274 Mr. H. E. Andrewes on 



differing in the two specimens, clypeus sliglitly, labium 

 rather strongly emarginate, mandibles short, sliarply con- 

 tracted and hooked at extremity, longitudinally striate in 

 the scrobe, eyes rather prominent, antennae thick, barely 

 reaching middle of elytra, joint 1 short and widely dilated, 

 2 very short, not more than a third of 1, 3 half as loug 

 again as 1, 4 a little shorter than the apical joints, 3 and 4 

 strongly compressed laterally quite close to base ; the tooth 

 of the mentum is short and wide, slightly and widely 

 emarginate, with a seta at each side of base, another seta 

 on each side of mentum near base, and yet another on each 

 side of base of submentum not far from buccal fissure ; 

 joint 2 of labial palpi with only 2 setae visible on inner mar- 

 gin. Pruthorax moderately convex, barely wider than head 

 and only slightly wider than long, extremities truncate, 

 sides of base a little oblique quite close to angles, sides 

 narrowly bordered in front, a little more widely behind, 

 very gently rounded, a slight sinuation near front angles 

 and a marked one rather before hind angles, which are 

 approximately right and fairly sharp, projecting a little 

 laterally, no marginal pores or setae; median line moderately 

 marked on disk only, both transverse impressions deep, the 

 foveas barely indicated, surface generally smooth, vaguely 

 punctate along the transverse impressions. Elytra elongate- 

 ovate, rather flat, not quite twice as wide as prothorax, and 

 two-thirds as long again as wide, widest behind middle, 

 shoulders nearly obsolete, but basal border forming with 

 side border a slight obtuse humeral angle, sides bordered, 

 faintly sinuate behind shoulder ; finely punctate-striate, stria 

 1 fairly deep on disk, and quite clear to apex, the others 

 progressively finer towards both sides and apex, where they 

 become almost obsolete, scutellary striole short, intervals 

 flat, though slightly convex on disk, no sign of a carina at 

 apex, no setiferous pores, the punctures of the marginal 

 series few, small, and far apart, surface smooth and slightly 

 sericeous, microsculpture very clear, isodiametric. Under- 

 side smooth, a few very vaguely indicated punctures at sides 

 of venter near base, ventral segments with 2 (sometimes 3) 

 setae on each side of median line, apical segment with 1 only. 

 Tarsal joints glabrous above, those of the pro- and meso- 

 tarsi almost moniliform, apex of metatarsal joints produced 

 beneath. 



The last-mentioned character would put the species into 

 the subgenus Nehriula, but the other characters are widely 

 different, and I am unable to make any comparison with 

 another species, as I know of nothing at all sijnilar. To my 



