74 (April, 



Osj^J/i/n nigricenh'is, n. sp. 



$. Elongate, narrow, sliining, tliickl_y pubescent; fulvous, tlie e^'es, tlie 

 flntennal joints 4-11, the terminal joint of the palpi externally, the anterior and 

 intermediate tibiae (except at the base and apex), the tarsi in great part and 

 abdomen black or pieeous ; the entire upper surface closely, finelj', the elytra 

 a little more coarsely and somewhat diffusely punctate. Head transverse, 

 rather siuall, narrower than the prothoiax ; eyes large, very deeply eniarginate ; 

 antennae slender, reaching to beyond the basal third of the elytra, joint 8 twice 

 as long as 2, 1] constricted near the tip. Prothorax transverse, sliglitly 

 explanate at the side*, the latter converging anteriorly, rounded, the two small 

 basal foveae just traceable, the base itself subtiuncate. Elytra very elongate, 

 con.^iderablv wider than the prothorax, subpavallel to beyond the middle, 

 rounded at the tip. Legs long and rather slender. 



Length ll, breadth 24mm. 



Ilah. India, Sunderdhtmga in Kumaon, in the vicinity of the 

 Pindari glacier, alt. between 8000 and 12,000 feet (//. G. C: vi.1919). 



One specimen. More elongate than 0. niJgirica Champ. (1916), 

 tvpe $ , the head .smaller, the eyes larger, the prothorax much narrower, 

 the elytra more elongate, less rugose, and more sinning, the legs longer 

 and more slender. O. melina Champ., from Tenasserim, is a much 

 smaller insect, av holly luteous in colour (the eyes excepted), with com- 

 paratively short elytra, etc. 



Cliri/santhia himalaica, n. sp. 



Elongate, narrow, depressed, nioderat(dy shining, very finely pubescent; 

 aeneous, aeneo-cupreous, or green, the oral organs (the infuscate tips of tiie 

 maudibles and palpi excepted) and legs (the more or less infuscate tarsi 

 excepted) testaceous, the antennae pieeous or fuscous, paler at the base. Head 

 subti-iangular, closely, linely punctate in 5> smoother down the middle in J, 

 the eyes prominent ; antennae slender, moderately long, sliglilly .shorter in $ . 

 I'rothorax as long as or a little longer than broad, oblong-cordate, densely 

 puuctulate (smoother in some of the male.-^), deeply, interruptedly sulcate on 

 the disc, the sulcus terminating in a fovea at the base, the sides nodose 

 anteriorly and obliquely compressed behind tliis, the basal margin prominent. 

 Elytra elongate, much wider than the prothorax, subparallel in the two ,«exes ; 

 denselv granulato-punctulate, with three faint rai.sed lines on the di.sc and 

 .another at the sides. Sixth ventral segment triangularly emarginate in J, the 

 exposed portions of the aedeagus (partlv extruded in one of the males) long 

 and slender. 



Length 5i-7, breadth 1^-1 1 mm. (d 2 •) 

 Hah. India, W. Almora in Kumaon {II. G. C. : iv.l917). 



Ten specimens, varying in the sculpture of- the prothorax. Nar- 

 I'ower and smoother than the European C. viridis Kedt., the femora and 

 tibiae testaceous, tlie prothorax less convex, deeply, interrttptedly sulcate 



