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dark seta ; the posterior callus feeble and an oblique costa behind it, which is virtually 

 a continuation of interval 9. Sternum with close punctures throughout similar to 

 those on the pronotum. Venter shagreened at the sides and there with punctures 

 like those on the sternum but more shallow and separated, shiny in the middle and 

 with much smaller and more scattered punctures, segments iii. and iv. being impunc- 

 tate in the basal half. Legs dull, with coarse subconfiuent punctation and short 

 recumbent pale setae ; the posterior pairs of femora strongly furrowed beneath, the 

 tibiae subsulcate externally. 



Length, 4|— 5J mm. ; width, 2|-2 J mm. 



Madras : Coimbatore ; Hadagalli {type) and Hagari, Bellary District ; Koilpatti, 

 Tinnevelh District. 



A pest of water melons. 



The previously described species of Acythopeus are all from the Malay Archipelago, 

 and the present species may be distinguished from them by the impressions on the 

 prosternum. In general shape and structure it is very like another South Indian 

 Barid, Apotomorrhimis cribratus, Boh., which is however a dark brown insect, with 

 a small tooth on the femora and with the first joint of the club much longer than all 

 the rest together. 



