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group of pores on each side, those nearest the base being the 

 largest. E/i/tru striate-punctate at tlie base, the striie 

 beconiiiig broad, flat, and rugose from the basal third, the 

 intt'r.stices being reduced to narrow shining carinie and 

 ceasing at the declivity ; the fourth, sixth, and eighth inter- 

 stices are almost ol)S()lete from the basal third, the base of 

 the third interstice is plain, the elytral basal margin is 

 narrow, smooth, and raised, the declivity abruptly truncate, 

 subopaque, with a shagreened surface, the interstices l)cing 

 represented by a scries of somewhat irregularly placed 

 tubercles; the sutural angle is extended apically into a short, 

 broad, outwardly curved process on each elytron, very similar 

 to those on the male, which, however, are more slender and 

 almost straiglit. 



India : Nilgiri Hills. (H. L. Andrewes). 



Type ill ^^r. H. E. Andrewes's Coll. 



In most specimens of the male there are a few conspicuous 

 punctures on each side of of the prothoracic line, but often 

 very obscure. 



Platypus decens, sp. n. 



Elongate, reddish testaceous, elytra darker towards the 

 apex. Front flat, rugose, with scattered punctures and a 

 short, central, longitudinal impression below the centre, vertex 

 subangular, with a shining central line, sparsely punctured 

 aud laterally dull. Protliorax one-third longer than broad, 

 very narrow median groove from near the base to the centre 

 and laterally punctured, the number of punctures increasing 

 towards the anterior end of the groove, the whole surface 

 finely and irregularly punctured except the anterior portion 

 of the disc. Elytra faintly striate-punctate, the sutural stria 

 being the most deeply impressed; interstices 1, 3, and 5 are 

 elevated basally, and the apex of the elytra has an oblique 

 terminal impression, its margin diverging from the suture 

 above the impression, and forming an emargination with 

 rounded sides, the external angles curved downwards and 

 backwards, the outer edge being serrate ; the impressed sur- 

 face very shining, concave above the external angles, the 

 apical emargination wider than deep, with a median, strong, 

 somewhat flattened, sharp tooth on each side pointing inwards 

 and upwards, the external apical angles rounded, the inner 

 sutural termination being nearly right-angled. 



Length 3'2 mm. ; breadth 0*7 mm. 



Assam : Nowgong (?) l)iv., ex ^al. 



Type in the British Museum. 



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