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Phloeonoinus {Pldoeostiha) pinicolu, n. sp. 



Narrow, shining, depressed; iiigro-piceous or piceous, the elytra ohscure- 

 testaceous, the base of the antennae and the legs testaceous; surface alutaceous, 

 the head, prothorax, and elytra very finely, rather closely punctate, the abdomen 

 f parsely, minutely punctured. Head short, swollen on each side between the 

 eyes; antennae shoi't, joints 6-11 stout, 6-10 strongly transverse. Prothorax 

 sliort, the sides obliquely convergent posteriorly, the hind angles somewhat 

 obtuse ; the disc broadly flattened or depressed and feebly canaliculate at base 

 and apex, the apex also slightly hollowed on each side opposite the convex 

 lateral portions of the liead, the anterior margin appearing binodose. Elytra 

 subquadrate, about one-half longer than the prothorax. Abdomen long. Lej^s 

 short. 



Length 2-23 mm. 



Hah. W. Almora, Tanakpur, and Ilanikhet, all in Kumaon 

 (IZ. G. C). 



Sixteen specimens, found under the bark of " eliir,'' JPinus Jonqi 

 folia, on July IGth, 1916, and subsequent dates up to and including 

 April 20th, 1920. This Omaliid is somewhat intermediate between 

 P. (PJiloeosfiba) planus Pa3'k. and P. lapjjonicus Zett. {=2Jinef/ 

 Thorns.), it being much narrower than the former, and a little broader, 

 more robust, and more sliining than the latter. The anterior margin of 

 the prothorax is conspicuously impressed opposite the convex lateral 

 portions of the head in the Almora insect. The three described Indian 

 Pliloeonomus are all very different from P. pinicola, and none of them 

 are from pine-bark. 



Pltilurhlnitm Jloricola, n. sp. 



Narrow, sublinear, slightly widened posteriorly, shining, finely pubescent ; 

 testaceous, the eyes black, the metasternum and abdomen sometimes ( cJ ) '" 

 part infuscate or black ; head, prothorax, and elytra densely, very finely punc- 

 tate, the abdomen alutaceous and minutely punctulate. Head barely as wide as 

 the prothorax; antennae moderately long, joints -5-11 a little thickened, o-lO 

 subtransverse. Prothurax strongly transverse, rounded at the sides, the angles 

 obtuse. Elytra twice as long as the prothorax, and about the length of the 

 exposed portion of the abdomen. Posterior tarsal joint 1 as long as 2 and 3 

 united. 



Length 2-2i mm. (c5'$.) 



Hal. W. Almora in Kumaon {H G. C: iii. 191.S, 1919), Siuni 

 Gad, Garhwal, alt. 1000 ft. {H. G. C: vi.l920). 



Fomid in plenty on flowers of Macliilns, females preponderating. 

 The dark coloration of portions of the body may be peculiar to S , as iu 

 certain An fh oh/a. There are three or four European members of the 

 genus Philorhinum. The present insect must be nearly related to 



