76 iApi-il, 



scarcely as long as broad and more feebly margined at the base, the raised 

 lines on the elytra somewhat prominent, the antennae and legs stouter. 

 This species has a somewhat different facies from the other members of 

 the genus, owing to its rather convex comparatively short prothorax. 

 It is, however, closely related to C. himahiica, and, like it, has two sjnirs 

 to the anterior tibiae. C vcilens cannot be referred to Diasclera Keitt. 

 (1913), type from Transcaucasia. 



Pentaria cliloroptera, n. sp. 



Elongate, rather shiuing, ver}"^ finely sericen-pubescent ; black, the elytra 

 with a greeDish lustre, the palpi (the blackish apical joint of the maxillary pair 

 excepted), the anteunal joints 1-3 and the legs testaceous, the intermediate 

 and posterior femora, the apices of the tibiae, and the tips of the tarsal joints 

 more or less infuscate; the upper surface densely, excessivelj' minutely punctu- 

 late, the prothorax and elytra also very finely, transversely strigose. Antennae 

 moderately long, thickened outwards, joints 6-11 rather stout, 7-10 gradually 

 decreasing in length to about as broad as long. Prothorax with the sides 

 strongly rounded anteriorly, parallel at the base. Elytra moderatel}' elongate, 

 flattened on the disc anteriorly. Ventral segment 5 simple. Legs long and 

 slender ; penultimate joint of the anterior and intermediate tarsi bilobed, as 

 •wide as the preceding joint. 



Length 3-3^, breadth 1 ^\-\ \ mm. ( $ .) 



Hah. India, W. Almora in Kvimaon {H. G. C. -. v. 1917). 



Two examples, the larger one certainly 5 , the smaller one apparently 

 of the same sex. It is the first Anaspid seen by me with metallic elytra. 

 The name Anthohates Lee. (1850) is adopted for this genus by Csiki in 

 Junk's "Catalogue" (1915); it was dropped by Leconte and Horn 

 in favour of Pentaria Muls. (1856), owing to its having been based on 

 "false characters." 



Pentaria kumaonensis, n. sp. 



Elongate, 'shining, very finely sericeo-pubescent : black, the elytral epi- 

 pleura sometimes piceous, the basal four or five joints of the antennae, the 

 palpi (the infuscate apical joint of the maxillary pair excepted), and legs 

 testaceous, the intermediate and posterior femora, and the tarsi in part, more 

 or less infuscate; the upper surface densely, excessively minutely punctulate, 

 the prothorax and elytra also very finely transversely strigose. Antennae 

 rather short, thickened outwards, joints 7-11 short, 7-10 decreasing in length, 

 9 and 10 transverse. Prothorax with the sides strongly rounded anteriorly, 

 parallel at the base. Elytra elongate. Ventral segment 5 simple. Legs as in 

 P. chlorojJtera. 



Length 2|-1, breadth 1-1 A mm. ( 2 ■) 



Hah. India, W. Almora and Sunderdhunga in Kumaon, alt. GOUO- 



12,000 feet (H G. C. -. v.l917, vi.l919). 



