1922.] gC) 



Cri/pfo^jltaqus otratus, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, narrow, sluniug-, tinely cinereo-pubescent ; black or 

 piceous, the antennae (the club excepted) sometimes ferruf^-inoiis, the knees 

 and tarsi testaceous ; denseh', finely, the elytra more coarsely and not so closely 

 punctate. Antennae of J long, rather slender, with a stout 3-jointed club, 

 joints 9 and 10 strongly transverse ; shorter in $ . Prothorax strongly trans- 

 verse, the sides armed with a small straight tooth at about the middle, the 

 lateral anterior callosities oblique, pointed behind ; the transverse basal groove 

 deep, abruptly terininatiiig iu a short oblique depression on each side near the 

 hind angles; the disc without trace of median plica before the base. Elytra 

 considerably wider than the prothorax, narrowing from about the middle. 

 Legs long and slender; anterior tarsi with the basal joints slightly thickened, 

 and the posterior tarsi 4-jointed, in cJ. 



Length 2-2| mm. 



Hah. Dudhatoli, Garhwal, alt. 9000 ft. [vi.l920], Sunderdhunga, 

 alt. 8000-12,000 £t., Upper Guiuti Valley [iv.l919], W. Aliuora in 

 Kiiinaon [iv.l918] {H. G. C). 



Found in jjrofuslon by beating flowering plants at high elevations. 

 A small, shining black form, with slender legs, unusually long anteiniae 

 in S , etc. It is not included in the late A. Gri'ouvelle's account of the 

 Indian species of the genus (Mem. Ent. i, pp. 64-78, April 191G). The 

 dark coloration is exceptional in the genus Cri/ptophagiis. 



Corticaria oriental is, n. sp. 



Elongate, subcylindrical, shining, clothed with rather long, pallid, decum- 

 bent hairs wliicli are seriately arranged on the elytra; ferruginous, the antennae, 

 legs, and elytra testaceous, the suture usually more or less infuscate; the head 

 and prothorax densely, rugosely punctate, the elytra with rows of rather 

 coarse punctures placed iu tine, shallow striae, the interstices flat and irregu- 

 larly uniseriate-punctate, the sutural stria deeply impressed towards the apex- 

 Head narrower than the prothorax ; eyes rather large, Prothorax transverse, 

 cordate, foveate in the middle before the base, the margins sharply crenulate. 

 Elytra elongate, slightly wider than the prothorax, narrowing from about the 

 middle. 



Length 2-2^ mm. 



Hab. W. Almora Division of Kumaon, alt. 7000-9000 ft. 

 [5. vi.l9l7], Dudhatoli, Nainital, Kanikhet ( ff. G. G.). 



Sent in numbers from Kumaon, This seems to be a common 

 and widely distributed insect in India, but no name has been found for 

 it in the literature examined. It is narrower and relatively more 

 elongate than the European C. cylindrica Mann. ; the prothorax is 

 transversely cordate, rugose, deeply foveate before the base, and sharply 



