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central stria. Rostrum with its sides subparaliel, faintly impressed 

 above and with a deep central furrow. Antenna' light chestnut, 

 tlie scape reaching the posterior margin of the eye, the funiele 

 with joint 3 longer than -J. Frotlwracc rather broader than long, 

 the sides rounded, broadest behind tiie middle, the apex narrower 

 than the base, coarsely granulate at the sides, smoother in the 

 middle of the disk, with a distinct narrow central furrow and a 

 shallow rounded lateral impression behind the middle. Elytra 

 bi-oadly ovate, the basal marginatiou faint, the apex produced 

 downwards in a beak-like process in the $ , dee]ily punctato- 

 striate, the intervals broader than the striae and distinctly convex,. 



Fig. 57. — Lcptomiasjekcli, Fst., $ . 



3-5 being subcostate behind the middle, the seta? sparse and 

 suberect. 



Lengt7i,6-7 mm.; breadth, 2|-34 mm. 



Punjab : Murree {>Stoliczka — type). Usiteb Peoyinces : 

 Almorah. 



I'ype $ in the Dresden Museum. 



In Paust's collection there are two specimens under this name 

 labelled S and $ respectively. I have selected the latter as his 

 type, because the former is clearly not a c? but a $ of another 

 species. It may prove to be the $ of one of the several species 

 of which only the c? is known at present. The downward pro- 

 longation of the apex of the elytra is given by Faust as a distinctive 

 feature of L.jekeli; but in my opinion this is a purely female 

 character, and is to be found in several other species. 



146. Leptomias stoliczkse, Fst. 



Leptomias stoliczkce, Faust,* Stettin. Ent. Zeit. 1886, p. 137. 



Colour black, with uniform bro\^"nish-grey scaling. 



Head rather rugosely striolate, the forehead with a short central 



