1917.] 53- 



Palaearctic affinities, a few, indeed, beinc^ actually European. Such 

 ai'e TetnnochiJa caervlea F. var aniatica Lev., Buj/restis (Ancijlochira) 

 geometrica L. and G., Hylobms, Ips (Tomicus), Polygraphing, and 

 Platypus spp., Nothorrhina muricata Dalm.(a Longicorn found by m^'^elf 

 in the Guadarvama, Spain), etc., associated with " Chir," Pinus longi- 

 folia ; Capnodis indica Thorns., a Buprestid very like the Palaearctic 

 C. cariosa Pallas ; Cyrtognathus hugeli Eedt., a large Prionid, sent in 

 numbers, perhaps confined to Northern India ; Notiophilns orientalis 

 Chaud., etc. Descriptions of two species of Mycefophagiis and a Pentlie, 

 the last-named genus not hitherto recorded from Northern India, are 

 appended below : — 



Mycetophagidae. 



Mycetophagus stdcicollis, sp. n. 



Eloug'ate, shining, rufo-testaceous, the antennae infnscate towards the apex, 

 the eyes black, the prothorax and elytra nigro-variegate, the markings on the 

 latter consisting of a sub-qiiadrate patch on each side of the scutelkim at the 

 base, a small spot on the shoulder, two angiilate ii-regular fasciae (one, ante- 

 median, oblique, not reaching the suture, the other, post-median, transverse, 

 entire), a transverse streak at the sides below these, and an apical patch ; thickly 

 clothed with rather coarse decumbent pubescence, which partakes of the ground- 

 coloxir. Head densely, roughly punctulate, the transverse frontal groove deep, 

 sinuous ; maxillary palpi stoiit ; antennae long, reaching considerably beyond 

 the humeri, rather stout, joint 3 twice as long as 2, 4-7 much shorter, 8-10 

 slightly wider, about as broad as long, 11 oblong-ovate. Prothorax short, broad, 

 strongly rounded at the sides, narrowed anteriorly, bisinuate at the base, the 

 hind angles obtiise ; densely, shallowly, reticulato-punctate, silicate down the 

 middle, and with deep basal foveae. Elytra long, slightly wider than the pro- 

 thorax, sub-parallel in their basal half, flattened on the disc, the humeri obtuse, 

 but somewhat prominent ; striato-punctate, the interstices almost flat, densely, 

 roughly punctulate. Legs long, rough, pubescent, the tibial spurs strong. 

 Length 5f , breadth 2 J mm. ( J .) 



Hah.: N. India, W. Almora (//. G. Champion, 18.v.'16). 



One male, the sex recognizable by the 3, 4, 4-jointed tarsi. Found 

 on a large fresh Polyporus growing on a dead Alnn.'f nepahnsis, in 

 company with a second species of the same genus and other Coleoptera. 

 The present insect is more elongate, and has hmger legs and antennae, 

 than usual in Myceiophagus. The rough prothoracic sculpture is perhaps 

 best described as reticulate, no definite isolated punctures being 



traceable. 



Mycetophagus alni, n. sp. 



Oblong-oval, rather convex, feebly shining ; nigro-picoous, the ))asal joints 

 of the antennae, the bases of the tibiae, and tlie tarsi in part, more or less fer- 



