CQiJfOBIUS. 
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disc ; basal margin edged with black. Prosternum nearly twice as 
broad as long, lateral angles acute.’’ ( Baly .) 
Length 2 mm. 
Ilah. India. 
It is very probable that this species was described from an 
immature specimen, as nearly all known species are black and this 
one only partly so. 
329. (?) Ccenobius basalis, ep. n. 
Fulvous ; breast and abdomen piceous ; elytra with hasal and 
sutural margin narrowly black. 
Broad and robust ; entire sides and top of head occupied by the 
eyes ; antennae in the type and only specimen wanting. Thorax 
nearly twice as broad as long at base, strongly narrowed anteriorly; 
disc with a transverse sulcus at middle, deep and oblique at sides, 
narrow and straight at middle ; surface impunctate with the 
exception of a single row of punctures on basal margin. Scutellum 
black, elongate, lanceolate. Elytra broad, nearly parallel, apex of 
each broadly rounded ; surface strongly punctate-striate, the 
punctures placed in striae, first punctures at base very deep, 
interstices convex near suture and at sides, suture narrowly, base 
more broadly black. Legs robust, fulvous ; claws toothed at base. 
Last abdominal segment fulvous. Prosternum scarcely louger 
than broad, transversely grooved at base. 
Length 2£ mm. 
Hah. Nilgiris. Type in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 
I have only provisionally placed this species in Ccenobius, from 
which it differs in the shape and structure of the prosternum, the 
latter is broad and flat, almost as broad as long and has no raised 
lateral margins. The thorax is not produced at middle of base 
into a distinct point and the elytra are strongly punctate-striate 
with convex interstices. The whole appearance of the insect is that 
of the South American genus Monachus, and it is quite possible 
that this is one of Motschulsky’s species, perhaps his Monachus 
basalis. The absence of the antennae in the only specimen available 
for examination has precluded the creation of another genus for the 
present insect. 
330. Ccenobius pallipes, sp. n. 
Black ; antennae and legs entirely flavous. 
Head with a few fine punctures on its lower portion ; palpi 
flavous ; antennae with strongly thickened terminal joints, that 
extend beyond base of thorax; the latter more than twice as broad 
as long, strongly narrowed anteriorly, sides feebly rounded, surface 
impunctate, with the exception of a single row of punctures near 
the basal margin ; median lobe triangularly pointed, sides with a 
short, sometimes somewhat obsolete transverse groove. Elytra 
with very finely punctured striae, interstices at sides longitudinally 
