76 f^r"i. 



distlnguislies the present species from II. uncahis and other forms with 

 trimaculate elytra. The Dalhousie example Avas labelled by Gorham as 

 " Attains, or near it." 



Hypehaeus lamellatus, n. sp. 



c? . Moderately eloiigatp, narrow, slightly widened posteriorly, sparsely, 

 very finely pubescent, shining; testaceous, the head at the base, tlie elytra 

 with a common heart-shaped scntellar patch and an obliqne curved fascia on the 

 disc of each beyond the middle (n(jt quite reaching the suture or outer margin), 

 and the under surface in great part, black ; head and prothorax ahuost smooth, 

 the elytra obsoletely pnnctulate. Head about as wide as the prothorax ; 

 antennae long, slender, joint 2 shorter than 3, 4-10 feebly serrate. Prothorax 

 transverse, convex, rounded at the sides. Elytra moderately elongate; the 

 apices produced and deeply, transversely excavate, the excavati->n truncato- 

 lamellate behind and limited above by a transverse ridge. Legs very slender; 

 posterior tibiae bowed inwards towards the apex. 



5. Antennae shorter and more slender; elytra with the black basal patch 

 more extended laterally and the oblique post-median fascia replaced by a large 

 oblong patch ; posterior tibiae simply curved. 



Length 1^-1 ^ mm. 



Hah. Khaula and W. Almora and Kanikhet Divisions of Kumaon 

 (IT. G. C). 



Two males and five females, the latter scarcely separable from the 

 same sex of II. cerastes (infra). The black post-median patch on the elj^tra 

 in the species with excavate apices in J c? is reduced in size or transverse 

 in that sex, and nmcli more extended longitudinally in $ 5 , this being 

 particularly noticeable in the very long series of H. tincticoUis before 

 me. The smaller size, and the differently formed apices of the elj'tra in 

 (5 , etc., distinguish H. lamellatus from H. uncatus. 



Hypehaeus adumhratus, n. sp. 



$ . Elongate, narrow, widened posteriorly, very finelj', sparsely pubescent, 

 shining; testaceous, the sides and base of the head, joints 4- ©r 5-10 of the 

 antennae, a spot or patch on each side of the prothorax, a common transverse 

 patch at the base of the elytra (rarely extending to the humeri) and a very 

 large patch on each towards the apex (extending to the suture and outer 

 margin), the apices of the posterior femora, and the under surface in great 

 part, black ; the head and prothorax almost smooth, the elytra extremely 

 finely, closely punctured. Head about as wide as the prothorax ; antennae very 

 long, slender, the joints subfiliform. Prothorax transverse, convex, rounded 

 at the sides, obliquely narrowed behind. Elytra long, wider than the pro- 

 thorax, depressed on the disc below the base, conjointly rounded at the tip. 

 Legs long and very slender ; posterior tibiae slightly curved. 



S. Head white in front, testaceous between the eyes, and black at the 

 base, broader than in 5 ; prothorax immaculate ; elytra long, narrow, parallel, 



