160 F. Stoliczka — Monocjraph of Indian Passalidcd. [No. 3, 



The prothorax is moderately convex, as in Cantoris ; it is conspicuously 

 wider posteriorly than anteriorly, with a central groove which is almost as 

 complete, as it is usually to be found in American forms and in these only ; 

 marginal furrow anteriorly somewhat widened, bent in and punctated; 

 lateral scar small, rounded, generally with a few pits ; the sides of the 

 prothorax are either quite smooth (in the larger specimens), or punctated 

 in front of the scar and at the anterior corner (in the smaller specimens). 

 Whether this is a distinction of sex I cannot say. 



Scutellum centrally very minutely strigated ; waist laterally densely 

 punctated. Shoulders slightly thickened, only anteriorly with few very 

 short and thin hairs. Furrows of the elytra, above, slightly, laterally 

 distinctly punctated ; without hair. 



Tongue tricarinate. Lower lip in the middle somewhat convex, mostly 

 smooth or punctated, anteriorly sometimes slightly indented ; its branches 

 densely punctated, no scars exist on it. Waist, below, smooth, with elongated 

 diverging, dull scars. Metasternum smooth, its posterior sloping corners 

 rugosely punctated, its sides entirely hairy. Abdominal segments laterally 

 with linear scars. 



Prothorax posteriorly, below, covered with brown hair ; middle tibiae very 

 densely, posterior ones less hairy. 



JSab. — ^Nilgheries and Malabar. I received several specimens from 

 Major Beddome, E,ev. Baker, and Surgeon Major F. Day. 



21. Basiliantjs cancetjs, Perch. 



The largest specimen in my collection is 45 m.m. It has as yet only 

 been obtained in Nipal, Sikkim, Butan, and Assam. 



22. Basilianus Andamanensis, n. sp. 



Total length 32 to 38 m.m. ; one measures 35*6, width of its head 8, of 

 prothorax 10, of shoulders 10*2, length of elytra 21 m.m. 



Jaws almost equal. Upper lip straight in front or obliquely truncated, 

 the left rounded corner being often a little more projecting. Lappets of the 

 antennae generally graduated, the first very short, the succeeding to the 

 fifth gradually longer. Clypeus entirely punctated and covered with short 

 hair ; supra-ocular ridges low, distinctly truncated in front and with the 

 carina round the concave space well developed. The horn consists of an 

 elongated ridge, with a small tubercle on either side ; it is slightly elevated 

 at the anterior end and with an almost vertical slope. The frontal carinse are 

 rather short, terminating with elongated distinct points, connected by 

 another carina, from which the margin of the clypeus is almost vertical. 

 The marginal processes of the clypeus are far distant, situated above the edges 

 of the upper lip ; they are short, pointed, in some specimens apparently almost 

 equal, in others the left one is distinctly larger. They exactly resemble those 



