'264 [November, 



Hah. Maiiijnu", S. India {Doherty, ex coll. Fry). 



Three S 6 , one 5 • Separable from the similarly-coloured Indian 

 Jlapalocliri hy the distinctly 11-jointed antennae and the deeply, trans- 

 "versely sulcate apices of the elytra in the cJ • The presence of scales on 

 the apical portion of the latter in this sex is a very unusual character 

 amongst the Malachiids, and unique so far as I am aware. 



Ehaeus fenuicornis, n. sp. 



c? . Elongate, narrow, gradually wadened posteridrly, sliininjr, finely 

 pubescent ; black witli a faint metallic lustre, the protliorax testaceous, broadly'- 

 infuscate ou the disc (this being partly due to transparency, the base of the 

 head, etc., showing throuah the chitin), the elytra each with a small pallid 

 subapical spot, the antennae (the testaceous lower surface of joints ] and 2 

 •excepted), femora and tibiae piceous, the tarsi testaceous; the head and pro- 

 thorax ahnost smooth, the elytra closely, very minutely punctate. Head 

 narrower than the prothorax, trapezoidally depressed anteriorly ; antennae 

 about as long as the bod_y, slender, tiliforra. Prothorax transverse, rounded at 

 the sides, convex. Elytra long, broader than the prothorax, widening to near 

 the tip and then abruptly narrowed ; with a common, narrow, deep transverse 

 sulcus before the apex, the apical margin tumid, sinuato-trnncate, and sub- 

 bituberculate as seen from above. Legs long and slender; anterior tarsal joint 

 2 with a claw-like prolongation extending over the base of 3. 



5 . Antennae more slender and much shorter ; head similarly hollowed 

 anteriorly ; elytra immaculate, more widened posteriorly, the apex of each 

 bluntly rounded and bifoveate ; legs shorter, the posterior tibiae curved. 



Length 21 mm. 



Hah. Dudhatoli, Garhwal, U.P., alt. 10,000 ft. {H. G. C. : vi. 

 1920j. 



One })air, found on flowers of Clematis montana. An isolated form, 

 referred to Ehaeus, rather than to Attains, on account of the trans- 

 versely furrowed, tumid, truncate apices of the elytra in d . The 

 incompletely-diagnosed E. madrasensis Pic (lOlO), ty])e $, has short, 

 hroad elytra and a prominent pygidium : the colour of the body is not 

 mentioned (r' black), and the length giv^en is 2 mm. 



HrPEBAEUs Kies. 



Hypehaeus caveniosus, n. sp. 



S . Elongate, rather broad, shining, finely pubescent ; the head, scutellum, 

 meso- and metasternum, terminal segment of abdomen, and a spot at the apices 

 of the posterior femora black, the labrum, antennae (the infuscate outer joints 

 excepted), and the rest of the legs and abdomen, test.aceous ; the elytra 

 violaceous, with a narrow, outwardly-widened, submedian fascia and the ear- 

 like apical appendages testaceous ; the head and prothorax almost smooth, the 



