108 [M'^y- 



Kumaon ( ff . G. C. : vll.1919: J ? ), " E. Inlhi" (Capf. Bo,fs, m 

 Jilits. 0x0)1. : 6 )■ 



Tliree males and one female, evidently referable to the species 

 named ])y Pie. who gives the length as 4 mm. A monotvpic genus, 

 based like many otlier genera of Malachiids upon cJ -characters only, the 

 2 having the general appearance of an Affdius. The elytra are blue 

 and ratlier strongly pimctured ; the prothorax, anterior legs, and the 

 other femora in part, testaceous ; and the head, except in front in J , 

 and tlie rest of the legs, black. 



Malachiomimus, n. gen. 



Head short, simple in J, the epistoma broad, the labrura exposed; 

 antennae widely separated at base, inserted towards the sides of the head at a 

 little before the eyes, 11-jointed, ramose in (^ , serrate in §: eyes very large in 

 M. latifrons, much smaller in M. lufe/pes; terminal joint of maxillary palpi 

 slender, subacuminate at tip ; elytra simple in the two sexes ; unterior 

 tarsi of J o-jointed, joints 1 and 2 thickened, 2 extending over 3 above; tarsal 

 claws with membranous lobe. 



Type, M. latifrons. 



Tiie type of this genus is a metallic Indian insect with extremely 

 large eyes in <S , two others are known as yet from 5 5 only, and a 

 fourth is provisionally referred to it. It agrees with Attains and Axino- 

 tarsits ill the form of the S anterior tarsi (joints 1 and 2 being quite 

 simple in Malachius), and, owing to the short, broad head, the antennae 

 are widely separated at the base and inserted at a little in front of the 

 eyes. AttaJus hauyhaasi Yxc (l9U7j and ^i. inipressifrons Pic (1917), 

 both from India, are described as having the antennae flabellate in J , and 

 they nmy be allied to the insects here included under Malachiouumus ; 

 the author, however, says nothing about the enlarged eyes, etc. 



Malachiomimus latifrons, n. sp. 



Elonfiate, widened posteriorly, brilliant metallic blue or bluisli-green, tLe 

 basal joints of the antennae externally, the anterior tarsi of c? in part, and the 

 labruin, testaceous ; clothed, the legs included, with long, fine, erect or 

 projecting hairs intermixed with scattered decumbent pubescence; the head 

 ■and prothorax very sparsely, .extremely minutely punctured, the elytra some- 

 what rugulose and closely, finely punctate. Head broad, slightly hollowed in 

 the middle anteriorly in J, bi-impressed in front in 5; eyes extremely large 

 and prominent in cJ , a little smaller and less convex in § ; antennae ( c? ) long, 

 ramose from joint 5 onward, the rami slender, pilose, rapidly increasing in 

 ength, o and 4 dentate within, ( 5 ) short, simply serrate from joint 4 onward. 

 Prothorax transverse, somewhat roimded and sharply margined at the sides, 

 slightly narrowed anteriorly. Elytra long, broader than the prothorax, 



