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the elylvii from the Immevi to tlio apex, lestaeeoiis or llavo-testaceous. Iload 

 broadly excavate between the eyes, closely, irregularly, rather coarsely punc- 

 tate, and witii an incomplete smoother raised median line; antennae and palpi 

 long. Prothorax subc^'lindrical, much longer than broad, slightly rounded at 

 the sides, densely, not very finely punctate. Elytra a little longer than broad, 

 about as wide as the head, punctured like the protliorax. Abdomen sub- 

 cylindrical, convex, the tirst .segment with a tine marginal carina, the others 

 immarginate ; rather coarsely, not very densely punctate. Legs long ; femora 

 thickened in their basal half: fourth tarsal joint broadly bilobed. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hab. Upper Gvimti Valley, W. Alraora, Kumaon (//. G. C. : 

 iv.1919). 



Two specimens, one with the testaceous sinuous stripe on the elytra 

 much broader than the other. Less elongate and with a much shorter 

 protliorax than H. Jlavovittafus, the sinuous marking on the elytra 

 broader and placed nearer the suture. M. milleimnctus Fauv., type 

 from the Nilgiri Hills, is an immaculate very similar insect, with a 

 more densely punctured protliorax and abdomen. 



{To he continued.) 



PICTUEESQUE MEMOEIES OF INSECT-COLLECTING IN INDIA. 

 BY a. A. J. BOTHNET, P.E.S. 



There are but few instances that I can recall in which Insect life in 

 India has been strongly enough in evidence to add to the beauty of the 

 surrounding scene, and to make its mark on the landscape. 



Fireflies {Lampyridae) undoubtedly claim the first place ; they 

 can be seen at almost any time and place, but certain spots, where they 

 occur in unusual numbers, are specially favoured by them. The splendid 

 Bamboo clumps at the enti'ance of Barrackpore Pai'k from the trunk 

 road to Sittagliur are much frequented by them, as well as the tine 

 clumps in Ischapore Park, and at Garden-Reach, Calcutta, where a 

 little lane runs down to the ferry to the Botanical Gardens. 



My first experience of Fireflies was at the Marble Rocks, Jabulpore, 

 a week after my first arrival in India. I was returning at sunset, when 

 a sudden storm came on ; my ghany-wallahs took the tats (ponies) out 

 of the gharry, and went off to smoke hubble-bubble at their native 

 village, and left me alone in the dark and rain, unable to speak a word 

 or call for help. 



I was greatly incensed at this treatment, but soon the rain ceased a 

 little, and the fireflies came out as if by magic ; there were some grand 



