1893.] BEETLES OF THE FAMILY CLEIIID.5!. 577 



Orthrius. Gorham (Cist. Ent. 1S76, p. 74), 



Orthrius was proposed by iiie for au Australian species (0. 

 cylindricus), a smooth cylindrical insect with only the labial palpi 

 hatchet-shaped at the tip, and the eyes coarse, scarcely cut out. I 

 have since then recognized that many Eastern species placed in 

 various genera should be united with it, though not often so 

 cylindrical. Clerus suhfasciatus, AV^estwood, Thanasimus sellatiis, 

 Westwood, OjjUo sinensis, Gorh., and probably some others cannot 

 be retained in those genera, but will form a homogeneous group 

 under this name. 



Orthrius brachialis, n. sp. 



O. tarsali, Gorh., affinis et summa similitudine, ferrugineus, 

 nitidus, tihiis c/enicidisque tiijris, elytris substriatis perobsoleie 

 punctatis. Long. 10 millim. 



Hah. Assam, Sudiya, Naga Hills, Patkai Mountains (Doherty). 



Very closely allied to 0. tarsalis, described by me in the ' Annals ' 

 of the Genoa Museum of Natural History for 1892, a species 

 from Burmah, and only differing from it in having merely the tips of 

 the femora and the tibise black, whereas in 0. tarsalis the femora 

 and breast are also black. 



The striation and punctuation of the elytra are a little more 

 distinct. The specimen from the Nagas has the antennae a little 

 more infuscate, and in both it and the other specimens the tarsi 

 have their uppersides dark. A single example from Patkai is not 

 well developed and has the tibiae red, being, in fact, ferruginous all 

 over, but does not, I think, represent another species. 



The femora in this species and its allies ai'e subincrassate, 

 especially the front pair. 



Thanasimus carboj^arius, n. sp. 



Afer ; antennarum articulo ultimo, femorumque basi albo-testaceis, 

 jyrotJiorace tuberculoso-ina^quali, eJi/tris basi i/ranidatis t^djer- 

 culisque nonnullis seriathn histructis, dimidio ajncali sublavi, 

 versus apicein fascia argenteo-pubescente. ad suturam interrupia. 

 Long. 8 millim. 

 Hah. Mauipur {Doherty). 



Coal-black, a little shining ; eyes finely granulated, deeply and 

 angularly excised ; antennje longer than the head and thorax, dull 

 and pubescent, compressed, the three basal joints pitchy, the 

 apical joint acuminate, nearly white, and the one preceding pale, 

 the second joint very short, the third as long as the two basal 

 joints, those following gradually increasing in width, not serrate. 

 The thorax longer than wide, very rugose and uneven, having 

 several tubercles, one of which before the middle of the base is 

 round and shining. Elytra not much wider than the thorax, their 

 basal third very rough, with two rows of elongate sharp tubercles 

 on each, very irregular and often coalescing, the apex smooth, with 

 an oblique fascia-like band of silvery hairs at about a quarter 

 from the apex ; a f 3w scattered hairs are found all over the elytra. 



