1921.] 



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Eiglit spceiiiu'iis of tliis species are contained in the collections 

 before me, incliuling one d, which has an extraordinary dilatation of 

 tlic posterior tibiae. The legs vary in ct)lour, the intermediate and 

 po.sterior pairs being almost wholly black in the d , and all three jiairs 

 testaceous in the named variety. The head is rather short. Tlie mem- 

 branous lobe at the base of the tarsal claws is quite small. 



Fig. 1. Hypebaens spinicurnis, n. sp., d ^ antenna. 



2. „ cerastes, n. sp., d > liead and basal joints of the antennae in 

 profile. 



3. Attalus hengalensis Pic, d ^ posterior tibia. 



In cisomcdoch his nofaficejys. 



d ■ In cisomalo chins nofaticejjs Pic, L'Echange, xxx, p. 15 (1914). 



d • Auterior half of the head testaceou.s ; anterior tarsal joints 1 and 2 

 produced into a dentiform projection at their inner apical angle; prothorax 

 with the sides hollowed and abruptly eniaroinate from near the base to the 

 apex, and bearing- a non-retractile, .«innately-plioate. ear-like expan.sion, which 

 is thickly clotlied with long', matted, silky hairs. 



$ . Head black to the anterior margin, the ante-ocular portions only 

 testaceous ; antennae shorter ; prothorax transverse, rounded-subquadrate, 

 simple. 



Length (to tip of elytra) 2^-3 mm. ( d 2 •) 



Hah. Kulu, Himalaya {fype of Pic: d ), W. Almora Division of 



