1922.] 149 



Ilah. Dalhousie ^, Himalaya (C Somers- Smith). 



One $ , two d" d" . A brassy-green form, with black legs and 

 anteimae, the entire upper surface densely, rugulosely punctured. The 

 tarsal claws are equal in the present insect, while in Danacaea, one of 

 them is shorter and differently shaped from the other, a character shown 

 in the figures given by Kiesenwetter and Duval. 



8. Dasytes Jcumaonensis, n. sp. 



Moderately elonfjate, sliining, brassy-black, the antennae, palpi, and legs 

 black ; clothed with brownish pubescence abundantly intermixed with long-, 

 erect, darker, bristly hairs ; the bead and sides of the prothorax densely, 

 rugulosely, the disc of the latter sparsely, finely, punctate, the elytra closely, 

 rather strongly punctured. Head narrower than the prothorax ; antennae 

 moderately elongate, joints 8-10 about as broad as long. Prothorax transverse, 

 obliquely narrowed from the middle forward and also narrowed at the base, 

 the margins obsoletely crenulate. Elytra parallel in J , a little widened 

 towards the apex in $ . Tarsal claws rather long, slightly widened at the 

 base. 



Length 2§-3i mm. 



Hah. Nainital and W. Almora Divisions of Kumaon, Chakrata, 

 Jaunsar {H. G. C). 



One S > three $ $ . The abundant erect pilosity, the sparsely 

 finely punctate disc of the prothorax (which is in consequence much 

 more shining), and the stronger elyti'al puncturing separate D. kumaon- 

 ensisivQxa the black-legged D. danacaeoides. 



9. Dasytes sjyeculifer, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, shining, brassy-black, clothed with rather long 

 greyish pubescence intermixed with many very long erect or semierect hairs, 

 the antennae (except the outer joints in some specimens), the palpi (except at 

 the tip), and legs (the black tarsal claws excepted) testaceous. Head much 

 narrower than the prothorax in both sexes, closely punctulate; antennae rather 

 slender, moderately long, shorter in ? . Prothorax convex, transverse, rounded 

 at the sides, much narrowed anteriorly in $; closely, rugulosely punctate 

 laterally, very sparsely and finely so on the disc. Elytra parallel, much wider 

 than the prothorax ; closely, finely punctate, and with numerous, subseriately- 

 arranged, smooth, raised points. Legs long ; tarsal joints 1-3 much stouter 

 than 4 in c?, narrower in $, 3 excavate at the apex above for the reception of 

 4, tne latter small. 



Length 3-3| mm. 



TIab. W. Almora and Ranikhet Divisions of Kumaon [iv.l916^ 

 v,vi.l917], Sunderdhunga (JI. G. C). 



Found in abundance on Quercus dilatato, etc., in Kumaon, up to 



