428 



C1IRTSOMELID.*. 



extremely closely arranged in irregular rows : entire surface 

 clothed with short flavous scales. Femora very slightly toothed ; 

 tibi* not perceptibly notched. 



Length Ik mm. 



Hob. Assam: Patkai Mts. (Coll. Brit. Mus.}- Japan (Coll. 

 Jacoby). 



Originally described from Japan. Except that they are smaller 

 in size and paler in coloration, I am unable to separate the Indian 

 specimens obtained by Doherty from the Japanese form. 



751. Demotina andrewesi, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bclg. xlviii, 1904, 

 p. 383. 



Obscure piceous, clothed with grey scales. 



Head not longer than broad, densely clothed with grey scales ; 

 clypeus and labrum fulvous ; antennae 

 fulvous, slender, terminal joints widened, 

 third and fourth joints very elongate, equal. 

 Thorax about half as broad again as long, 

 sides rounded and widened at the middle, 

 lateral margins obsolete, disc clothed with 

 scales like the head. Scutellum triangularly 

 elongate. Elytra strongly punctured in 

 very closely approximate rows, the scales 

 also arranged in rows, interstices with 

 single stiff black hairs. Body beneath 

 densely covered with white scales. Femora 

 with a small tooth; claws bifid. 



Length 3=? mm. 



ffab. Southern India : ]Nilgiris, Anai- 

 inalais. 



The densely placed white scales on the 

 head and thorax which obscure the sculpture 

 separate this species from its allies ; the 

 piceous ground-colour of the elytra can just be seen under the 

 covering of scales. 



Fig. 151. 



De mot in a anil re u-e.<i. 



752. Demotina minuta, sp. n. 



Obscure piceous clothed with whitish scales ; antennae and legs 

 fulvous : a small fuscous spot on the middle of the elytra. 



Head covered with grey scales; clypeus narrowly transverse, 

 smooth, strongly punctured ; antennas rather short, not ex- 

 tending much beyond base of elytra, basal joints short, sixth 

 and following two joints widened, terminal joints wanting in the 

 type and only known specimen. Thorax about half as broad 

 again as long, sides very slightly widened in the middle, margins 

 obsolete except at base, surface clothed with scales like the head. 

 Elytra oblong, nearly parallel, puiicturation fine and very close ; 



