Malacoderm Qenera IMonocorus and Iily^ia. 3(J3 



18. [dtfia rontrifera, sp. n. 



?. Elonj^atc, rather dull, thickly pul)nsrcnt, and sparsely 

 setose ; obscure rufo-testaccous, tlie head (the epistoiua and 

 labrum in great part excepted), scutellum, a patcli at the 

 apex of the elytra, tlie sixth ventral sej^inent, and apices of 

 the femora black, the tarsi ali<i;htly inruscate. Head lon<^, 

 narrow, the mandibles, e|)istoma, and labrnm eloni^ated, the 

 labrum distinctly longer than broad, foveate in front ; eyes 

 larj^e, separated by a ratlier wide space ; antenna hinjj, 

 s!en<ler, filiform, joint 11 constricted at the middle, a little 

 lonfifcr than 10. Prothorax longer than broad, much wider 

 than the head, very uneven, and closely, rugulosely punctate. 

 Elytra long, subparallcl, densely, rugulosely punctate, and 

 with the usual rows of granules on the disc. 



Length (cxcl. head) 9, breadth 3 mm. 



Hab. India, Anamalai Hills (//. L. Andrewes). 



One specimen. Separable from /. iiielaiiiira and /. assi- 

 jnilis, and all the similirly coloured Indian forms known to 

 me, by the anteriorly elongated, subrostrate head, the 

 labrum bein^j longer than broad and foveate in the centre 

 in front. The larger size, black knees and sixth ventral 

 segment, elongate labrum, &c., distinguish /. rostr'ifera ivova. 

 I. futeipes, which was found by Mr. Audi ewes in the same 

 locality. The Arabian /. arabica and T. laticomis have a 

 similarly elongate head. 



49. Idgia maindroni. 

 Idgia maindroni, Pic, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1909, p. 24o, 



(^ . Anterior tarsal joints 1-3 with a corah along their 

 inner inX^c ; terminal dorsal segment broadly subtruncate 

 at tip. (ienital armature [V\. XII. fig. 10) : lateral hjbes 

 broad, moilerately long ; median lube broad, as seen from 

 above, abruptly acuminate and hooked at the tip. 



Hub. S. 1ndi.\, Wallardi in Travancore [type], Nilgiri 

 Hills [H. L. Andreives : cJ ? ). 



A pair from the Nilgiri Hills are referred to this species. 

 Thev are very like the larger examples of /. dime/tena, WaWi. 

 (=cardotii, Hourg,), but have the head more produced in 

 front and testaceous from the eyes forward, the latter very 

 large in (^ ; the elytra relatively longer, more shining, dis- 

 tinctly tricostate on the disc, and witli a small black spot at 

 the tip ; ami the pubescence longer, with very few sctie 

 intermixed. 



