COLEOPTERA OF THE FAMILY STAPHYLINIDAE 19 



Antennae rather sliort, the 3rd joint a good deal longer than the 2nd, 4th to 7th gradually 

 decreasing in length, 8th to 10th slightly transverse. Thorax a little longer than broad 

 (7: 5.5), widest about the middle, the sides rounded in front, nearly straight and retracted 

 behind, ali)ng the middle posteriorly with a narrow impunctate line, before the base on each 

 side with three or four transverse rugae, the rest of the surface closely and more coarsely 

 punctured than the head and somewhat rugose. Elytra a little longer than the thorax, with 

 coarse oblique rugae passing from the middle of each disc backwards and inwards to the 

 suture and sutural angle, a few finer ones also passing forwards and inwards towards the 

 scutellary region ; shoulders and base closely and moderately finely punctured, postero-exter- 

 nally coarsely, closely and rugosely punctured. Abdomen gradually narrowed from base to 

 apex, extremely finely, obsoletely, moderately closely punctured, rather more closely and dis- 

 tinctly on the 9th segment. Fore-parts almost glabrous. Abdomen sparingly pubescent. 



$ : Unknown. 



NiLGiRi Hills : Pykara, altitude 7000 feet. 15-XI-32. Unique. 



STAPHYLININAE 



Actobius basalis Motsch. var. Iiiiiiicralis Cam. 



NiLGiRi Hills : Pykara, 15-XI-32. Two specimens. 



Type widely distributed in the Oriental region, the variety so far only recorded from 

 the Nilgiri Hills. 



Pliilonthns lidarensis Cam. 



Indian Tibet: Kargil, altitude 8790 feet. 24-V-32. On wet mossy stones near spring. 

 One specimen. Also known from Lidarwat, altitude 9000 feet, and Gulmarg. 



ALEOCHARINAE 



Athela (Aloconota) iguensis sp. n. 



Entirely black, the elytra with very slight metallic reflex, the fore-parts moderately, the 

 abdomen more shining. Antennae, palpi and legs black, the tarsi brownish-yellow. Length 

 2.8 muL 



Head transverse, suborbicular, nearly as broad as the thorax, the vertex with a fine short 

 sulcus, extremely finely and very sparingly punctured, strongly coriaceous. Antennae long, 

 the 3rd joint longer than the 2nd, 4th to 10th all longer than broad, gradually decreasing in 

 length, the 9th and 10th only a little longer than broad, together as long as the 11th. Thorax 

 slightly transverse, the sides rounded in front, sinuate and retracted behind, the posterior 

 angles obtuse, the base on each side obliquely truncate as in iiisecta Thorns along the middle 

 in the posterior half superficially impressed, very finely, much less sparingly punctured than 

 the head, the ground sculpture similar. Elytra a little broader and half as long again as the 



