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black transverse patch at the tip (leaving in tins sex two rather narrow testa- 

 ceous fasciae which are connected along the suture). 



(^ . Elytra deeply transversely excavate at the apex ; the excavated space 

 limited in front by a curved testaceous ridge, which (as seen in profile) is raised 

 at the middle of the disc into a compressed, stout, conical prominence, and 

 closed behind by a shorter black ridge, this latter (as seen from behind) bifur- 

 cate above. Terminal abdominal segment (pygidium) deeply cleft. Posterior 

 tibiae slender, bowed inwards towards the apex. 



Length 3-3^ mm. ( J $.) 



Hah. W. Bhatkot, Ranikhet Division of Kumaon, alt. 4000 ft. 

 {H. G. C), Darjeeling [$ ], Sikkim [d] [types of Pic). 



The above definition is taken from two males and six females, sent 

 unmounted in the same tubes with a long series of H. aicrifus from 

 Ranikhet. The $ has the head entirely black, as in both sexes of tlie 

 latter, and the apical margin of the elytra testaceous. These examples 

 agree so nearly with Pic's descriptions of Ebaeus {Attains) cyaneo- 

 notatus that they are provisionally referred to the same species. Ebaeus 

 carinatipennis Pic (1905), also from Sikkim, which has immaculate 

 elytra, may belong to the present genus. 



Hypehaeus tinct'icollis, n. sp. 



§. Moderately elongate, much widened posteriorly, sparsely, very finely 

 ]nibftscent, shining; black, the antennal joints 1-4, the apices of the leiuora, 

 the tarsi, and the tibiae wholly or in part, testaceous; the prothorax (an 

 anteriorly-widened, sharply-defined, black median vitta excepted) rufescent or 

 testaceous; the elytra with a common, outwardly dilated, transverse fascia 

 below the base, extending down the suture to the tip, also testaceous ; head 

 and prothorax almost smooth, the elj'tra sparsely obsoletely punctulate. Head 

 subtriaugular, the eyes rather prominent; antennae long, slender, feebly sub- 

 serrate. Prothorax convex, broader than li>ug, rounded at the sides, obliquely 

 narrowed posteriorly. ]']Iytia rather short, depressed on the disc below the 

 base, convex and much widened towards the apex, the apices conjointly 

 rounded. Legs very slender; posterior tibiae leebly curved, slightly sinuate 

 within. 



(S . Elytra narrower and less dilated posteriorly, the second black patch 

 not reaching the tip; the apices testaceous and transversely excavate, the 

 cavity bordered laterally and posteriorly by a stout, ear-like, exteriorly angu- 

 late ridge, the outer portion of which forms a prominent conical tubercle, the 

 sutural margins each bearing a black, erect, setilbrm aj)pendage near the tip. 



Length 11-2] mm. (cf?.) 



Hah. Kliaula and W. Almora and Ranikhet Divisions of Kumaon, 

 alt. 4500 ft. (//. G. a : iv.l917, v.1919, etc.). 



