168 [-Tuiy. 



and in some of them the puncturing of tlie elytra shows a tendency to 

 a seriate arrangement towards the sides. An example from the Tirol 

 before me agi'ees well with some of the Indian ones. O. nohilis Villa 

 (z=:Jii/beniicus Sturm and Jfuviaf His Guilleb.) belongs to the subgenus 

 Bofhochius Rey {^Camptoclithehius Kuwert), which includes 0. punc- 

 tafus Steph., and is a widely distributed insect in Southern Europe, 

 occurring along the banks of mountain streams. It is a pilose form, 

 Avith deep foveae on the head and disc of the prothorax, an unemarginate 

 labrum, and confusedly punctured, rather long elytra. The specimens 

 sent from India are labelled as from W. Almora and Ranikhet (v. 1917, 

 xi.l918, iv.l920), River Sarda Gorge (xii.1918), and Tanakpur, all in 

 Kumaon. 



Ochthehius foveolatus Germ. 



Fourteen specimens from W. Almora and Ranikhet (iii.1917, 

 xi.l918, iv.l920) agree with others before me from Nice and the 

 Caucasus. A small, narrow, shining, brassy form, almost glabrous 

 above, the head and prothorax foveate, the elytra finely punctate-striate, 

 with the interstices fiat, the metasternum with a polished space down 

 the middle. O. foveolatus belongs to the subgenus Hymenodes Muls. 

 {z^Cheilochthehius Kuwert). 



Ochthehius scintillans, n. sp. 



Oblong-oval, sparseh', fiuely pubescent; brassy and shining above, black 

 beneath, the legs (the blackish knees and tarsi excepted) testaceous, the palpi 

 piceous. Head triangular, densely, roughly punctate, bi-impressed between 

 the eyes, the labruui emarginate. Prothorax transverse, trapezoidal, sinuously 

 narrowed from about the middle to the base, the membranous margin extending 

 forward to near the anterior angles, the hind angles rectangular ; denseh', 

 roughly punctate, sulcata down the middle, and with an angulate submarginal 

 groove, the median sulcus foveate posteriorly, the intervening spaces on the 

 disc without trace of foveae. Elytra rather broad, somewhat rounded at the 

 sides ; coarsely punctate-striate, the interstices minutely punctulate, becoming 

 very narrow towards the outer margin. Ventral surface opaque, the last two 

 abdominal segments shining. Legs rather stout, short. 



Length If mm. 



Hah. W. Almora, Kumaon {H. Q. C). 



One specimen. The sharply unisulcate disc of the prothoi-ax brings 

 this species into the subgenus Homalochthehius Kuwert, which is based 

 upon two much smoother insects, O. imp)'essus Marsh, and O. aeneiis 

 Steph., the head and prothorax being roughly sculptured in 0. scintillans. 



