RHYSODES. 509 



elytra moreover are striate aud not punctured in rows. None of 



Fig. 236. — Rht/sodes nicobarensis. 



the prothoracic ridges quite reach the apex ; the last joint of the 

 antennae is blunt at the apex. 

 Length 6 millim. 



NlCOBAR ISLANDS. 



Type in the British Museum. 



^84. Rhysodes anguliceps, Arr. 



Rhysodes anguliceps, Arrow, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vii, 1901, p. 89. 



Shining black, less elongate than usual ; head comparatively 

 very small, triangular, much produced before 

 the eyes, posterior lobes with a circular 

 outline interrupted only at the sides of the 

 head, where they are rather produced back- 

 wards ; on each side above the eyes is a 

 curved channel, the smooth space in front 

 of the lobes being large aud broad ; antennae 

 comparatively short, with the apex of the 

 last joint blunt ; prothorax large, with the 

 sides rounded and contracted in front, tri- 

 sulcate, both the furrows and the ridges 

 being large and deep, all the sulci extending 

 from base to apex or very nearly so ; elytra 

 with deep and subcrenulately punctured 

 striae, the shoulders produced but not 

 toothed ; tibiae bidentate on each side. 

 Rhysodes anguliceps. Male with the anterior femora furnished 



with minute teeth ; posterior tibiae produced 

 into a brush-like plate at apex. 

 Length 6| millim. 

 Madras : Malabar. 

 Type in the British Museum. 



