176 CUECULIOIs'IDiE, 



shorter than 2; the frontal stria not [p. 188. 



reaching the liind margin oi the eye cmda.v, Fat., (S $ , 



47 (24) Front tibire not denticulate inter- [p. 189. 



nally in either sex waltoni, sp. n., (5' $ , 



48 (1) Joint 1 of funicle not lonoer than 2 ; 



middle coxae of S with a small 

 tubercular ])rojection. 



49 (50) Prothorax witli the sides only gently 



rounded, without pale stripes above; 



corbels of hind tibife with a tuft of 



unusually long sette on the inner [p. 189, 



edge (fig. 59) longidus, Fst., J , 



50 (49) Prothorax with the sides very strongly 



rounded and with a narrow stripe of 



pale scales on each side ; corbels of 



hind tibife with a few setfie of normal [p. 190. 



length ciirvipes, sp. n., ^ , 



135. Leptoniias spinifer, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with unifoi'ni dense sandy-grey scaling. 



Head with close shallow punctation, the forehead, convex and 

 Avith a very fine central stria ascending tlie vertex. Rostrum 

 ratlier longer than broad, a little wider at the apex, with a faint 

 transverse impression across the base, a deep central furrow and two 

 lateral cariuse enclosing a longitudinal impression, the inner carina 

 trending inwards from the Vi,\)GX, then curving outwards to the eye. 

 Aniennce red-brown, the two basal joints of the funicle equal. 

 Protlioraoc as long as broad, subcylindrical, its sides very slightly 

 rounded, broadest behind the middle, fairly closely set with low 

 setiferous granules and with a shallow complete central furrow. 

 Uh/ira very shallowly sinuate at the base,t]ie sides slightly rounded, 

 distinctly punctato-striate, the intervals broad, smooth and rather 

 convex, 3, 5 and 7 being somewhat more raised than the others, 

 and the sutural intervals are jointly produced at the top of the 

 declivity into a long spine-like process projecting horizontally 

 backwards ; the setoe short, sparse and suberect. Legs long and 

 slender, the posterior pairs of tibiae Avithout an apical spine. 



Length (without spine), 0;^ mm. ; breadth, 4 mm. 



Kashmir: Sonamarg, 8600 ft. (T. R. D. Bell). 



Type $ in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 



136. Leptoniias costatiis, Fst. 



Parisomias costatus, Faust,* Dent. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 345. 



Colour black, with dense grey and blackish scaling. 



Head finely aciculate, the forehead convex and with a deep 

 narrow furrow ascending to the vertex. Rostrum scarcely longer 

 than broad, wider at the apex, shallowly impressed above, with a 

 broad central furrow and a fine carina on each side of it, which 

 converge slightly towards the base. Aniennee black, the funicle 

 with joint 1 evidently longer than 2. Prothorax a little broader 



