LEPTOMIAS. 189 



J closely serrate and with a rather deep sinuatioii on the lower 

 edge near the apex; the second joint of the tarsi slightl}' lono-er 

 than broad. 



Length, 5|-6| mm. ; breadth, -f-3| mm. 



Punjab : Jhilam Valley (StoUczJca). 



Types, S ill the Dresden Museum, 5 in the Indian Museum. 



loS. Leptomias waltoni, sp. nov. 



Colour black, with mottled golden brown scaling. 



Head very closely and evenly punctate throughout, the rostral 

 furrow extending only to the anterior part of the forehead. 

 Rostrum narrowed from the base to the middle, plane above, 

 closely punctate and with some shallow longitudinal impressions ; 

 the mandibular appendages usually retained, being simple and only 

 shghtly curved, so that their apices do not meet wlien the man- 

 dibles are closed. Antennce dark chestnut, the scape only just 

 exceeding the anterior margin of the eye, joint 3 of the funicle 

 slightly longer than 4. Prothora.v broader than long, the sides 

 rounded, broadest behind the middle, the apex evidently narrower 

 than the base, very finely and closely punctate throughout, both 

 on the disk and at the sides, the punctation hidden by the scaling, 

 the central furrow very faint and often absent. Elytra broadly 

 ovate in the $ , a good deal narrower in tlie c? , the basal margin 

 strongly carinate, the apex normal, with deep narrow stride con- 

 taining shallow punctures, the intervals equally raised, broad and 

 slightly convex. Leys black, with dense scaling, the front tibite 

 without tubercles internally, the hind pair not serrate. 



Length, d" 6-6|, ? 8-8| mm. ; breadth, cS 2|-3, $ 3|-4i mm. 



SiKKiM {ff. J. Walton). Tibet : Gyangtse, 13,000 ft. (//. J. 

 Walton). 



Tyix's 6 5 in the British Museum. 



159. Leptomias longulus, Fst. 



Parisomias loiu/ulus, Faust,* Deut. Eut. Zeit. 1897, p. 345, note 3. 



Colour black, the prothorax sparsely, the elytra densely covered 

 with coppery brown scaling. 



Head convex, shiny, with fine shallow punctation and a central 

 stria whicli hardly reaches the vertex, liostrum evidently longer 

 than broad, its sides narrowed for a short distance from the base, 

 the gense slightly dilated, the upper surface shallowly impressed 

 in the middle, with a broad deep central furrow and a fine longi- 

 tudinal impressed line on each side, the dorsal margins sub- 

 angulated. Antennce red-brown, the apex of the scape, blackish, 

 the funicle with the two basal joints equal, 3-6 short and sub- 

 equal. Prothorax longer than broad, the sides rounded, broadest 

 at the middle, the apex evidently narrower than the base, the 

 upper surface rather rugosely but shallowly punctate on the disk, 



