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SOME INDIAN COLEOI'TERA (t). f NOV 1 6 1Q2f) 



BY U. C. CUAMl'IUX, F.Z.S. p 



(Continued from p. 19Ck) ^'^^^^nian DsV^^ 



I'art 4 of this scries of papers includes descriptions of three 

 INlalacodernis and nine Omaliids, the latter including various interesting' 

 Huvlatile and some flowei"-frequenting forms. The eight Omaliid genera 

 represented in my son's collections show how little we know of the 

 Himalayan Staphylinidie : five of them are additions to the Indian fauna, 

 and four of these belong to well-known European generic types. Six 

 Omaliids only have hitherto been recorded from India — three Oiiudimii 

 and three Phloeonomus. The genera mai'ked with an asterisk are 

 additions to the Indian fauna. The types of the species described, as 

 well as those enmuerated in the papers 1-3, will be presented to the 

 British Museum. 



Species enumerated in tlie present contribution. 



Staphtlinidae (Omaliinae). *Geodromicxis crassipcdpis, n. sp. 



Omalium almorense, n. sp. ,, amnicola, u. sp. 



Phloeonomus (Phloeostiba) pinicola, n. sjj. *Lesteva fluviata, n. sj). 

 '*Pli,ilorhitmm floricola, n. sp. Telephoridae. 



Anthobium inCiicum, n. sp. *Malthiiius lineatocollis, n. sp. 



*A mphichroum pindareii.se, n. sp. Ichthyarus himalaicus. n. sp. 

 *Jinddiphrum (n. gen.) graciUpalpe, „ maculifivns, n. sp. 



Omaliam almorense, n. sp. 



Eloug-ate, narrow, sublinear, a little widened posteriorly, shiniuj,', very 

 finely ciuereo-pubescent, black, the legs testaceous, the femora slightly int"u>- 

 c:ile ; liead, prothorax, and elytra densely, finely punctate, the bead smoother 

 in trout, the abdomen alutaceous, minutely punctuied. Head small, impressed 

 ou each side anteriorly ; antennae short, stout, joints 3-5 small, 6-10 strongly 

 transverse. Prothorax convex, strongly transverse, unimpressed, rounded at 

 the sides, a little narrowed in front, the hind angles obtusely rectangular. 

 Elytra wider than the prothorax, much longer than broad, about equalling tlie 

 exjiosed abdominal segments in length, with an indication of impressed lines 

 on the disc. Posterior tarsal joints 1-4 subequal in length. 



Length 2| mm. 



Hub. W. Almora in Kumaon {H. G. C: iii.lOlO). 



Two specimens, apparently d and 5 , found with Fliilorlunuin 



Jloricola. This small Omalium is of about the size of the European 



O. vile Er. ; but it has the general aspect of a Philorhinum, from which 



it differs in having a short basal joint to the posterior tarsi, etc. It 



looks like a very small narrow O.JJoralc Payk., an insect also t)ccurring 



on flowers. 



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