470 Dr. D. Sharp on LameUicorn 



long as tlie scape, in the female not half as long. Clypeus 

 small, very coarsely punctate_, similar in the two sexes, very 

 slightly concave in the middle; front plate of mentum 

 strongly transverse, almost oblong. Head and thorax some- 

 times red^ sometimes infuscate, sparingly though not finely (on 

 the disk of the thorax obsoletely) punctate; hind angles 

 strongly rounded. Scutellum elongate, very coarsely punc- 

 tate, with an indefinite smooth space along the middle. 

 Elytra with a coarse subrugulose sculpture, and each with 

 eight longitudinal shallow grooves; on the interstices the 

 sculpture is less concentrated than it is in the grooves, where, 

 indeed, it is concentrated and irregular; the setse are exces- 

 sively minute and scanty, though this evidently depends to 

 some extent on attrition. Pygidium obsoletely punctate. 

 Metasternum elongate in the middle, its lateral wings not 

 much more than half as long as the hind coxte; these 

 are very densely coarsely punctate. Hind femora nearly 

 smooth below, their lower hind margin nearly straight, their 

 upper hind margin very strongly curved, and projecting, near 

 the base, farther back than the lower margin. Tarsi very 

 long and shining. 



Ootacamund [G. A. Barher, no. 207); apparently abun- 

 dant. In the collections of the British Museum, Cambridge 

 Museum, and D. Sharp. 



The species shows numerous differences from that de- 

 termined (I believe correctly) in the British Museum as 

 JS. t'ndtca, Blanch. 



Serica piluJa, sp. n. 



Eotiindato-ovalis, convexa, nigra, opaca, obsolete punctata ; clytris 



obsolete striatis ; antennis rufo-sordidis, tarsis piceo-rufis. 

 Long. 5-6 mm. 



This is a peculiar species, that becomes very compact and 

 subspherical in form when contracted. This, with the com- 

 paratively small eyes and the condition of the specimens, 

 seems to indicate very subterranean habits. Antennae 

 10-jointed, the sixth and seventh joints extremely short; the 

 club rather long, longer than the scape. Clypeus small, 

 emarginate in front. Front of mentum smooth and shining, 

 rather large, depressed, its lower margin strongly curved. 

 The sculpture of the whole of the surface peculiarly effaced, 

 the surface dull ; the striation of the elytra very fine, indistinct. 

 Middle coxa3 widely separated ; metasternum short in the 

 middle, almost without channel. Hind coxaj not large, 

 sparingly punctate. Abdomen short ; pygidium short. 



