440 Mr. G.J. Arrow on the 



Numerous pjvcirneii.s of this were taken l>v Mr. II. L. 

 Andrewes by sweeping in the Aucliterlony Valley (3.500— 

 6000 tt.) in December, also by beating round small patches 

 of jungle in hollows of open downs at Naduvatum (6000- 

 6^)00 tt.). It is very like (). Juci/ndus^ bat siuailer, more 

 oval, and more convex. The pattern and arrangement of the 

 pnbesconce are the same, but the hairs are shorter and less 

 uiiit'orm and lie closer together, the posthumeral band and 

 apical jiatch ot light hairs are more sharply defined, and the 

 liairs occupying the remaining surface of the elytra mucli 

 shorter and darker. The antennaj are light red, the last joint 

 very large, fl;it, and completely circular in the male, and the 

 preceding joint very small. In the female the penultimate 

 joint is nearly half the diameter of tlie hist. The last visible 

 (tilth) ventral segment of tlie male is broadly depressed, and 

 the hind margin armed with a spine on each side of the 

 depression. 



Orphinits mino7', sp. n. 



Fusco-niger, antennis pedibusque rufescentibus ; ovatus, convexus, 

 griseo-pubeseens, supra iindique profunde sat grosse et crebro 

 punctatus, prouoti lobo poslico brevi, rotuudato. 



Long. 2 mm. 



Hah. Bombay: Belgaum. 



A number of specimens were taken by ^Ir. H. E. Andrewes, 

 by whom it has been presented to the British Museum, 

 together with the two preceding species. It was found in 

 company with O.jucundus in sweeping grass at the end of 

 the rains (November and December), but not nearly so plenti- 

 fully as the other species. 



It is like 0. ajinis, Reitt., without spots or bands of 

 pio-ment or pubescence, and also without the reddish extre- 

 mities of the elytra of that species. It is also smaller, less 

 elongate, and more convex, with the prothorax relatively 

 mucii longer and more roundt'd in front. The posterior lobe 

 is shorter and more broadly rounded. The puncturation and 

 clothing are almost exactly as in 0. affinis. 



Orphinus tahitha, sp. n. 



Totus niger, sat nitidus, tarsis antennisque solum piceis; breviter 

 ovatus, valde convexus, baud longe grisco-pubesceus, prothoracis 

 lateribus, fasciis elytrorum tribus transversis suturaque anguste 

 pilis longioribus et densioribus ornatis, fascia prima basali, secunda 

 antemediana tertiaque auteapicab, corpore supra profunde sat 

 crebre punctate, pronoto postice valde lobato. 



Long. 2-5-3 ram. 



