358 Mr. G. C. Champion on the 



median lobe is less abruptly acuminate) to that of the Nepal 

 and Almora insects, the southern examples are referred to 

 the same species. A large, broad $ from the Anamalai 

 Hills, and a small ? from the Nilgiris with the eyes more 

 distant than usual, both iu the Andrewes collection, may 

 also belong here ? Bourgeois's /. melunura was from Kunbir 

 Nowatoli, that of Gorham from Belgaum and Madura. The 

 type of Diprosojjus melanurus, Muls., Avhicli has a testaceous 

 labrura, was said to have been found at Nimes, France ; but 

 there must have beeu some mistake as to this locality (see 

 Jacquelin Duval, Gen. Coleopt. Europ. iii. p. 189). 



41. Idgia melanura. 



Deromma melmiura, Kollar and Redt. in Hiigel's Kaschmir, iv. 2, 

 p. 512, t. 25. %. 6(1844). 



Extremely like /. assimilis, Hope, but with the head 

 almost entirely, the antennse (except at the tip), and legs 

 (the bases of the femora excepted), black. Genital arma- 

 ture (PI. XII. fig. 35) : median lobe gradually narrowed into 

 a long, blunt point. 



Hab. N. India, Cashmere [type], Kasauli {H. J. W. 

 Barroiv), Kangra and Palampur, Punjab (G. E. Dudgeon), 

 Chitral (R. Hill), W. Almora {H. G. Champion : ? ), Gopal- 

 dhara in Sikkim [H. Stevens : (J ? )j N.W. Provinces (coll. 

 Andreives). 



The numerous specimens from the above-mentioned locali- 

 ties in Northern India differ from the types of /. assimilis, 

 Hope, iu having the anterior portion of the head, as well as 

 the basal portion of the antennae, iuf uscate or black, and the 

 median lobe of the <^ differently shaped. Bourgeois and 

 Gorham included several species under the "name I. mela7iu)'a, 

 as shown by the differences in the (^ -armature of the 

 examples dissected, including a specimen from Sikkim of 

 the present insect. The apical black patch is much smaller 

 than in /. melanocephala, ¥., and the antennfe are more 

 slender. The very elongate elytra are indicated in the 

 figure in HiigePs work. 



42. Idffia longissima, 



S . Idyia longissima, Pic, Bull. Soc. Eut. Fr. 1909, p. 245 ; op. cit. 

 1910, p. 346. 



(^ . Antennae long, slender, with joint 11 unusually elon- 

 gate, about as long as 8-10 united (in ? shorter, and with 

 joint 11 as long as 9 and 10 together) ; eyes very large, 



