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example, measuring 9 mm. only, the p..sent insect havn.g the general 

 facies of an Corpus. The mandibles are tridentate ..thu. n.stead o£ 

 bldentate as the two following species. 



Cryptobium Immaonense, n. sp. 

 Shinin. the head subopaque ; rufo-piceous, the elvtra usually darker, it. 

 • n ' ther bro.dh audindeterminatelv, and the antennae, palpi, and 



lounaea ^^^^1^. Edentate within, pointed at the tip , 



p.oniiuen nandible^^^^^^^ 



Shvth ventral segment of 6 deeply, triangularly emarginate. 

 Length 6-7 mm. 



Jlab W. Almora in Kmiiaon (if. G- C. : xii.191/). 



Thirteen specimens. Sepa,.bfe from the variable C^ Mo„.inal. 

 M^tsch.. an insect ooeuvnng m-e.y at the ...e locality -«>-«- ^ 

 in Bengal (F. W. C), by its parallel-sided, opqne, densely ingnlose 

 head the p eminent eyes, the long, slender antennae, the much nan-ower, 

 mot finely punctured protho^.x. and the relatively longe. less coarsely 

 Ilptured e'lytra, .hich is bordered with testaceous at the apex, as .„ 

 C. marginatum Motsch. 



Cryptobium fiuviatile, n. sp. 



1, v,+ oTirl nlso set with scattered erect bristly hairs ; 

 Sldmng.sparseh. pub seen ndaUostw ^^^ ^^^ 



black, the mouth-parts, palpi, maul iMes, »»" = ^ t^ 



„,yrra iudeter„i„ate,y "'-""'/.ttV "go J, unc ate tL^uctures on 

 median line), and elytra coarsely, densely, '"8°'^'" , \^^^ p„„rtured. 

 „e head subcondaent ^^^^ *' ;:ruidtdthind ti: eyes and 

 Head long, narrow n, 5 b.oadei m «■ ' j^^^t mandibles long, 



\. Fifth ventral segment »ath a very large rounded fovea in the m.ddle. 

 the sixth deeply triangularly emar»mate. 

 Length 7-8 mm. 

 Hub. W. Almora in Kumaon (U. G. C). 



