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patch.* Till the d d have heen found, these $ $ are best treated as 

 vars. of //. uiicatiis. Altai us annulifer Pic (1907), tj'pe from 

 Murree, presumably $ , must be nearly rehited to the present species. 



Sypehaeus triaiigidaris, n. sp. 



S . Elongate, narrow, widened posteriorly, shining-, very sparsely, finely 

 pubescent; pale testaceous, the head whitish in front, a spot on the latter at 

 the base, eyes, aiitennal joints 5-10, scutellum, a common transverse basal 

 patch on the elytra and a large oblique patch on each of them near the tip 

 not reaching the suture), and the apex of the nietasternuni, black or piceuus ; 

 the head and prothorax almost smooth, the elytra sparselv, minutely punctate. 

 Head large, rhomboidal, as long as broad, rapidly, obliquely narrowed behind 

 the ej'es, the latter prominent ; antennae long, slender. Prothorax transverse, 

 convex, rounded at the sides. Elytra long, broader than the prothorax, sub- 

 arcuately dilated posteriorly, the apices somewhat produced and dehiscent at 

 the sutural angle; with a common, deep triangular (A-shaped) subapical 

 excavation, from the centre of which an erect, curved, black, setifonn process 

 arises from near the suture of each wing-case, this being followed by a shorter, 

 blunt, pallid appendage, the apical margin thickened. Legs very slender, long ; 

 anterior tarsi simple ; posterior tibiae slightly bowed towards the apex. 



Length 2^ mm. 



Rah. W. Bhatkot in Kumaon, alt. 4000 ft. (if. G. O. : v.1920). 

 One male, found on blossom of Crafaegns cremilata. Very like 

 H. uncatus and H. aJumhratus Champ., 6 , but separable from both of 

 them by nigro-maculate, longer, rapidly narrowed basal portion of the 

 head ; the posteriorly- widened, differently shaped apical portion of the 

 elytra ; and the entirely testaceous legs. In the c? of H. adumlratus 

 the apex of the triangular subapical excavation is directed backward, 

 while in the present species it is directed forward. 



Mypehueus naiuiensis, n. sp. 



5. Elongate, much widened posteriorly, shining, finely pubescent; black, 

 the palpi, antennae, prothorax, an outwardly-dilated ante-median fuscia on the 

 elytra extending down the suture to the apex and there triangularly widened 

 (leaving a common basal fascia and a very large rounded-subquadrate subapical 

 patch on each elytron extending from near the suture to the outer margin 

 black), anterior and intermediate legs (the bases of the femora excepted), the 

 base and apex of the posterior tibiae, and the posterior tarsi, testaceous or 

 flavous; the head and prothorax almost t-mooth, the elytra densely, finely, con- 

 spicuously punctate. Head rather small, rhomboidal ; antennae long, slender. 

 Prothorax a little wider than the head, broader than long, rounded at the sides. 

 Elytra long, much wider than the prothorax, rapidly widened to near the 



* A 9 fi'om the Kangra Valley, Punjab (Dtidgeon), Tery like typical R. uncatus, wilh a black 

 head and unarmed posterior tibias, is probably referable to jEf. spmicornis. 



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