SOME INDIAN COLEOPTEEA (6). 

 nv (i. r. CHAMPION, F.Z.S. 



The fii'lli cotitrilnitioii of this series (conchided on p. 146) was 

 devoted to ;i study of various Mahichiids, 25 species in all. The sixth 

 gives additional infoi'ination about various representatives of five genera 

 previously noticed, OelttJiebius, Dianom^, 3Ialthi)ins, Xylopliilus, and 

 Pdifarid, and includes descriptions of fifteen new species, distributed 

 amongst the Families H_vdro])hilidae, Stapliylinidae, Psephenidae, Das- 

 cillidae, and Mordellidae. 



'J^he spt.'cies described are as follows, the genera marked with an 

 asterisk beinff additions to the Indian fauna : — 



Htdbophilidae. 



Ochtliehiiiti gtrigosiis, n. sp. 

 jagthanae, n. sp. 

 Staphylinidae. 

 M yniifdonui (Zyrus) perforata , ii. sp. 

 ,, ( ,, ) jnndarae, n. sp. 



Orphnehius Jlainvnidrin, n. sp. 

 Cryptobium ocypoides, n sp. 

 ,, kumauneuxe, n sj). 



,, flucialile. n. sp. 



Duvudus obliquenotatufs, n. sp. 

 ,. gracilipes, n. sp. 

 hifoveifrons, n. sp. 

 !!nbtortuosns, ii. sp. 

 Psephenidae. 

 ^Pufpheiiiis tenuipes, n. sp. 



Dascillidae. 

 ''Eiihria neinistriata, n. sp. 



Mordellidae. 

 I'cniuria Infeirollis, ii. sp. 



0( iiiEiKBH s Leacli. 



Since tlie publication of my notes on the eight species of this genu* 

 captured by my son in the Himalaya ( Ent. Mo. xVlag. Ivi. pp. l(jo-169, 

 July and August 1920), two others have come to hand from him, a.s. 

 well as long series of (). /li/idipeim/x. opacipeiuiit<, and sci ntiUaiis, etc. 



(Jrltfhi'hitia strii/ost/.'i, n. s]). 



Oblong-oval, moiler;itHly shining; brassy or brassy-fU)>reous above, the 

 pnlpi and tarsi in jnirt. and tlie inider surface, black, the femora and tibiae 

 ifstaceous. Head densely, riigulosely punctate, with two foveae between the 

 eyes and a ceiural one at the base, the labriim feebly notched in the centre. 

 Prothora.'^ strongly constricted behind, the hind angles rectangular; densely, 

 rugulosely punctate, the disc with six foveae, the two along the median line 

 placed in the central sulcus, and three other depressions on each side near 

 the outer margin. Elytra moderately long, rounded at the sides ; rather 

 coarsely punctate-striate, the interstices closely, transversely rugose. Ventral 

 surface opaque, the last two abdominal segments shining. 



Length li-l§ mm. 



Hab. Ranikhet, Kumaon (//. (j. ('.). 



Two specimens. Xear O. se.r/hrrfifi/s, and separable therefrom by 

 the feeldy notched labnnu and the traiisverselv rugose elvtral interstices,. 



