li.20.] lg() 



Ochthebius kosiensis, n. sp. 



Oblong-oviil, broad, somewhat convex, sparsely, finely' pubescent, opariue, 

 the epistoma and elytra shiuinji' ; nigro-piceous above, piceous beneath, the legs 

 testaceous. Head broad, short, densely, roughly punctate, and with an ocellus- 

 like tubercle on each side near the eyes, the labrum feebly eniargiiiate. I'ro- 

 thorux short, much wider than the head, abruptly, anguhirlv constricted just 

 before the base, the space thus foruied occupied by membrane ; densely, roughly 

 punctate, the disc with six foveae — two placed in the central sulcus and the 

 lower outer one obliquely elongated, — and scnnetimes one or two other smaller 

 impressions just within the sinuous submarginal groove. Elytra comparatively 

 short, broad, somewhat rounded at the sides; closely, deeply, rather coarsely 

 crenato-striate, the interstices narrower than the striae, finely punctulate. 

 Ventral surface opaque, a space down the middle of the nietasternum and 

 the last two abdominal segments shining. Legs short, rather stout. 



Length 1 ^ mm. 

 Hah. W. Alniora, Kumaon (//. G. C). 



Eight specimens. A short, broad, blackish form, very like' the 

 S. Em-opean O. montanus Friv. {^.opacus Baucli and hariieviUeiHej), 

 an insect occurring along the banks of mountain streams in Hungary, 

 Spain, etc.; but with the elytra less convex and the striae closely crenato- 

 punctate, the narrow interstices thus appearing transversely rugose. The 

 sculpture of the head and prothorax is very similar in the two species. 

 O. inonf anus belongs to the subgenus ^s^o5«^^(es Thoms. {:=. Tri/ mochthe- 

 hius Kuwert), which includes O. inqyressicollis Cast, and other European 

 forms. The specific name is taken from that of one of the streams along 

 which various Ochthehii were found by my son.* 



Laeliaena salilhergi, n. sp. 



Oblong-oval, rather convex shining; bronze-black, the palpi, legs, and 

 under surface piceous, the antennae testaceous; clothed with a few fine 

 adpressed hairs: the entire upper surface extremely finely alutaceous, and also 

 irregularly punctured, the punctures on the elytra subseriately arranged at the 

 base in some specimens. Head triangular, the labrum feebly emarginate ; 

 maxillary palpi not very slender, comparatively short, about as long as the 

 antennae, the terminal joint a little longer than the penultimate one. Prothorax 

 transverse, sinuate at the sides posteriorly, without depressions on the disc. 

 Elytra oblong, feebly rounded at the sides, a little wider than the prothorax. 

 Ventral surface opaque, a broad flattened space down the middle of the meta- 

 sternum and the last two abdominal segments shining. 



Length lyV-lJ i""'- 



Hah. W. Almora, Kmnaon {H. G. C: v.l919). 



* C/. Ent. Mo. Mag. Iv, \<\>. 9ii-101 (May 1919). 



