o(ifi [December, 



One specimen. Near IT. c^auconofafifs Pic and II. aiiriius Clianip. 

 (^■=carinatifer Pic, type 5 ) ; the cyaneous coloration of the elytra n)ore 

 extended, leaving a curved median fascia only white, the elytra them- 

 selves more convex in their apical half and the inner fold on the disc 

 wanting ; the head and prothorax smaller ; the legs in great part black. 



Hijpehaeits cJavaftis, n. sp. 



J, Elongate, finely pubescent, shining; testaceous, the head (the whitish 

 anterior portion, which extends nngulaily baclnvard on each side near tlie eyes, 

 excepted), the apices of the antennae, a common basal fascia and a very large 

 rounded subapical patch on the elytra (extending to the outer margin but not 

 reaching the suture), the bases of the posterior femora, meso- and meta- 

 sternum, and apex of abdomen, black ; the head and prothorax almost smooth, 

 the elytra closely, finely punctured to near the tip. Head (tig. 3) much 

 narrower than the prothorax, transversely, triangularly depressed between the 

 eyes and bi-impressed iu front ; antennae (Bg. 3) long, stout, joints 3-8 tri- 

 angular, 9-11 widened, 9 subtriangular, much longer than 8, 10 transverse, 11 

 very stout, constrictfid at tlie middle and dentate within. Prothorax trans- 

 verse, convex, rounded at the sides. Elytra a little wider than the prothorax, 

 long, subparallel to about the middle, and arcuately narrowing thence to the 

 apex, subcarinate in their basal half from the humeri downward and depressed 

 along the suture anteriorly, the apices simple. Legs long ; anterior tarsi 

 5-jointed, simple ; posterior tibiae sinuately curved, slightly produced at the 

 tip. Terminal ventral segment with two curved forcipiform processes. 



Length 3| mm. 



Ilah. Nainital, Knmaon, alt. 7000 ft. (II. G. C: vi.l921). 



One male, attracted to light. Near II. cyaneonotatus Pic, tlie 

 antennae long, stout, with joints 9-11 widened and 11 distorted, the head 

 whitish in front and black at the base, the elytra subcarinate laterally 

 and not excavate at the ajjex. The simple anterior tarsi separates 

 II. clavahis from Ehaeus and Attains. The S -development in this 

 insect is transferred to the apical joints of the antennae. The white 

 face is common to males of other species of Hypehaeus and the simple 

 elytra to II. spinicornis. There is a Mulachius clavicornis Peyr. with 

 somewhat similar antennae in 6 • 



Hypehacus nncatus. 



Ilypelaeus nncatus Champ. Ent. Mo. Mag. 1921, p. 77. 



Additional § $ of this species or of a closely allied form have since 

 come to hand, including one from W. Almora with a complete, elongate- 

 oval, black annulus on each elytron below the common cordifoim scutcUar 



