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50. Idffia nitida, sp. n. 



Elongate, narrow, shining', finely pubescent, and very 

 sparsely setose ; testaceous, the head between and behind 

 the eyes, and a small apical patch on the elytra, black. 

 Head'slightly produced in front, grooved between the eyes, 

 the labrum transverse, convex ; eyes very large, subcon- 

 tiguous in ^, more distant in ?; antennee slender, sub- 

 filiform, joint 11 concave, a liitle longer than 10. Prothorax 

 about as long as broad, not wider than the head in ,^ , 

 broader in ? , feebly sinuate at the sides posteriorly. Elytra 

 elongate, finely, closely, but not very densely punctate, the 

 interspaces shining. Legs slender. 



(J . Anterior tarsal joints 1-3 with a black comb along 

 their, inner edge; posterior tibiae very slightly curved; 

 terminal dorsal segment rounded at tip. Genital armature : 

 lateral lobes rather short ; median lobe drawn out into a 

 long, narrow, slightly curved point. 



Length (excl. head) 8^-10^, breadth 2|-3i mm. ( c? ? •) 



Hab. India {Stebbing), Karachi {T. R. Bell), Lahore 

 (coll. An dr ewes). 



Six females and two males, both the latter in a bad state 

 of preservation, the locality on Mr. Stebbing's specimens 

 illegible. Separable from the numerous similarly coloured 

 forms by the rather sparsely punctate, shining elytra, and 

 the wholly testaceous antennae, ante-ocular portion of the 

 head, and legs. 



51. Idgia fruhstorferi. 



Idgia fruhstorferi, Pic, L'Echange, xxvi. p. 76 (1910); Bull. Soc. Ent. 

 Fr/1910, p. 346. 



Elongate, narrow, shining, finely pubescent, and spai'sely 

 fusco-setose ; testaceous, the head (the epistoma and labrum 

 excepted), and a small spot at the tip of the elytra, black. 

 Head a little produced in front, the labrum transverse ; 

 eyes very large, contiguous in ^ , narrowly separated in ? ; 

 antenna? long, .-^lender, joint 11 hollowed within and at least 

 twice as long as 10. Prothorax longer than broad, about 

 as wide as the head, sinuate at the sides posteriorly. Elytra 

 very elongate, densely, finely punctate. 



S . Anterior tarsal joints 1-3 with a black comb along 

 their inner edge ; sixth ventral segment triangularly emar- 

 giiiate. Genital armature (PL XII. fig. 41) : lateral lobes 

 long, strongly sinuate (as seen from above), incurved and 



