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Found in abundance in Kumaon, $ 5 largely preponderating. 

 Separable from most of its Indian allies by the vittate prothorax and the 

 <S -characters. 



Hypebaeiis 5-plagiatus, n. sp. 



(j". Moderately elongate, widened posterioily, very finely pubescent, 

 shilling'; testncenus, the bead, a median vitta on tlie})rnthorax, the elytra with 

 the base, a broad transverse fascia beyond the middle (not reaching the Mitnre), 

 and the transverse apical cavitj', the under surface (the abdomen excepted), 

 the femora to near the tip, and the posterior tibiae in part, black ; the head and 

 prothorax almost smooth, the elytra elo-ely, minutely punctate. Head 

 narrower than the prothorax ; antennae moderately long, not very slender, sub- 

 serrate from the tliird joint onward. Prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides. 

 Elytra moderately long, blunt at the tip, depressed along the suture anteriorly ; 

 with a common, broad, semicircular, apical excavation, in which are two 

 movable, erect, Kpiniform appendages on each side of tlie suturo towards the 

 apex. Terminal abdominal segment narrow and feebly emarginate at the tip. 

 I'osterior tibiae bowed in its apical third. 



Length 2^ mm. 



Hah. Chamba, N. W. Himalaya (ex coll. H. E. Andreioes). 



One specimen. Larger and broader than H. tincticollis, the 

 antennae testaceous, the elytra closely, distinctly ptmctiu*ed, the apical 

 excavation ( c? ) black and without lateral, ear-like, thickened expansions. 



Hypehaeus triguttatiis, n sp. 



9- Elongate, widened posteriorly, shining, very finely pubescent; testa- 

 ceou.^, the head, the elytra with the bat^e and a large rounded patch on the disc 

 of each towards the apex, the legs (tlie posterior femora to near tha tip, and 

 the others at the base, excepted) black, and the under surface in great part, 

 black ; the heatl and prothorax almost smooth, the elytra densely, finely 

 punctate. Head narrower than the prothorax ; antennae moderately long, 

 slender, feebly serrate from the fourth joint onward. Prothorax transverse, 

 convex, rounded at the sides. Elytra broader than the prothorax, much 

 widened posteriorly, depressed on the disc below the base. Posterior tibiae 

 bowed. 



Length 2^-2^ mm. 



Hah. Dalhousie, Chamba, N. W. Himalaya (ex cull. H. E. 

 Andrewes) . 



Two females. This insect is so like 2Z". 5-plagiatus from the same 

 region that it is here included under the same genus. The more slender 

 antennae, the non-vittate prothorax, and the rounded (not transverse) sub- 

 apical spot and the less developed basal patch of the elytra, show that it 

 cannot be the female of that species. The distinctly punctured elytra 



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