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Two d" cf and one 5 > l^i'ed from an oak snag. A small form re- 

 sembling the Japanese P. ohscnra Lewis, the elytra parallel-sided, the 

 head sulcate down the middle. The prothorax in the 2 has an 

 incom^jlete smooth median line in front of the short basal sulcus. 



Osphya dissimilis, n. sp. 



5 . Moderately elongate, sinning, closely, finely puLescent ; brassy- 

 green, the anterior margin of the head, the labruin, antennae (the infuscate 

 joints 8-11 excepted), abdomen, and legs (the infuscate penultimate tarsal 

 joint excepted) testaceous; the head and prothorax densely, finely, the elytra 

 conflueutly, rugulosely punctate. Head much narrower than the prothorax, 

 rather small; antennae comparatively short, slender, joints 2, 4, 5 subequal in 

 length, 3, 6, and 7 a little longer, 8-11 stouter, elongate ; joint 4 of maxillary 

 rather short, subcultriform. Prothorax transverse, convex, narrowed an- 

 teriorly, trisinuate at the base, the base itself slightly depressed in the middle 

 and near the obtuse hind angles, the margins not in the least explauate. 

 EU'tra long, much wider than the prothorax, parallel to about the middle, 

 depressed on the disc below the base ; the sculpture beciuning a little coarser 

 and transversely rugose anteriorly. Legs rather slender; penultimate tarsal 

 joint broad, deeply excavate, emarginate at the tip. 



Length -5^ mm. 



Hah. W. Almora Division of Kumaon {H. G. 0. : vi.l9l7). 



One specimen. This insect differs from typical OsjjJii/n in the 

 form of the antennae and in the less elongate terminal joint of the 

 maxillary palpi ; but it undoubtedly belongs to the same genus. 



Mordella argenteogutfata, n. sp. 



Elongate, cuneiform, shining, sericeo-pube^cent, the reticulate surface- 

 sculpture tine; black, with sharply defined, silvery-white markings— the pro- 

 thorax witli a transverse fascia of variable width extending across the disc 

 anteriorly, emitting two short longitudinal streaks in the middle behind, and 

 an angulate fascia running along the basal margin (sometimes continued for- 

 ward along the lateral margins), the elytra each five spots, one at the base 

 transverse, three rounded or oval, longitudinally-arianged down the middle of 

 the disc (the intermediate one placed nearer the suture), and a smaller sub- 

 marginal one at some dibtauce below the base, the lower surface with a series 

 of large triangular patches along the sides, and the ventral segments sometimes 

 with a transverse patch at the middle; the rest of the vestiture black, brownish 

 on the head. Antennae short, the joints from the fifth onward moderately 

 widened and subserrate ; maxillary palpi moderately stout, joint 4 somewhat 

 cultriform. Pygidium long, tapering, convex. 



Length (excl. pygid.) -1^-5 mm. (J $ •) 

 Hah. W. Bhatkot, Lanikhet Division of Kumaon {II. G. C. : 



V.1920). 



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