Malacoderm Genera Piioiiocurus and Iilgia. H-i'J 



licad, sinuate at tlie sides posteriorly. Elvtra long, densely, 

 finely, ruguloscly punctate with rows of Conspicuous raised 

 granules on the disc, the apices rounded, Legs slender in 

 both sexes. Terminal ventral segment conical. 



(^ . Anterior tarsal joints 1-3 ^ith a narrow comb along 

 their inner edge. Genital armature (PI. XI. fig. 21) : lateral 

 lobes abruptly narrowed and curved downward towards the 

 apex, the slender apical portion hooked at the tip above ; 

 median lobe stout, sinuate distallv,simplv acuminate at apex. 



Length (excl. head) 6-8, breadth 2-2\ mm. ( c? ? .) 



Hafj. Malacca, Penang [Mus. Brit., H. N. Ridley), Perak 

 (Do/ierty). 



Thirteen specimens, including males from each locality, 

 the two from Penang [types] dissected exhibiting peculiarly 

 modified lateral lobes in ^ . This is one of four extremely 

 closely allied small ^Malayan or Indian forms, with a testa- 

 ceous prothorax and the rest of the body and legs infuscate. 



28. Idyia cavilabris, sp. n. 



(J . Extremely like /. canileivenfris and similarly coloured 

 above, but differing as follows : the head broader, the labrum 

 concave, the eyes somewhat distant (as in ? carultiventris), 

 large, and convex ; the prothorax longer and narrower, not 

 so wide as the head : the elytra with the seriately arranged 

 granules inconspicuous ; the ventral segments not metallic. 

 Genital armature (PI. XII. fig. 25) : lateral lobes elongate, 

 stout; median lobe drawn out into a very long slender 

 point, which is sharply sagittate at tip. 



Length (excl. head) 7, breadth 2 mm. 



Hab. S. I.NDiA, Nilgiri Hills, alt. 3000 ft. (//. L. Andrewes), 

 Kanara [T. K. D. Bell). 



Two males — one with the scutellum testaceous, from the 

 Nilgiri Hills, taken as the type, the other (injured by 

 pinning) dissected and exhibiting a very peculiarly formed 

 median lobe. 



29. Idgia uncigera, sp. n. 



Extremely like J. cceruleivenlris, but differing as follows : 

 black or pitchy black (the under surface included), the 

 antennse (except several of the intermediate joints in ? ), 

 pal|)i, and prothorax testaceous ; the eyes larger, subcon- 

 tiguous in J ; the autennie considerably widened from 

 joint onward in ^ , shorter and more slender in ? ; the 



