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151. Leptomias sabulosus, Fst. 



Lcptoi)iias sabtdosics, Faust,* Dent. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 341. 



Colour black, with brownish scaling, usually having a coppery- 

 reflexion, rtie sides of the prothorax indefinitely paler. 



Head \\\i\\ the forehead flatter and the eyes less prominent than 

 in L. stultus, Fst., otherwise similar. liostrum parallel-sided, shal- 

 lowly iuipi'essed near the apex, with a deep central stria in th& 

 basal two-thirds and a shallow impression on each side of it, the 

 dorsal margins subangulated. Antenme ferruginous, the scape 

 slightly exceeding the middle of the eye, the funicle with joint 3 

 almost as long as 2 and evidently longer than 4,7 rather longer than 

 broad. FrotJiorax about as long as broad, much narrower than the 

 widest part of the elytra, the sides strongly rounded, broadest 

 rather beliind the middle, the apex slightly narrower than the base, 

 the upper surface rather rugosely granulate on the disk as well as 

 the sides and with a distinct narrow central furrow. Elytra nar- 

 rowly elongate, broadest at the middle, with the base shallowly 

 sinuate and scarcely elevated, not broader than the base of the 

 prothorax, the striae broad and with large deep punctures, the 

 intervals narrower and subcostate, the setcB short and suberect on 

 the disk, longer and more erect behind. 



Length, ()-6| mm. ; breadth, -|-2| mm. 



PujsJAB : Cliamba {Somers Smith). 



Type J in the Dresden Museum. 



I have seen only cJ specimens. 



152. Leptomias cylindricus, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with uniform greyisli-broAvn scaling. 



Closely allied to L. sabulosus, Fst., and differing as follows: — 

 Antenna' with joint 3 of the funicle shorter than in L. sabulosus, 

 but still longer than 4. Prothorax only slightly narrower than the 

 broadest part of the elytra, the centi-e of the disk not granulate, 

 but finely shagreened and with a fine central stria. Elytra more 

 narrow and elongate, and with the sides less rounded, the base 

 more distinctly marginate. Leys with joint 2 of the tarsi 

 narrower and more elongate. 



Length, 5|-7 mm. ; breadth, 2-2^ mm. 



Punjab : Dalhousie (Somers Smith). Baluchistan : Kaha 

 Pass (type). 



Type c? iu the British Museum. 



153. Leptomias praetermissus, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with greyish-brown scaling having a slight coppery 

 reflexion. 



A close ally ol L. sabulosus, but offering the following distinc- 

 tions : — Rostrum dilated towards the apex, the mandibular scara 



