7if>r (ititus t'f Ritteh'iie Cohoptera. 2G*J 



features, the most iin[)ortaiit of wliicli are the ciiiargiiiate 

 and biangulate clypeus, the ol)liqiu!ly placed cyes^ and the 

 great euUirgeiuent of these in the male. The clcavajije of the 

 claws far from the tip is also an exceptional feature, although 

 occurring in the subgenus Adoretosoma. I am not at present 

 able to properly examine the organs of the mouth, having 

 only a single specimen of each of the three species. These 

 are all Indian and all of very small size. 

 They may be tabulated as follows : — 



i. Clypeus and forehead strongly punctured indica. 



ii. Clypeus smooth, forehead punctured binnanica. 



iii. Clypeus and forehead smooth cingaknsis. 



Micvunoinala indica, sp. n. 



Pullide testacea, capite tarsisque rufis ; clypoo sat crebre et grosso 

 punctate, antice subangulatim emarginato, angulis paulo obtusis, 

 fronte late longitudinaliter impreaso, fortiter vix crebre puactato; 

 prothoracc distiucto fere aequaliter punctate, lateribus medio 

 angulatis, antice et pestice fero rcctis, seqiialiter approxiraatis, 

 angulis anticis acutis, posticis obtusis ; scutelle punctate ; elytris 

 profujide striato-punctatis, intcrstitiis angustis, fere aequalibus ; 

 pygidio fortiter, metastcrno fort iter sat crebre, punctatis ; corpora 

 tote glabre, subtus parcissime pilose : 

 S , oculis maximis, quam spatiam iiiterjicientem antice paulo 

 lalioribus. 



Long. 7'5 mm. ; lat. max. 3o mm. 



Hab. S. IxDiA : Coimbatore. 



It is pale testaceous, with the head and tarsi reddish. The 

 clypeus is strongly and closely punctured and subangularly 

 emarginate in front, with prominent but not acute lateral 

 angles. The forehead is rather strongly channelled along 

 the middle and strongly punctured, but a little less closely 

 than the clypeus. The pronotum is moderately closely and 

 rather evenly punctured, and the lateral margins are angu- 

 late in the middle, nearly straight, and very slightly con- 

 tracted from there to the front and hind angles^ of which the 

 front are acute and the hind obtuse. The seutellum is 

 distinctly punctured and the elytra coarsely and closely in 

 strongly impressed rows placed close together at almost 

 equal distances. The pygidium is strongly, but not closely, 

 and the metasternum closely punctured. There is only a 

 very scanty clothing of hairs upon the lower surface. The 

 front tibia bears three sharp teeth. 



The male has the eyes very large, their diameter being 

 rather wider than the intervening space at its narrowest part. 



