new Species of llititiiYidM. 183 



luteribiis punctato, pouo angulos paulo rugoso, stria marginali 

 antice angiisto iutcrrupta ; olytris stiiis dorsalibus 1-2 intcgris, 

 Ji lute interrupta ; proj)jgi(Iio sparse rainime profunde, pygidio 

 grosso hand dense, punctatis ; mesoslcriio bisinuato, stria mar- 

 giiiali ill medio interrui^ta; tibiis anticis 4-dentatis. 

 L. 4-4}, mill. 



Tlierc is a close resciublaucc bet\V(!cn this species and 

 A. tener, Mars., but the forehead is markedly excavated, the 

 frontal stria is not straight, the. lateral thoracic band of points 

 being- large and more dense and b^diind the anterior angle some 

 are confluent, close to the anterior angle is a small red mark ; 

 the elytra, the fourth stria is represented by only a single 

 puncture ; the ]iropygidium is chiefly punctate along its basal 

 edge and the punctures are large and very shallow; the 

 pygidium, the punctures are larger but similarly dense to 

 those of tener. 



Bah. Nilgiri Hills, S. India {T. R. Bell). 



Apchletes cavifrons, Lew,, first described from specimens 

 from Assam, has been found by IMr, Bell in Kanara. 



Marseul says (Mon. pp. 857-S58) that the mesosterna of 

 A. tener and Scliaumi are marginate; but they are not 

 wholly marginate, the strise are interrupted like those of 

 A. excavdtus, and the mesosternal stria in excavatus being 

 deeper, the interruption is more consj)icuous. 



Apobhtes nut is J sp. n, 



Oblongo-ovatus, depressus, uigcr, uitidus ; fronte puuctulata, stria 

 transversa nulla ; pronoto stria marginali late interrupta ; elytris 

 striis 1 postice paulo abbreviata, 2-3 integris, 4-6 apicalibus ; 

 tibiis anticis 4-dentatis. 



L. 5-5^ mill. 



Oval, rather oblong, depressed, black and shining; head 

 finely and minutely punctulate, feebly impressed anteriorly, 

 and not striate ; the thorax, marginal stria very fine and not 

 continuing behind the head ; tlie elytra, humeral strias 

 wanting, 1 dorsal shortened apically, 2-3 complete, 4-6 

 apical, the fourth being longest and nearly dimidiate, the fifth 

 is shorter at both ends, the sutural is soinewiiat oblique and 

 also shorter than the filth ; the propygidium and pygidium 

 are clearly but not densely punctate, the latter has a feeble 

 impression on each side of its base and the outer edge is 

 slightly elevated ; the prosternum is bistriate, the strise 

 diverge slightly anterior and do not quite reach the base ; 

 the mesosternum is bisinuous anteriorly, with a short bent 

 stria on citlicr side. 



