628 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. VIII, 



examples to H. minutissimus Kuwert. I am, however, not quite sure 

 that he was correct in his identification for I do not detect traces 

 of the nitid and oblong hairless spot alluded to by Kuwert on the 

 metasternum just before the hind coxae. This character is, I 

 beheve, not a sexual one for I have examined the underside of 

 several of ni}' specimens and of those from the Abor collection also, 

 both males and females ; -ill have this part of the body densely pubes- 

 cent, H. minutissimus Kuw was captured in Arabia or Syria and 

 is said to have the head '' piceo-nigro " and the scutellum oblong. 

 The species known by Regimbart, widely spread over Hindustan 

 and Indo-China, has a rather rufesceut head with a faint obscure 

 tinge and a triangular scutellum. The prostitum and the meso- 

 sternellum show a very flat swelling in the middle, before the coxae, 

 and the last abdominal ventral plate is provided with the usual 

 little ciliate emargination on its posterior margin. Assuming 

 Kuwert was right in his description, the Indian species would 

 perhaps be undescribed. Unfortunately I cannot elucidate the 

 question as I have not seen typical specimens, nor have I been able 

 to compare Indian and Syrian specimens. 



The cf is of a narrower shape than the 2 , with elytra not so 

 strongly dilated behind the middle. 



Sternolophus (Neosternolophus) tenebricosus, Blackburn. 



One specimen captured by Dr. Kemp at Dosing, 1400 feet, 

 on the Shimang River, 25 1-1912 (No. 4153/19) 



Amphiops mirabilis, Sharp. 



Several individuals taken at Dibrugarh, N.-E. Assam, on the 

 I7-I9"xi*i9ii, by Dr. Kemp are refeired to this species. They 

 were first thought to belong to A gihhiis Ilhger, but Mr. Kolbe 

 to whom I sent specimens for comparison with the unique type, 

 has written me that the Dibiugarh specimens are not the same. 

 The type of A. nnrahilis (Ceylon), being unique also, has not been 

 accessible; but a specimen (No. 10678) from Ceylon (typical countr}^) 

 sent by Mr. Kolbe seems to belong to it. And, indeed, the punc- 

 tuation of the upper surface is coarser than in the cotype I have 

 seen of A. pedestris Sharpy the most nearly allied species ; the 

 punctures of the interstices are as coarse as the serial ones and 

 mixed on the sides with numerous finer and smaller punctures. 

 This occurs also in the Dibrugarh material, in a specimen from 

 Tonkin (Dap Can) and another from Sumatra (Palembang). The 

 finer punctures are absent in the variety variolosus Regimbart 

 (cotype in my cabinet) and most of the mirahilis specimens seen 

 (India: Mandar, Konbir, Belgaum ; Tonkin: Dap Can; China: 

 Tsing tau ; Java : Malang). A. variolosus is said to be differentiated 

 by^ the very coarse punctuation of the elytra, serial and interstitial 

 punctures being of one size, very large and deep. Nevertheless, 

 I think variolosus must not be separated from uiirahilis. The 



