172 [August. 



ocular portion of the head, lonp:er tlian broad, densely, rather coarsely, 

 confluently punctate. Elytra about as wide as the head, slightly longer than 

 broad, the punetn ing- distinctly coarser and less crowded than that of the 

 prothorax. Abdomen sharply margined, densely, finely punctate, the dorsal 

 segments 1-5 sliglitly excavate in the centre at the base. Tarsi long and 

 slender. 



Length 4j mm. 



Hah. W. Almora, Kumaon (R.G.C). 



One specimen, apparently $ . Not unlike the European S. ater 

 Mann., the abdomen shining black, the rest of the upper surface brassy 

 and somewhat dull ; the head broader, the prothorax more rounded at the 

 sides, the elytra longer. The prothorax is a little wider, and the abdomen 

 more coarsely punctured, than in S. inriditinctus, and the elytra are 

 simply punctate, without trace of radiating rugae. S. venator Fauv. is 

 probably an allied form. 



Stem/s inriditinctus, n. sp. 



S . Shining, nigro-aeneons, the head, prothorax, and elytra with greenish 

 and golden suffusions (broadly greenish across the disc of both the prothorax 

 and elytra), the antennae, maxillary palpi (the testaceous basal joint excepted), 

 and legs black ; very sparsely, finely pubescent. Head large, rather coarsely, 

 closely punctate, broadly hollowed down the middle. Prothorax rather 

 narrow, oblong-cordate, a little longer than broad, obliquely compressed at the 

 sides; coarsely, closely punctured, the narrow interspaces obliquely or trans- 

 versely confluent r.ud radiating on the disc. Elytra as wide as the hend, slightly 

 longer than broad ; coarsely, closely punctate, the smooth, narrow interspaces 

 transversely or obliquely confluent and radiating on the disc. Abdomen sharply 

 margined, closely, very minutely punctate ; sixth ventral segment very deeply, 

 triangularly emarginate. Tarsi long, slender, joint 4 simple. 



Length t)\ mm. 



Hah. West Almora, GOOD ft. [vi.l9l7], and Sundeulhunga, 8000- 

 12,000 ft. [vi.l919], both in Kumaon {R. G. C). 



Two males. This is one of three metallic Sfeni found with many 

 species of Dianoiis about the running streams in Almora, and is distin- 

 guishable from its allies by the coarse vorticose el3'tral scvilpture (sug- 

 gestive of that of Dianoiis radiatus of the same region) and the wholly 

 black legs, characters separating S. viriditinctus from the Burmese 

 S. nigrovireiis Fauv. (1895). 



Stemis aurichalceus, n. sp. 



Very like (S". viriditvictus, the head, prothorax, and elytra brassy, the femora 

 in about their basal half, the tibiae in great part, and sometimes the tarsi also, 

 testaceous ; the puncturing of the head, prothorax, and elytra coarse and dense. 



