296 Records 0/ the Indian Museum. [Vol. XXIV, 



rounded at sides base and apex bisinuate, all angles obtuse, sub- 

 rectangular; disc evenly convex, rather strongly but irregularly 

 and not densely punctate. Elytra attenuate in posterior third, 

 strongly punctate-striate, intervals convex, lateral carina at extreme 

 base visible from above forming a rounded prominence in front of 

 the humeral callus. Underside more nitid, epimera of prothorax 

 densely and coarsely punctured towards sides leaving a shining 

 smooth place above coxae, meso- and metasterna also coarsely but 

 less densely punctured towards sides, abdomen and median part of 

 thorax densely and finely punctured and pubescent. Femora 

 densely and finely punctured and pubescent, slightly thickened 

 beyond middle, tibiae more coarsely and less densely punctured. 



Male with a tooth on anterior tibiae within at about \ from 

 base, slightly emarginate beyond this to apex. Length 12-14 mm - 



1 ex., 9 , Oct. 1919 (N. Annandale); also 1 2 Assam, Patkai 

 Mts. (Doherty) ; 1 & , Siam, Xieng Khong (R. V. de Salvaza) (type). 



Allied to A. sericans Fairm., from the Philippine Is. and when 

 viewed obliquely from in front exhibiting a greyish sericeous sheen 

 on the elytra much less pronounced than in A. sericans. In the 

 latter species the marginal sulci of the eyes are produced down- 

 wards, the lateral carina of the elytra is not prominent in front 

 of the shoulder and the prothoracic epimera are impunctate. 



Family ANTHICIDAE. 

 Anthicus floralis var. quisquilius Thorns. 



Thomson, Skand. Col. VI, -1864, p. 380. 



i ex., 3-i9-viii-i9 (F. H. Gravely). 



A common species of practically cosmopolitan distribution. 



Family MORDELLIDAE. 



Mordellistena daturae, sp. nov. 



Elongate, narrow, testaceous, clothed with a moderately dense 

 pubescence of the same colour. Antennae slender, 3rd and 4th 

 joints shorter than 2nd ; together as long as 4th, 4th to nth 

 equal in length, slightly expanded and rounded on inner side. 

 Posterior angles of pronotum distinctly rounded. Pygidium slender, 

 twice as long as hypopygium. Posterior tibiae with three strongly 

 oblique comb-ridges, extending nearly half way across the outer side 

 of the tibia, 1st tarsal joint with three shorter oblique ridges, 2nd 

 with two, 3rd without ridges. The inner spur of the posterior tibiae 

 is nearly as long as the 1st tarsal joint, about 4 times as long as 

 the outer spur. Length (including pygidium) 3 mm. 



2 ex., 3-19 viii 19, ' from Datura flowers ' (F. H. Gravely) ; 1 

 ex., 25 - vii-4*viiii7 (N. Annandale). 



From M. defective Walk., from Ceylon it differs in its rather 

 smaller size and paler colour, in the posteiior angles of the pron- 



