I9gI5.] 5S. MauLik: Cryptostomes of the Indian Museum, 371 
Anisodera excavata, Baly. 
Baly, Cat. Hisp. 1858, p. 105, t. 8, f. 1. 
Locality.—Sadon, U. Burma, 5,000 ft., April trg1z (E. 
Colenso). One example. 
It has been reported from the Himalayas, Tonkin, and Mung- 
phu. The excavation on the disc of the prothorax is variable; 
it is not always deep, and in some specimens it has almost dis- 
appeared. The blackness of the prothorax also is not constant, 
for in some cases the prothorax is of the same chestnut colour as 
the body. These notes are taken from the numerous examples 
in the collection of the British Museum. 
Tribe CHOERIDIONINI. 
Genus Prionispa, Chap. 
Chapuis; Gen~Col. XI, 1875, p- 337: 
Gestro, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1890, p. 226. 
Prionispa himalayensis, n. sp. 
Cuneiform, rufo-testaceous, legs pale flavous, eyes, mandibies, 
labrum, and the apical four joints of the antennae black; external 
apical angles of the elytra are right angles, not produced into a 
spine; six large and small tubercles on each elytron. Length from 
head to apex of elytron 5 mm. 
Described from one example. 
Locality.—Kurseong, E. Himalayas, alt. 4,700-5,000 ft., 
21-xi-10 (Annandale). 
Type in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 
Fuller description. 
Head rather projected, cylindrical, interantennal protuber- 
ance prominent, a few punctures on the vertex, underside smooth, 
shining; eyes oval, black; antennae, Ist joint small, 2nd joint 
longer than Ist, constricted at base, 3rd joint longest, 4th-7th 
gradually thickened towards the apex and each being shorter than 
the preceding. Joints 1-7 have got a peculiar transparency and a 
thin red ring at the apices; joints 8-11 opaque, black, 11th joint 
pointed. 
Prothorax cylindrical, longer than broad, base bisinuate, sides 
with straight dark red margins, anterior angles toothed, disc 
coarsely and deeply punctate. 
Scutellum longer than broad, narrowed at the apex, apex 
broadly rounded. 
Elytra much broader at base than the prothorax, punctate- 
striate, shoulders elevated and projected ; at about the middle of 
each elytron is a large shallow depression. There are two costae 
from the elevated humeral angle, one along the elevated surface 
up to the depression, the second below the elevated surface along 
