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that on tlie disc of the protliorax less confluent transversely, tlie narrow elytral 

 interspaces less strongly Torticose ; tiie ulxlomen densely, minutely jainctate. 



cT. Sixth ventral seg-uient deeply, triangularly eniargiuate. Genital 

 armature: median lobe gradually narrowed to a sharp point, concave above; 

 lateral lobes very long and slender, slightly sinuate, ciliale with long hairs 

 within. 



Length 4i-5i mm. (6 2-) 



Hab. W. Almora [vi., vii.1917], Nainital [ix.l9l7], Sunderdhunga 

 [vi.l919], all in Kumaon {H. G. C). 



Nine specimens, varying a little in size and colour. The genital 

 armature is very like that of Dianons caeruleonotatus (cf. Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. Iv, p. 54, fig. 2). 



Sfenus bracteatus, n. sp. 



Shining, very sparsely pubesceni, nigro-aeneous, the head and prothorax 

 golden-green or brassy, the ventral surface black, the antennae (the testaceous 

 basal joints excepted) and terminal joint of the maxillary palpi piceous, the 

 rest of the latter testaceous ; the legs testaceous, the outer halves of the femora 

 and the bases of the tibiae infuscate. Head large, coarsely, closely punctate, 

 broadly hollowed down the middle. Prothorax slightly longer than broad, 

 rounded at the sides anteriorly, narrowed and parallel-sided pasteriorly, 

 obliquely compressed laterally ; closely, coarsely punctate, the punctures 

 separated by transverse rugae on the disc. Elytra about as broad as long ; 

 coarsely closeW punctate, the smooth narrow interspaces transversely or 

 obliquely confluent on the disc. Abdomen sharply margined, densely, minutely 

 punctate above, sparsely punctured beneath. 



c5' . Sixth ventral segment triangularly emarginate. 



Length 3i-4| mm. (c?$.) 



Sab. W. Almora and Ranikhet, Kumaon (S. G. C: x.,xi.l917, 

 iv.l920). 



Seven specimens. A small form of S. aurichalceus, with the pro- 

 thorax more rounded at the sides anteriorly, and narrower and somewhat 

 parallel-sided at the base, the elytra a little shorter, the basal joints of 

 the maxillary palpi and the legs paler. 



Sypostenus rugosissimus, n. sp. 



Robust, moderately shining, somewhat thickly clothed with long pallid 

 hairs, Avhich are very conspicuous on the abdomen and femora; black, the 

 maxillary palpi and the antennae in their basal half testaceous, the elytra each 

 with an oblong, oblique reddish spot on the outer part of the disc behind the 

 middle ; the legs testaceous, the outer halves of the femora, and the tarsi in 

 part, slightly infuscate ; the entire surface extremely coarsely, closely punctate, 

 the punctures on the disc of the prothorax sinuously confluent and those on the 

 abdomen smaller than those on the elvtra. Head wide, broadly depressed 



