172 CUBCULIONID.i:. 



Lemjth, S 7-81, 5 7_8i mm. ; breadth, S 3-3^, 6 3^-3f mm. 

 Assam : Sylhet ; Khasi Hills ; Nemotha, Cachar {J. Wood- 

 Mason — Ind. Mus.) ; Deju, jS". Lakbimpur {H. Stevens). 

 Tijpes 6 $ in the Bi-itish Museum. 



Genus LEPTOMIAS. 



Leptomias, Faust, Stettin. Eiit. Zeit. 186G, p. 132. 



Heteromias, Faust, Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 344 (n. syn.). — Type, 



Piazomias schdnhe?Ti, Fst. 

 Ftirisotnias, Faust, 1. c. (n. syn.). — Type, P. costutus, Fst. 

 Piazomias (part), Lacordaire, Gen. Col. vi, 1863, p. 90. 



Type, Pacliynotus anr/iistattis, Redt. 



Head with the eyes lateral, broadly ovate and moderately pro- 

 uiinent, the forehead as broad as the base of the rostrum, llostntm 

 longer than the liead and continuous with it, with a very small 

 apical emax'ginatiou, without distinct cariniie above and without 

 a lateral impression in front of the eye; the scrobes generally 

 deep and sublinear throughout, but occasionally shallower and 

 broader behind (L. cmgusiatus, L. invidus) ; the mandibular scar 

 projecting. Antennce with the scape cylindrical, clavate, slightly 

 curved and of variable length ; the funicle with joint 1 much 

 longer than 2 (except in L. lonyulus, Fst., and L. curvipes^ 

 Mshl.), 3-6 subequal and bead-hke, 7 longer and subconical ; the 

 club elongate, sharply acuminate, 4-jointed. Prothonuv truncate 

 at base and apex, the sides rounded, the base narrowly marginate, 

 the coxae very near the gular margin, which is shallowly sinuate. 

 SciUellum ver}' small or invisible. Elytra marginate at the base, 

 the edge being nearly alwavs elevated, without true shoulders, the 

 lateral margin scarcely sinuate. Sternum with the mesosternal 

 epimera much smaller than their e]nsterna and not separating 

 them from the base of the elytra ; the metasternum generally as 

 long as the median coxte, rarely shorter (L. hipustalatus, L. stidtus), 

 the epi sterna distinct, but scarcely dilated at the anterior end, 

 the episternal suture complete, the hind coxae almost touching the 

 elytra. Venter with the intercoxal process rounded or subangu- 

 late, segment 2 as long as 3 + 4 and separated from 1 by a curved 

 suture of even depth. Ler/s with the femora clavate, the anterior 

 pair being rather thicker ; the tibioe without a distinct apical spine, 

 the front pair curved, denticulate along the inner edge in both sexes 

 and produced internally at the apex, the hind ])air almost straight, 

 minutely serrate internally in tlie d (except L. waltoni), the pos- 

 terior corbels triangular, narrowly enclosed and slightly ascending 

 the dorsal edge ; tarsi with joint 3 broadly lobate, the claws 

 connate at the base. 



Range. The mountain regions of Northern India and Tibet. 

 This is one of the many subdivisions of the genus Piazomias, 

 Schonh., suggested by Faust, and there are two characters by which 

 the latter genus, as restricted by him, may be distinguished from 



