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treated as a variety, smaller than the others, and with the testaceous 

 colour on the elytra more extended, leaving a triangular black patch ou 

 the outer apical portion of each of them. A close ally of the European 

 M. haworthi Steph., the antennae black, except at the base and tip, the 

 head and prothorax more sparsely punctured, the basal fovea on the latter 

 large and deep, the elytra very much smootlier and differently coloured, 



Myrmedonia (Zi/ras) pindarae, n. sp. 



Robust, very shining, deep black, the terminal joint of the antennae rufo- 

 piceous, the fourth joint of the maxillary palpi and the tibiae and tarsi obscure 

 testaceous ; the head, prothorax, elytra, and sides of the abdomen with scattered 

 dark hairs. Head much narrower than the prothorax, sparsely punctured at 

 the sides: anteiniae moderately lonfr, stout, rapidly thickened from joint 4 on- 

 wards, 3 much longer than 2, 4-10 gradually decreasing in length, 4-6 about as 

 long iis broad, 7-10 transverse, 11 nearly as long as 9 and 10 united. Prothorax 

 transverse, rounded at the sides anteriorly ; very sparsely, irregularly, some- 

 what finely punctured (except along a smooth median space which is bordered 

 by an irregular row of punctures on each side), and with a deep transverse 

 fovea ia the centre behind. Elytra broad, much wider than and about as long 

 as the prothorax; .sparsely, rather coarsely punctured, each puncture bearing 

 an adpressed fuscous hair. Abdomen narrowing posteriorly, almost impunc- 

 tate, except along the margins, the terminal dorsal segment with several 

 setigerous punctures at the tip. 



Length 6i mm. 



Hah. Pindar Valley, alt. between 8000-llX)00 ft., in Kumaon 

 {H. Q. C: vii.1920). 



One specimen, sex not ascertained. Separable from M. perforata 

 by its wholly black body, the stouter antennae, the more finely punctured 

 prothorax, the somewhat closeh^ punctured elytra, the sraoothei" abdomen, 

 the black femora and base of, the antennae, etc. The 4-jointed anterior 

 tarsi separate ilT. pindarae from the genus Aleochara. 



Oephnebius Motsch. 

 Orplinehms jiaviventris, n. sp. 



c?. Rather broad, very shining, deep black, the abdomen and tarsi testace- 

 ous, the tibiae brown ; the head, prothorax, eU^tra, and sides of the abdomen 

 clothed with widely scattered, long, erect, blackish, bristly hairs arising from 

 fine punctures (each abdominal segment bearing about three bristles on its outer 

 edge), the rest of the surface impunctate. Antennae not very stmit, long, 

 more than half the length of the body, joints 4-10 much longer than broad, 3 

 longer than 4, 11 elongate, equalling 8-10 united. Head and prothorax strongly 

 transverse, the head narrower, and the elytra a little longer and much wider 

 than, the prothorax. Abdomen with the upturned lateral margins very broad, 

 parallel as seen from above, the penultimate dorsal segment (fifth exposed) 

 strongly transverse, trapeziform, truncate at the apex, almost smooth, except 



