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P. pall id iconic Fairm., from Corsica, which is unknown to me; P. hiimile 

 Er. is a little broader and less linear. 



Anthohium indiciim, n. sp. 



(5 . Testaceous, the eyes, metastevuum, and abdomen (the terminal segment 

 excepted) black, shiuing-, pubescent ; the head and prothor.ix densely, very finely, 

 the elytra a little more coarsely and diffusely, punctate, the puncturing of the 

 abdomen minute and very close. Head much narrower than tlie prothorax, the 

 ocelli extremely small ; antennae rather stout, extending to a litt!e beyond the 

 base of the elytra, gradually thickened outwards, joints 7-10 transyerse. Pro- 

 tliorax rather convex, strongly transverse, unimpressed on the disc, rounded at 

 the sides, narrowed anteriorly, the angles obtuse. Elytra abnut two and one- 

 half times the length of, and broader than, the prothorax, gradual!}' widened 

 posteriorly, obliquely subtruncate at the apex, leaving four abdominal segments 

 exposed. Anterior tarsal joints 1-4 slightly thickened. 



$ . Abdcmien testaceous, the head a litle smaller, the el ytra longer, more 

 obliquely truncate, and with the sutural angle somewhat thickened. 



Length 2§-3 mm. (d?) 



Hah. Parachiuar, Kurram Valley {F. TV. C). 



Two males and one female. Smaller and narrower than the 

 European A. signatum Miirk. and A. ahdominale Grav., the ocelli less 

 distinct, the antennae shorter, the prothorax unimpressed and immaculate, 

 the puncturing of the upper surface liner. The only described Indian 

 Antltohium, A. sikkimi (sic) Fauv. (1904), from Darjeeling, length 

 2 mm. (? 6 ), is a smaller testaceous insect; it is said to have the 

 antennae more slender at the base than in A. marshami Fauv., the pro- 

 thoracic angles rotundate, and the elytra " recte truncatis" at the apex. 



A 2 captured in the Pindar Valley, Almora,. alt. 8000-11,000 ft., 

 in July last, may belong to this smaller species. 



Amphichroum pindarense, n. sp. 



$ . Moderately broad, shining, very sparsely pubescent, the abdomen with 

 a few setae at the tip, the tibiae setose : testaceous, the eyes black, the outer 

 j dnts of the antennae sometimes more or less inluscate. Head small, closely 

 punctured, sulcate ou each side between the eyes ; antennae moderately long, 

 blender at the base, gradually thickened outwards, the joints all longer than 

 bioad, 11 much longer than 10. Prothorax transverse, rather convex, rounded 

 at the .sides, very little narrower at the apex than at the base, the angles obtuse, 

 the lateral margins narrowly explanate ; closel}', very finely punctured, foveate 

 in the centre posteriorly and usually more or less distinctly canaliculate thenco 

 to the anterior margin. Elytra wider than, and nearly twice as long as, the 

 ])r()thorax, truncate at the apex, leaving four or live abdominal segments 

 expo.sed ; closely, someAvhat coarsely punctate. Abdomen alutaceous, and 

 with a few widely scattered very minute punctures. 



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