COEXOBIUS. 189 



disc ; basal margin edged with black. Prosternum nearly twice as 

 broad as long, lateral angles acute/' (Baly.) 



Length 2 mm. 



Hub. India. 



It is very probable that this species was described from an 

 immature specimen, as nearly all known species are black and this 

 one only partly so. 



329. (?) Ccenobius hasalis, ep. n. 



Fulvous ; breast and abdomen piceous ; elytra with basal and 

 sutural margin narrowly black. 



Broad and robust ; entire sides and top of head occupied by the 

 eyes ; antennae in the type and only specimen wanting. Thorax 

 nearly twice as broad as long at base, strongly narrowed anteriorly ; 

 disc with a transverse sulcus at middle, deep and oblique at sides, 

 narrow and straight at middle ; surface impunctate with the 

 exception of a single row of punctures on basal margin. Scutellum 

 black, elongate, lanceolate. Elytra broad, nearly parallel, apex of 

 each broadly rounded; surface strongly punctate-striate, the 

 punctures placed in striae, first punctures at base very deep, 

 interstices convex near suture and at sides, suture narrowly, base 

 more broadly black. Legs robust, fulvous ; claws toothed at base. 

 Last abdominal segment fulvous. Prosternum scarcely longer 

 than broad, transversely grooved at base. 



Length 2| mm. 



Hab. Nilgiris. Type in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 



I have only provisionally placed this species in Ccenobius, from 

 which it differs in the shape and structure of the prosternum, the 

 latter is broad and flat, almost as broad as long and has no raised 

 lateral margins. The thorax is not produced at middle of base 

 into a distinct point and the elytra are strongly punctate-striate 

 with convex interstices. The whole appearance of the insect is that 

 of the South American genus Monachus, and it is quite possible 

 that this is one of Motschulsky's species, perhaps his MonacJuis 

 basalis. The absence of the antennae in the only specimen available 

 for examination has precluded the creation of another genus for the 

 present insect. 



330. Coenobius pallipes, sp. n. 



Black ; antennas and legs entirely flavous. 



Head with a few fine punctures on its lower portion ; palpi 

 flavous ; antennae with strongly thickened terminal joints, that 

 extend beyond base of thorax ; the latter more than twice as broad 

 as long, strongly narrowed anteriorly, sides feebly rounded, surface 

 impunctate, with the exception of a single row of punctures near 

 the basal margin ; median lobe triangularly pointed, sides with a 

 short, sometimes somewhat obsolete transverse groove. Elytra 

 with very finely punctured striae, interstices at sides longitudinally 



