•ijO Mr. G. J. Arrow on the 



elongate-oval joint, preceded by three transverse joints, but 

 in tlie new species these three are much more distinctly 

 articulated, and the last of theui is enlarged almost to the 

 diameter of the terminal joint and about a fourth of its 

 length. About a dozen specimens of these two species which 

 1 have examined seem to be all of the same sex. 



Apseclus indicus, sp. n. 



JN'iger, nitidus, sat longe griseo-setosus, pcdibus antennisque pallide 

 flavis, harura clava biarticuliita, brunuea ; brcviter ovatus, pro- 

 noto lato, lateribus antico valde coiitractis, postice late lobato, 

 lobo truncato, antennarum clava baud compacta, articulo peu- 

 ultimo transverse ovali, ultimo paulo elongatOj vix triplice 

 majori. 



LoDg. I'o mm. 



I-Iab. Bombay: Belgaum [H. E. Andrewes). 



This species has the closest resemblance to A. hirtelluHj 

 but the prothorax is rather more narrowed in front and its 

 anterior margin has a pale semitransparent appearance. The 

 lateral carina) slightly approach the lateral margins behind 

 instead of diverging from them, and are therefore nearer the 

 hind angles. The club of the antenna is quite different. 

 The terminal joint is large, but oval, and still less elongate 

 than in A. iota, the ninth and tenth (penultimate) joints are 

 as in that species, the eighth not longer than it is wide. 



Genus Trinodes. 



Trlnodes punct'ipennis and globosus of Macleay must be 

 removed from the Dermestidie to the Byrrhidse. The 

 former, of which Mr. Lea has sent me specimens comj)ared 

 with the type, proves to belong to the genus Byi'rhinus, and 

 Ihe other must be supposed to be allied to it until evidence 

 is found to the contrary. The iiagmentary description is 

 practically worthless. 



Trinodes Jiavus, Motsch., Egypt (Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 

 xxxvi. 1863, ii. p. 433), has been omitted from all the 

 catalogues. Its description is not really worthy of that 

 name, but in the absence of any authori'ative definition as 

 to wliat constitutes a description the name can scarcely be 

 ignored. 



The description of T. cinereohirtus, Motsch., from Ceylon, 

 although of much greater length, seeuis to contain scarcely 

 more information of real sij^niticance. The species from 

 Ceylon here described, although of the same size, is not 

 suggested by anything else in that desciiptiou. The phrase 



