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tlie group " Omaliiiii,'''' are evanescent, and T am indeed unable to detect 

 them in various specimens of J-Lygroqeus aemulus Kosenh. taken by 

 myself in the French and Swiss Alps. The penultimate joint of the 

 maxillary palpi is very stout in the Indian insect. 



Geoilromicits amuicola, n. sp. 



]\roder;itely brosid, depres>;ed, closely pubescent, sinning, nigro-piceous or 

 piceous, the niandil)l(^s, tarsi, and apical joint of the palpi testaceous, the elytra, 

 i'einora, and tibiae fuscous or tusco-testaceous in innnature examples ; head and 

 prothorax deniiely, very finely, the elytra a little more coarsely and less closely, 

 punctiife, the abdomen densely punctulate. Head deeply, transverselj' excavaie 

 between the eyes, and narrowly, obtusely exteu<led on each side behind thi-m, 

 the ocelli not visible ; antennae long-, rather stout, extending- beyond the apex 

 of the elytra ; maxillnry pal])i -with joint 3 long-, stout, conical, 4 very short, 

 narrow, conical. I'rothorax wider tban the head, rather convex, transvers^'ly 

 subcordate, narrowly margined laterally, the sides simuvte towards the base, the 

 hind angles rectangular, tlie disc sometimes with a narrow smooth space down 

 the middle. Elytra subtriangular, truncate at the apex, covering about half of 

 tlie abdomen. 



J -characters as in G. crassijmljns. 



Length 4^-6, breadth 2-2i mm. 



Ilah. Sundcrliunga in Kumaon (H. G. 6'.). 



Two males and three females, apparently found with G. crriss/paljy/if, 

 from which it is separaljle by its narrower shape, the stouter antennae, 

 the laterally rounded post-ocular portions of the head, the narrower, sub- 

 cordate, non-explanate prothorax, and the less developed subtriangular 

 elj'^tra. 



Lrstfva Jliivictfa. n. sp. 



Shining, nigro-piceous or black, the palpi, tarsi, femora (e.xcept at the apex), 

 and souietiu.es the antennal joints 1 sind 2 in part, testaceous; clothed with 

 tine brownish pubescence ; liend, prothorax, and elytra densely, finely, tlie 

 abdomen very minutely, ])unctate. Head small, deeply sulcate on each side 

 near the eyes, the latter soraewhut prominent ; antennae slender, long, nearly 

 reaching the middle of the elytra. Prothorax rather convex, wider than tlie 

 head, about as long as broad, cordate, strongly sinuate at the sides towards the 

 base, coni]detely inaigined, the hind angles rectangular, the disc sometimes 

 faintly bi-impressed behind the middle and transver.sely depressed near the base. 

 Elytra about two and one-half times the leniith of, and much broader than, the 

 prothorax, leaving four or five of the abdominal segments exposed, gradually 

 widened to near the apex, and broadly rounded at the outer apical angle. 



I'ffr. The elytra with a large iiidelei-iuinate patch on the basal half of the 

 disc, and the legs entirely, testaceous or obscure-testaceous. 



Lengtli o-;'>i mm. ( d $ .) 



