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HALTIOIJOE. 



onwards the segments are almost equal, except the ninth and 

 tenth, which are somewhat shorter. Prothorax twice broader 

 than long, anterior angles obliquely thickened, posterior angles 

 rather obtuse, rounded ; surface nearly impunctate, or with some 

 very minute punctures visible under a strong power and in a 

 suitable light. Seutellum broad, impunctate. Elytra very finely 

 and rather ' closely punctate. Underside : first segment of the 

 bind tarsi as long as the two following segments together; claw- 

 segment moderately swollen. 



Length, 5-5| mm. 



Nilgiei Hills. 



Type in the British Museum. 



Of much smaller size than H. indica, Baly, and more finely 

 punctate ; separated from H. nigricornis, Baly, by the much 

 shorter antennae, the less transverse thorax and different 

 sculpture of the latter and of the elytra ; while the differently 

 coloured legs and other details distinguish this species from. 

 //. piceipennis, Baly. 



1 13. Hyphasoma discoidalis, Jacoby. 



Hyphasis discoidalis, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xl, 1896, p. 262. 



Oblong-ovate. General colour brown with the elytra obscure 

 piceous, the latter colour being lighter in the middle ; terminal 

 tour or five segments of antennae fuscous ; seutellum fulvous. 



Head with vertex impuncate, frontal elevations transverse, 

 rather flat and separated from the vertex by a deeply impressed 

 line, interantennal carina cut short but distinct, clypeus deflexed. 

 Antenna extending to a little distance beyond the middle of the 

 elytra ; first segment long, club-shaped, second shorter than 

 either first or third, fourth almost equal to third ; the following 

 segments almost equal. Prothorax transverse, about one-half a 

 millimetre broader than long; sides slightly rounded, margins 

 reflexed, posterior margin almost straight, and not as Jacoby 

 states " somewhat broadly produced at the middle,'' anterior 

 angles rounded : on the upper surface under a high power and in 

 a suitable light very fine and scattered punctures are visible. 

 Seutellum triangular, impunctate. Elytra very closely, finely but 

 distinctly punctate. Underside : epipleura deeply concave ; pro- 

 sternum narrowly elongate. 



Length, 4 mm. 



Bombay: Belgaum ( type-locality). Nilgiki Hills. 

 Type in the British Museum. 



1 14. Hyphasoma parvula, Jacoby. 



Hyphasis parvula, Jac, Notes Leyd. Mus. vi, 1884, p. 29. 

 Hyphasis fere, Jac, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxvii, 1889, p. 196. 



Body ovate. Colour pale flavous ; the eight distal segments of 

 the antenna? black. 



