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distinctly more prominent. Antenna; with joint 3 o£ the funicle 

 shorter than 2, hut longer than 4; colour piceous, with the hasai 

 half of the scape ferruginous, Proiliomx a little hroader than 

 long, finely shagreened on the disk and with a fine central stria. 

 I'Uytra proportionately wider, broadest behind the middle, the 

 basal margin scarcely elevated. 



Length, 6 nnn. : bi'eadth, 2f mm. 



Punjab: Chamba (Somers Smith). 



Type S in tlie British Museum. 



This and the preceding species were confused by Faust with 

 his L. sabalosiis, but apart from the external distinctions detailed 

 above they show appreciable differences from it and from each- 

 other in the shape of the male genitalia. 



154. Leptomias sulcicollis, sp. nov. 



Colour black, all the specimens with the scaling much abraded. 



Head with line shallow punctatiou and a deep central stria 

 ascending to the vertex. Rostrum slightly longer than broad, 

 almost plane above, with tine contlueut punctation and a narrow 

 central fnrrow, the dorsal margins rounded. Antenuce with the 

 scape not reaching the posterior margin of the eye, the funicle 

 with joint 2 shorter than usual, nearly half as long as 1, 3 short, 

 eqnal to 4 and shorter tlian 2, 7 as long as broad. Prothorax 

 about as long as broad, the sides moderately rounded, broadest 

 about the middle, the apex narrower than the base, the upper 

 surface coarsely scrobiculate and with a broad deep central furrow 

 throughout. Elytra narrowly elongate in the S , a good deal 

 broader in the $ , the base narrowly margiuate, the strise rather 

 deep and with shallow punctures, the intervals narrow and \\ith 

 short depi'essed setae. 



Length, 5-t)| mm. ; breadth, 24-3 mm. 



Punjab : Murree [Somers Smith — type). United Pkovinces : 

 Bhim Thai, 4500 ft., Kumaon {Annandale — Ind. Mus.). 



Types, S in the British Museum, $ in Coll. H. E. Andi-ewes. 



155. Leptomias persiniilis, sp. nov. 



Colour black, scaling abraded. 



Head with tine contlueiit punctation, the frontal stria ascending 

 to the vertex. Rostrum a little longer than broad, quite phine 

 above and with a narrow central stria, the dorsal margins sub- 

 angulated. Antennce with the scape not quite reaching the hind 

 margin of the eye, the funicle with joint 3 about equal to 4 

 and evidently shorter than 2, 7 transver.«e. Prothorax as long as 

 broad, the sides rounded, broadest at the middle, the apex slightly 

 narrower than the base, the upper surface rugosely granulate 

 and with a deep narrow central furrow. Elytra narro\\ly elongate 

 {6), truncate and with the basal margin not elevated, the striae 



