PEITHONA, 71 



•exposed; the intercosal process of the first abdominal segmeut is 

 acute and tlie hiud coxte scarcely more widely separated than they 

 are in the male. 



Length 17-23 ; hreadtli 5-7 mm. 



Hob. Kashmir ; Punjab ; Western Tibet. 



%o. Apatophysis montana, sp. u. 



<S . Reddish brown, covered with short greyish pubescence; 

 similar in form to the male of A. Icashmiriana, 8em., but relatively 

 a little longer and narrower. Antennae with the second and third 

 joints united not quite so long as the first, and about three- 

 quarters of the length of the fourth joint, which itself is about 

 three-quarters the length of the fifth. Prothorax with a rather 

 obtuse conical tubercle on each side and five very feeble tubercles 

 on the disc. Elytra rather sparsely punctate from the base to a 

 little beyond the middle. Third joint of tarsi not cleft quite to 

 the middle. Wing-venation as in A. Icashmiriana, Sem. 



5 . Unknown. 



Length 19 ; breadth 5g mm. 



Hah. Western Himalayas, between Gilgit and Xagy ( W. M. 

 Conivai/). 



GQ. Apatophysis modica, sp. n. 



(S . Similar in colour to the males of the preceding two 

 species; smaller; the eyes more closely approximated on the 

 underside of the head and extending nearer to the genal edge. 

 Antennae with the first eight joints united a little longer than 

 the body ; third joint subequal in length to the first ; fourth 

 distinctly longer than the second and third united ; the fifth 

 equal in length to the fourth and half of the third. Prothorax 

 with a feeble obtuse tubercle on each side and five on the disc. 

 Elytra punctate, but not very distinctly so, from the base to the 

 apex. Third joint of tarsi cleft not more than about a third 

 •of the way to base, its lobes small and narrow. Wing-venation 

 like that of the type species — A. toxotoides, Chevr. 



$ . Unknown. 



Length 13-14 ; breadth 4 mm. 



Hah. Baluchistan : Quetta ; Persia : Gulistan. 



Genus PEITHONA, g. n. 



Type, P. prionoideu, sp. n. 



Range. Sikhim. 



5 . Head gradually narrowed posteriorly ; antennae inserted be- 

 fore the eyes and rather close to the base of the mandibles ; ej'es 

 coarsely facetted, broadly and not deeply emarginate in front ; 

 mentigerous process of gula rather short. Antennae slightly 

 longer than the body ; first joint extending past the eyes by nearly 

 ■one-third of its length, slightly thickened at the apex ; third and 



