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the prothovnx, Lroadly hollowed in tlie middle anteriorly; antennae longr, 

 slender. Prothorax small, transver.-~e, rounded at the sides. Elytra long-, 

 wider than the head, parallel at the base, slightly widened posteriorly ; trans- 

 versely excavate and feebly plicate before the apex, the apical maijrin rt>flexed 

 and snbtruncate. Legs very slender; anterior tarsi simple; posterior tibiae 

 feebly curved. 



Ijength Ik mm. 



Hah. Siuni Gad, Gavhwal, U.P., alt. 4000 £t. (TL G. C. : vi.l920). 



One male, found on Mach ilus-hlossom.. A very slender, minute, 

 narrow, pallid insect, with the head (except in fVont) and the basal 

 margin and apex of the elytra infuscate or black, the a})ical excavation 

 transverse and simply plicate within. Near II. lamellaius and sjj/'ni- 

 coni/'s Champ. 



Hyjiehaeus diversipen nis. 



? Atfalus {Indiattahis) iliversij^ennis Pic, Melanges exot.-ent. xiv, 



p. 12 (c? 2) (1915). 



(5* . Narrow, slightly widened posteriorly^ finely pube-icent, shining ; black, 

 the antenual joints 1-4, prothorax, anterior femora in part, tarsi, and apices of 

 the tibiae testaceous, the elytra with a common, large, transverse, whiti>h 

 patch just before the tip; the head and prothorax almost smootli, tlie elytra 

 very minutely punctured. Antennae long, slender. Elytra with a common, 

 deep, transverse, subtriangular e.xcavatiou at the apex, and with a long, erect, 

 slender, dentiform process arising from each sutural margin within the cavity. 

 Anterior tarsi simple, S-joiuted. Posterior tibiae almost straight to near the 

 tip and then bowed inward, the apex unarmed. 



2 . Elytra wholly black, much widened posteriorly ; antennae a little 

 shorter and paler; posterior tibiae curved, spurred at the tip. 



Length 2j-2| mm. 



Hah. Himalaya {tyjjes of Pic), Gopaldhara, Darjeeling, alt. 3400- 

 4720 ft. {II. Stevens: 2:ix.l914, l.v.1918). 



A 6 and $ recenth" presented to the British Museum are pro- 

 visionally^ referred to A. diversijyennis Pic ; they are smaller than tlie 

 types (length 3 mm.), and ap))arently have blacker femora and tibiae, 

 to judge from the description. The simple o-jointed anterior tarsi of 

 the 6 separates the specimen of that sex before me ivomAttalus. This 

 is one of the Indian Malaehiids mentioned on p. 215 {antea) as not 

 represented in the collections under examination. 



