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SOME INDIAN COLEOPTERA (3). 

 BY G. C. CHAMPION, F.Z.S. 

 [Continued from Vol. LVI, p. 77.] 



This paper contains descriptions of a few more ITydrojilulidce, 

 a Hy d rosea plia, several Sfaphylinidce of the genera Stenits and Uypo- 

 sfenus, and a Psephenoides sent by my eldest son, H. G. C, from 

 Almora, some of which have been awaiting determination for a con- 

 siderable time. They were mostly taken along the streams mentioned on 

 pp. 99-101 of the last volmne of this Magazine. The Stenids selected 

 for description are either more or less metallic or have maculate 

 elytra, three of the metallic forms exhibiting the vorticose elytral 

 sculpture of various Dianous frequenting the same localities. The other 

 Steni sent from Almom must be left for subsequent study ; three of 

 them, however, can be mentioned here : S. {Hypostenus) milJepuncius 

 Fauv. (type from the Nilgiri Hills), Sunderdhunga, and S. (Remisfeniis) 

 posticus and S. {Hemistenus) virgula Fauv. (types from Burma), W. 

 Almora, the last-namyd having been found in plenty. 



The genera marked with an asterisk are new to the Indian fauna. 



Species enumerated in the present contribution. 



Htdkophilbae. Staphtlinidae. 



*Oc]ithebius sexfoveatus, n. sp. Stenus bidentatus, n. sp. 



„ nitidipennis, n. sp. „ mucronatus, n. sp. 



„ rivalis, n. sp. „ seminiger, n. sp. 



„ opacipennis, n. sp. „ viriditmchis, n. sp. 



„ nobilis Villa. ,, aiu-ichalceus, n. sp. 



„ foveolatvs Germ. „ bracteatus, n. sp 



„ scintillans, n. sp. Hypostenus rtigosissimus, n. sp. 



,, hosiensis, n. sp. ,, flavovittatus, n. sp. 



*Laeliaena sahlbergi, n. sp. „ flexuosus, n. sp. 



Htdroscaphidae. Dascillidae. 



*Hijdroscapha substrigosa, n. sp. Psephenoides gahani, n. sp. 



OcMTiebius sexfoveatns, n. sp. 



Oblong-oval, sparsely, finely pubescent; brassy or obscure aeneous above, 

 the prothorax usually with a cupreous tinge, the under surface black, the legs 

 (the black tips of the tarsi excepted) testaceous, the palpi obscure testaceous, 

 with the terminal joint black; the head (the juxtn-ocular tubercles excepted) 

 and prothorax opaque or subopaque, the elytra moderately shining. Head short, 

 the epistoina slightly broader in S than in $, deu.^ely, rugulcsely puiictulate, 

 with two small loveae between the eyes and a central one at the base, the 

 labrum deeply emarginate. Prothorax much wider than the head, sinuously 

 constricted at a little before the base, the constricted portion bordered with 

 whitish membrane, the hind angles rectangular; densely, rugulosely punctu- 

 late, shallowly tranversely grooved anteriorly, the disc with six foveae, tha 



