184 CUKCULIONID^. 



joint 1 much longer than 2, 3 and 4 stout and equal. Prothorax 

 transverse, the sides strongly rounded, broadest behind the middle, 

 the apex much narrower than the base, the upper surface closely 

 and evenly granuLite throughout and without any central stria. 

 Elytra broadly ovate, with the base narrowly marginate and broader 

 than the base of the prothorax, but with the external angles not 

 projecting, the punctures in the strife shallow and scarcely visible 

 through the scahng, the intervals broader than the striae and 

 shghtly convex, the setae short and subdepressed on the disk, but 

 suberect on the decHvity. 



Length, 6 mm.; breadth, 3 mm. 



Punjab: Murree {Stoliczhi). 



Types, c? iu tlie Dresden Museum, 5 in the Indian Museum. 



The above description refers to the $ only, the type of that sex 

 being the only specimen I liave seen. 



148. Leptomias bipustulatus, Fst. 



Leptoviias bipustulatus, Faust,* Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 342. 



Colour black, with dark grey scaling, the prothorax with a broad 

 lateral ^vhitish stripe, and each elytron with an ill-defined blackish 

 patch on the declivity. 



Head with scattered shallow punctation, the forehead with a 

 very fine central stria. Bostrum with its sides subparallel, almost 

 plane and smooth above, with a narrow central furrow. Antennce 

 piceous, the scape reacliing the middle of the eye, the funicle with 

 joint 3 about equal to 4 and much shorter tlian 2. Prothorax a 

 little broader than long, the sides strongly rounded, broadest 

 behind the middle, the apex narrower than the base, the apical 

 margin slightly produced in the middle dorsally and almost ver- 

 tically truncate at the sides, the upper surface smooth and finely 

 shagreened in the middle of the disk, granulate laterally, the 

 central stria always faint and sometimes obsolete in the basal half. 

 Elytra elongate in the S , ovate in the $ , the elevation of the basal 

 margin more distinct laterally, the external angles slightly promi- 

 nent, convex above, witli fine shallow but distinctlj'^ punctured 

 strije, the intervals broad and almost plane (especially in the 5 ). 



Length, d 6|, $ 6-G| mm. ; breadth, d 2|, $ 3-3^ mm. 



PuN'JAB : Chamba, Dalhousie (C Somers Smith). Uxited 

 Provinxes : Kului, Thano and Lachiwalla, Dehra Dun, girdhng 

 shoots of Gardenia; Almora, 5500 ft. ; Ivumaon (C'. Paiva — Ind. 

 Mus.). 



Types (S 2 in the Dresden Museum. 



149. Leptomias stultus, Fst. 



Leptomias stultus, Faust,* Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 340. 

 Colour black, with grey scaling, or brownish-grey scaling with 



