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as long, with two large excavations, one on each side midway between the front and 

 base, rather less densely punctured than the head, the punctures also vary in size ; 

 the elytra are more evenly punctured than the thorax, basal margin slightly elevated, 

 without dorsal striae ; the propygidium somewhat closely punctured, without fovese ; 

 the pygidlum less densely punctured, with an arched sulcus on each side and abbre- 

 viated before the apex ; the ^ros^erwMJw has a bent sulcus on each side abbreviated 

 before and behind, the ends diverging from each other ; the mesosternum is short, 

 with two lateral straight grooves, and a median fovea close to the posterior edge ; 

 the inetasternum is somewhat sparsely punctured. 



Rah. : Kanara ; found by Mr. T. E. D. Bell (No. 942). 



NlPONIUS PAKVULUS, Sp. fl. 

 Cylindricus, nigro-piceus, nitidus; pedibus rufis ; elytris tenuiter striatis ; 

 fropygidio pygidioque profunde bifoveatis. Long., 2 mm. 



Cylindrical, piceous, shining ; the head, armature as in N. osorioceps. Lew. 

 {I. c, fig. 12), tricarinate, with transverse sculpture behind the carinse, distinctly but 

 not closely punctured, punctures varying in size, especially some before the middle 

 of the neck, which are rather large ; the thorax similarly punctate, with some of the 

 larger punctures confluent, and formed into an irregular median canaliculation, 

 which is shortened before the base ; the elytra are elevated a little along the base 

 and round the scutellar area, and are irregularly striate, somewhat like those of N. 

 impressicolliSfljew. (I.e., fig. 1), but the striae are rather more punctiform ; the 

 propygidium sparsely but clearly punctate, with two median fovese placed trans- 

 versely to each other ; the pygidium similarly punctured with two larger fovese 

 resembling those of N. osorioceps, Lew. {I. c, fig. 12), but they are rather nearer 

 the base, and are placed more longitudinally to each other ; the presternum, keel 

 with marginal strise joined before and behind, the strise approaching one another 

 slightly between the coxae ; the mesosternum quadrate, with a conical impression on 

 each of the anterior angles, and a median longitudinal impression not clearly defined ; 

 the metasteraum sparsely and irregularly punctured, with a well-marked median 

 channel. 



This is the smallest species at present known. 



Hah. : Kanara (No. 753). 



Tetpeticus immcus, sp. n. 



Cylindricus, niger, nitidus; $ fronte triangulariter carinato, ^ fronte 

 concavo cum apice hitubereulato ; prosterno utrinque sulcata, sulcis antice 

 abbreviatis. Long., 3 mm. 



^ cylindrical, black, shining ; the head, forehead triangular, with a carina 

 between the eyes and continued along the sides and meeting at the apex, the apex 

 is sliglitly reflexed, behind the transverse portion of the carina the surface is micro- 

 scopically strigose, with a few obscure punctures ; the thorax, behind the middle of 

 tlie neck there is a carina which occupies nearly one-third of the thoracic length, 

 sarface with tear-shaped or sometimes oblong punctures, not closely set; the elytra 

 rather more sparsely punctured, and punctures mora circular ; the propygidium and 

 pygidium are similarly sculptured, the sculpture consisting of punctures smaller and 

 more closely set than those of the elytra. 



