1944] 
New Species of Endomychids 
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Meilichius aeneoniger n. sp. 
Type (sex undetermined). Nilgiri Hills, India. 
A small, highly convex, glabrous and shining insect. An- 
tennae reddish-brown with joints 9 and 10 and the base of 11 
infuscate. Each of the first seven joints is about twice as long 
Fig. 1. Meilichius aeneoniger n. sp., type. 
as wide, joint 8 only a little longer than broad. Joint 11 almost 
equal to 9 and 10 together. Pronotum more than twice as broad 
as long, lightly convex, black with bronze luster, the margins 
pale. The pale area along the margin is expanded a little at the 
front angles and more decidedly at the hind angles. Surface of 
pronotum finely and sparsely punctured at middle, no punctures 
evident at the sides. Head bronze-black, clypeus, labrum and 
