. 



c? . The clypeus is a little smaller than in the female, its front edge 

 a little flattened, and the eyes more prominent. The pronotum 

 is moderately closely, but not densely, punctured. The front 

 tibia is more slender, its teeth sharper, and the longer front and 

 middle claws are very minutely cleft at the tip. The club of 

 the antenna is rather long. 



5 . The clypeus is rather large and semicircular. The pro- 

 notum is rather more sparingly punctured than in the male. 



Length, 10-11 mm. ; breadth, 4-5-5-5 mm. 



BOMBAY : North Kanara (T. R. D. Sett), Belgaum (H. E* 

 Andreives). 



Type in Dr. Ohaus' collection or that of the Berlin Entomological 

 Museum. Specimens from the same series are in the British 

 Museum and in Mr. H. E. Andrewes' collection. Those from 

 which Ohaus has described this species (and others) are amongst 

 a number not returned by the late Dr. Kraatz when lent to him 

 for determination bv Mr. Andrewes. 



372. Adoretus plebejus, sp. nov. (Plate Y, fig. 48.) 



Uniform chocolate-red, with the femora and tibiae pale yellow, 

 and densely and evenly clothed with not very short uniform grey 

 pubescence. 



It is oval, not very elongate, and moderately convex. The head 



is moderately large, closely and rugosely punctured, with the 



clypeus broadly rounded. The pronotum is strongly and densely 



unctured, with the sides strongly rounded, the front angles 



right angles and the hind angles completely obliterated. The 



