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than long, its sides rounded, broadest behind the middle, the apex 

 narrower than the base, covered with depressed granules, «hich are 

 more sparse and less distinct on the disk than at the sides, the 

 central furrow complete, broad and shallow, but deeper to\\'ards 

 the apex and the base. Elytra ovate, jointly sinuate at the base, 

 the sides slightly rounded, pointed and subcompressed behind, 

 shallowly punctato-striate, the punctui'es indistinct, the intervals 

 3, 5, 7 and 9 more raised than the others and costate, 5 ter- 

 minating abruptly at the top of the declivity in a rounded tubercle, 

 the others continued to the apex but with a slight tubercular 

 elevation on 3 just before the declivity, the suture only slightly 

 raised in the basal two-thirds, but strongly elevated on the declivity ; 

 the raised intervals with rows of short setae whicli are depressed 

 on the anterior parts, but erect on the declivity. Legs rather 

 slender, the posterior pairs of tibiae with a very sliort apical 

 spine. 



Length, 7 mm. ; breadth, 3^ mm. 



Pu>"JAB: Dalhousie. 



Type (5 in the Dresden Museum. 



137. Leptomias setulosus, sp. uov. 



Colour black, witli dense earthy-brown scaling, with liere and 

 there a slight coppery reflexion. 



i/^rtc^striolate, the forehead shallowly impressed and with a very 

 fine central stria ascending the vertex. Rostrum louger than broad, 

 a little wider at the apex, with a broad and deep longitudinal im- 

 pression above and a narrow central furrow, the dorsal edges 

 augulated, but without a distinct carina. Antennce dark brown, 

 the funicle with joint 1 longer than 2. Prothoracc as long as broad, 

 its sides rounded, broadest behind the middle, finely scrobiculate 

 and rather sparsely set with small depressed granules, the central 

 furrow evanescent, very faint and shallow, the setae short, dense 

 and erect. Elytra with the basal margin jointly truncate, obliquely 

 rounded from the base, then almost parallel-sided to beyond the 

 middle, punctato-striate, the punctures indistinct, the intervals 

 smooth and convex, 3, 5 and 7 more raised than the others and 

 without tubercular elevations, the suture sliglitly elevated on the 

 declivity, the setas erect and rather sparse. Legs with the femora 

 comparatively stout; the posterior pairs of tibiae without an apical 

 spine. 



Length, 6 mm. ; breadth, 2\ mm. 



Kashmir: Sonamarg, 8600 ft. {T. B. D. Bell). 



Type S in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 



138. Leptomias angustatus, liedt. 



Pacliynotiis unyuslatus, Redteubacher,* Hiigel's Kaschm. iv, pt. 2, 



1848, p. .542. 

 Cneorhinus pictus, Redtenbaeher,* I.e. p. 543, pi. 26, f. 2 (n. syn.). 



Colour black, with brownish scaling and some darker patches on 



