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tlie uneven surface giving tliem a glittering appearance, Tn one example 

 the elytra are cupreous. The sexfoveate disc of the prothorax, etc., dis- 

 tinguish O. stri(fosux from O. scintillans. 



Ochthehius jarjthanac, n. sp. 



Oblong-oval, rather narrow, convex, opaque, the elytra .''lightly shining ; 

 black, the prothorax reddish at the sides, the legs fusco-testaceoiis. Head 

 nmghly punctate, bifoveate between the eyes, the labrum entire. Prothorax 

 short, broad, abruptly narrowed and constricted behind ; densely, rougldy 

 punctate, with six narrow fo\eae on the disc, the two along the median line 

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

 outer margin. Elytra oval, crenate-.>?triate, the interstices narrow, rugose. 

 A entral surface opaque, the last two abdominal segments shining, the meta- 

 sternura wdthout polished median space. Legs short, rather stout. 



Length 1 mm. 



Hah. Jagthana in Kumaon {H. G. C). 



One specimen, detected amongst a mass of unmounted Dia>ioi/ft, 

 etc., forwarded in spirit. Much smaller and narrower tlian O. kosiensis, 

 the labi'um unemarginate, the metastei'iitun without polished median 

 area. This is the anvdWeat Ochfhebius yet seen b}^ me from India. 



Mtrmedonia Er. 



31yrmedonia (^Zyras) joerforata, n. sp. 



Robust, shining, black, the antennal joints 1, 2, and 11, the palpi, a trans- 

 verse humeral patch on each elytron, the abdomen (a black space across the 

 seaments 4 and o excepted), and legs ferruginous or testaceous: the head, pro- 

 thorax, elytra, and sides of the abdomen sparsely clothed with long, blackish 

 bristly hairs, which arise from rather coarse punctures, the dorsal abdonunai 

 segments also with a row of punctures in the transverse basal groove and the 

 sixth with some others at the tip. Head nnich narrower than the prothorax, 

 subparall el-sided behind the eyes ; antennae moderately long, stout, joints 4-10 

 gradually decreasing in length, 9 and 10 transverse. 11 nearly as long as the 

 two latter united. Prothorax strongly transverse, slightly sinuate at the sides 

 before the base, and with a large, rounded, deep fovea in the centre behind. 

 Elytra broad, about as long as the prothorax. 



Var.? Head and prothorax more coarsely and a little more closely punc- 

 tate ; the testaceous humeral patches on the elytra confluent and extending 

 downward to the inner apical angle (leaving a triangidar black patch at the 

 sides behind), the subapical black bands on the abdomen confined to the 

 exposed dorsal segments 3 and 4, and the ventral segment 4, 



Length 6^-7^, breadth lf-2 mm. 



Hah. Swal River Basin [type : ii.l919], W. Almora, and Nainital 

 [var.], all in Kumaon {H. G. C). 



Three specimens, their sex not ascertained, the one from Nainital, 



