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Aci/IopJ/or/is hipniictatirR. n. sp. 



Blaclc, sliiiiing, the posterior margins of the abdominal segments obscurely 

 pitchy, the last entirely pitchy-red. Antennae testaceous, the intermediate 

 joints infu.vcate. Legs reddish-testaceous. Length 9 mm. About the size 

 of A. wiujenscheiheri Kies., but with much longer head, narrower thorax 

 with less strongly rounded sides, shorter elytra, scarcely iridescent and 

 more densely punctured abdomen, and dift'erently coloured antennae and legs. 

 Head oblong-oval, the front with two large puuctures and one or two 

 others on either side near the base. Antennae with elongate 1st ji'int, 

 the 3rd shorter than tlie I'nd, the 4tli to the 8th longer than broad, gradually 

 decreasing in len2:th, 9th and 10th scarcely transverse, 11th as long as 

 the preceding. Thorax transverse, widest joint before the rounded posterior 

 angles, the sides gently rounded and narrowed anteriorly, the disc on either 

 side just before the middle with a single rather large puncture and two others 

 near the anterior angles. Elytra a little broader but scarcely as long as the 

 thorax, more coarsely punctured than in A. tcuf/t'tischeiberi, finely pubescent. 

 Abdomen elongate, gradually pointed, scarcely iridescent, closely and rather 

 liiiely punctured except on the last segment, which is sparingly punctured. 

 Anal styles pitchy. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills (^H. L. Andreives). Type in my own collection. 



Quedius {QttedionucJius) )iilf/iriensis, n. sp. 



Black, shining; elytra with a row of four large punctures, the shoulders, 

 suture, and apical margin reddish-testaceous. Antennae stout, the 1st joint 

 and the legs reddish-testaceous. Length 5"5 mm. Head short, oval, a little 

 longer than broad (measured from the constriction of the neck to the anterior 

 border of the front) ; the eyes a little longer than the temples ; impunctate 

 except for the juxta-ocular punctures and one or two others on the temples, 

 l^abruni bilobed ; palpi pitchy-testaceous. Antennae with the 2nd and 3rd 

 joints but little longer than broad, equal, the 4tli as long as broad, the otli to 

 the 10th transverse, gradually increasing in breadth, the 11th scarcely as long 

 as the two preceding together. Thorax longer than broad, distinctly narrowed 

 in front, the sides posteriorly often obscurely pitchy-brown ; disc with two 

 widely separated punctures on either side, the posterior of them placed more 

 externally a little behind the middle, the sides with two punctures, one of 

 which is placed at the anterior angle. Scutellum very finely and very sparingly 

 jiui.ctured. Elytra as long as and broader than the thorax, scarcely as long as 

 liroad, black, an elougfite spot reaching from the shoulder along the side of the 

 disc parallel to the lateral margin to about its middle (but sometimes extended 

 though more or less interrupted to the postero-exteriial angle), the suture and 

 apical margin (very narrowly) reddish-testaceous ; sculpture consisting of four 

 large punctures, the tirst at the shoulder, the fourth near the postero-external 

 angle, two others adjacent to the scutellum on either side, and another close 

 to the suture about the middle, and an exceedingly tine, close, and super- 

 licial puncturatiou, almost glabrous. Abdomen black, scarcely iridescent, the 



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