2\Q 'September, 



the basal angulation produced into a long, slender, curved, bhmt appendage; 

 2 very large, subliemispherical, deeply excavate near the apex within and also 

 towards the inner margin, the distal edge of the inner cavity angulate and 

 furnished with a short, curved, dentiform appendage. 



Hal. Eanikhet Division of Kumaon (H. G. C. : iv.l920). 



One specimen. The type, $ , was from an unknown Indian locality 



Lams halteafus. 



Laius lalteatus Er. Entomographien, p. 64 ( 5 ) (1840). 



" Niger, elytris cyaneis, fascia testacea" \_Erichsoif\. 



(S . Autennal joints 1 and 2 testaceous; 1 strongly curved, moderately 

 stout, simple ; 2 very large, transverse, sublunate, concave at the base and 

 convex at the apex, the basal cavity furnished with a short, slender, ciliate 

 appendage on its inner edge. 



2 . Antennal joints l-."i or 4 testaceous, 1 and 2 elongate, simply thickened. 



Hah. Nandhaur Valley, Kumaon, U.P., alt. 2000 ft. {H. G. C. : 

 V.1921). 



A small narrow Laii/s (length 2f-'Sl mm.) from the Haldwani 

 Forest Division agrees with Erichson's description of L. lalteatus, type 

 5 , from Siam, except in having the head and prothorax metallic, instead 

 of black. The specimens before me have the prothorax punctulate at 

 the sides and the elytra deeply, closel}^ rather coarsely punctured to near 

 the tip ; the vestiture abundant, long, and Avhitish ; the elytral fascia 

 placed at a little before the middle, and slightly variable in width ; and 

 the abdomen testaceous. The second antennal joint in S is shaped like 

 that of L. lunatus Champ., except that it is not so large. Bourgeois 

 mentions L. lalteatus under his description of L.fasciatus (1890), but 

 he says nothing about the d of it. L. taprohanus Champ. (1921), 

 from Ceylon, type $ , is a larger and broader insect. L. lalteatus and 

 L. nodifrons Champ, were found in abundance on Poli/(jonum on the 

 banks of the Nandhaur Eiver. 



CoLOTES Er. 



Colotes scapularis, n. sp. 



2. Oblong, moderately shining, finely pubescent; testaceous, the eyes, 

 ioints 9-11 of the antennae, elytra (a humeral spot and a common triangular 

 apical patch excepted), and metasternum blnck : the entire upper surface very 

 finely punctured. Head (with the rather prominent eyes) wider than the pro- 

 thorax ; antennae moderately long, slender, subserrate, joints 5-10 longer than 

 broad, 11 elongate ; apical joint of maxillary palpi subconical. Prothorax 



