1922.] ^^ 



abdominal seo-ment, and the legs testaceous; the elytra and under surface 

 clothed with rather long, decumbent, pallid hairs. Head smooth, subcorneal ; 

 antennae moderately long, joints 5-11 gradually thickened, 5-8 about as long 

 as broad 9 and 10 transverse, 11 oval, rather stout. Prothorax as long as 

 broad subconical, smooth ; the apex with four and the base with two setigerous 

 punctures. Elytra considerably longer than broad, wider than the prothorax ; 

 each with three rows of about ten puuctures-sutural, subhumeral, and mar- 

 ginal ; accessory punctures wanting. Abdomen sparsely punctate, rapidly 

 narrowed from the base. 

 Length 4-J mm. 



Hah. W. Almora in Kumaon {H. G. C). 



One specimen. Near the European 31. spJendidus Grav., the 

 antennae infuscate (except at the base) and a little more slender; 

 the prothorax nigro-fasciate in front ; the elytra black on the disc, with 

 the sides in part and the apex testaceous, tlie seriate punctures more 

 numerous ; the abdominal segments black, testaceous at the apex. The 

 only recorded Indian species of this genus, so far as I am aware, are 

 31. hraminiis and 31. nitidus Motsch. 



Quedius {Baphirus) conicus, n. sp. 

 S Obconic, robust, very shining, sparsely clothed with stiff, adpressed, 

 bristly 'hairs, the head and prothorax smooth and glabrous, except fur the 

 usual setae around the eyes and along the sides of the pronotum ;_ black, the 

 inflexed lateral portions of the elytra piceous, the antennae palpi, and legs 

 rufo-testaceous. Head very large, orbicular ; eyes extremely large, occ.ipying 

 almost the whole of the sides of the head; antennae long, slender, jomts 3-lU 

 gradually aecreasing in length. Prothorax wider than the head, very convex, 

 transverse, laterally con.pressed and with the sides (as seen from above) sub- 

 parallel from the middle forward, the margins narrow, scarcely visible from 

 ?he dorsal aspect; the disc with two widely separated puncture^ towards the 

 a^Ierior margin. Scutellum coarsely punctured. Elytra broader than long 

 narrower than the prothorax: impressed with very coarse, angular, .omeu hat 

 scattered punctures. Abdomen narrowing from the base, iridescent, sparseij , 

 finely punctate. Anterior tarsi broadly dilated. 

 Length 8^, width of prothorax 1 \ mm. 

 Hah. Ranikhet Division of Kumaon (if. G. C). 

 One specimen only of this remarkable insect has been received. 

 The -reatly developed, very convex, broad prothorax, the large head, 

 and the rapidly narrowed abdomen, give it a conical shape ;_ the elytra 

 too, are extremely coarsely, rather sparsely punctured. This is one of 

 several species of Quedius sent from Kumaon: one o them was 

 described in the last volume of this Magazine (p. 273) under the name 

 Q rugosus Cam.; another, a form with brilliant cyaneous elytra 



