1922.] 71 



Two specimens. Smaller and less elongate than C. rhouihiferu ; the 

 head and prothura.\ shining and not so rugose, the latter sulcate ; the 

 elytra ovate, shorter, gibhous, deeply' tri-impressed at the base, and with 

 the dark fascia interrupted and less angulate. 



Corticaria nehulosa, n. sp. 



Oboval. robust, shining, clothed with rather long pallid hairs ; rufo- 

 piceous, the elytra obscure testaceous with a broad, indeterminate blackish s])ace 

 extending- across the middle, the antennae and legs ferruginous j the head and 

 prothovax densely, rugosely punctate, the elytra with rows of coarse punctures 

 placed iu fine shallow striae, tlie interstices transversely rugulose and irregu- 

 larl}' uniseriate-punctate, the sutural stria deeply impressed towards the apex. 

 Head a little narrower than the prothorax. Prothorax about as broad as long, 

 rounded at the sides, slightly constricted and narrowed posteriorly, with a 

 df-ep central fovea befoi'e the base, the margins without definite teeth. Elytra 

 oval, broad, convex, the humeri obtuse. 



Length 2-2-^ mm. 



Hah. W. Almora Division of Kumaon {R. G. C). 



Two specimens. Near the palaearctic C. puhescens GylL, the elytra 

 convex, oval, and less elongate; the head and prothorax more rugose, 

 the latter rapidly narrowed towards the base and the margins without 

 distinct teeth. 



Corticaria parvicoU iff, n. sp. 



Elongate, narrow, subcylindrical, shining, clothed with rather long, pallid 

 hairs which are seriately airanged on the elytra; testaceous, the head and 

 prothorax reddish, the suture of the elytra sliglitly infuscate; the head and 

 prothorax closely, rather finely punctate, the elytra very closely, subseriato- 

 punctate, smoother towards the apex, the sutural stria only di>tinct, the 

 iiter.sticws transversely rugulose. Head narrower than the prothorax, the eyes 

 rather large ; prothorax strongly transverse, comparatively small, rounded and 

 irregularly crenulate at the sides, constricted behind the median denticle, 

 which is a little more prounnent than the others, and with a deep transverse 

 fovea before the base. Elytra elongate, wider than tlie prothora.x, slightly 

 rounded at the sides. 



Length l^j, mm. 

 Hah. W, Almora District of Kumaon {R. G. C). 



One specimen. Less elongate and much smaller than C. orientah's; 

 the prothorax small, strongly transverse, and subangulate at the sides ; 

 tlie elytra closely, finely, confusedly punctate (the interstitial punctures 

 similar to the rest), the sutural stria onW distinct. C. parcicoUis is not 

 unlike the Em-opean C. rlnxf/afa Humm, 



