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white hairs round the eyes, a few similar hairs on other parts of 
the head; antennae long, slender, thickened towards the apex, 
apical 5 joints form a club, thickly covered with brownish pubes- 
cence, apical joint bluntly pointed, basal joint long and stout, 
with a long dorsal spine pointing forward, 2nd joint short and 
rounded, 3rd, 4th, 5th joints longer than 2nd, and almost equal to 
each other in length, 6th joint shorter than the preceding ones, Ist- 
6th joints with a few scattered white hairs. 
Prothorvax quardrate, as long as broad, lateral margins round- 
ed, two pairs of bifid spines in front, on each lateral margin one 
pair of bifid spines, the space enclosed between these spines is 
rugose and coarsely covered with short white hairs, on the portion 
of the disc posterior to the single lateral spines is a shallow 
transverse depression, each of the 4 anterior and posterior angles 
of the prothorax ends in a blunt tooth. 
Scutellum finely punctate, apex rounded, in the @ rather 
broader than long, slightly depressed in the middle, apex widely 
rounded. 
Elytra sparsely covered with short white hairs, thinly covered 
with long spines, marginal row horizontal. 
Underside.—Legs finely punctate, mid tibiae curved, all the 
femora with 3 small, pointed, curved teeth on the underside, the 
third tooth may be very minute. 
Rhadinosa girija,! n. sp. 
Oblong, black , shining, sparsely covered with long, erect, 
brownish hairs, as compared with the size of the insect, the protho- 
racic and elytral spines are short and stout. The structure of the 
disc of the prothorax distinguishes it from all others. 
Length from head to apex of elytra 4 mm. 
Locality.—Chutri Gouri, Nepal Terai, 26—27-iv-07 (Mus. Collr.). 
One example. 
Type in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 
Fuller description. 
Head tugose, forehead depressed in the middle, interantennal 
space elevated into a sharp ridge, spaces between the bases of the 
antennae and the eyes are also elevated; antennae thickest in the 
middle, z.e. the 7th joint is the thickest, gradually becomes thinner 
towards the apex, apical 5 joints form a club, covered with 
brownish pubescence, basal joint long, stout, with a dorsal stout 
spine, 2nd joint short, rotinded, 3rd joint longest, 4-6 joints equal 
in length, basal 6 joints bare. 
Prothorax quadrate, almost as long as broad, narrowed in front, 
lateral margins rounded, 2 frontal (bifid), 2 marginal (bifid), 2 
marginal (single) spines, short and stout. The surface of the disc 
! The specific name is derived from a Sanskrit word girz, meaning mountain, 
givija = originating in a mountain. 
