1921.] 205 



X hipartitus Pic (1901, 1905), type, Mahe, Malabar.— The British 

 Museum has received a pair of this species from its describer. The S 

 has the intermediate femora sharply angulate at the apex within, a 

 character also to be found in one or two other Eastern forms. The same 

 specific name was subseqviently (1914) used by Pic for a Gviadeloupe 

 insect. 



Pentaria Muls. (Anthobates Lee.) 



The additional material now to hand throws further light on the 

 Indian species of the genus, and adds one more to the list. 



P. cliloroptera Champ., type § . — Amongst a long series subse- 

 quently sent from the Raiiikhet Division of Almora there are four males. 

 In this sex the anterior femora are broad ; and the anterior tibiae (fig. 1) 

 are moderately dilated and strongly constricted at the middle (thus 



Anterior leg, (^ , of Pentaria : 1. Pe^itaria cliloroptera; 2. P. liumaoncnsis ; 

 3. P. luteicollis. 



appearing sinuate or twisted), the widened basal portion being subangular 

 within, rounded externally, and much narrower than in P. platycnema 6 ), 

 the narrow apical portion relatively longer than in that insect. The 

 ventral segments of the males of all the species of this genus are simple, 

 wanting the laciniae, etc., so conspicuous in Anaspis. 



P. Jciimaonensis Champ., type § . — Found in profusion in Eanikhet 

 in May 1920, eight males having been detected in the series recently 

 sent. In this sex the anterior femora are very stout and the anterior 

 tibiae (fig. 2) almost as broadly expanded as in P. platycnema S , the 

 dilated portion being subangular within and rounded externalh\ 



P. platycnema Champ., type S • — Four more males have come to 

 hand, from Eanikhet and Khaula, all showing the extraordinary expansion 

 of the anterior tibiae as figured by me last year (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1920, p. 69, 

 fig. 3). The length (omitted in descrijition, p. 77) is 2. ',-3 mm. 



