NEW SPECIES OF INDIAN CHKYS[DIDiE. 305 



NOTOZUS KASHMIKENSIS, n. Sp. 



5 (? . Front from above base of antennae to about half- way to 

 vertex concave and finely striate, the striae running in a circular 

 direction, with the base of antennae as centre ;^ remainder of head and 

 thorax somewhat coarsely punctured, except the extreme base of 

 mesonotum, which is finely punctured ; abdomen very finely and 

 minutely punctured ; inner orbits parallel ; mucro conspicuous and very 

 coarsely punctured, rounded at apex; abdomen about the length of the 

 head and thorax united, very convex above, gradually rounded towards 

 the extreme apex, which is transverse or slightly emarginate. Deep 

 metallic blue or blue-green, tiie antenuje and tarsi rufo-testaceous ; 

 wings hyaline at base, the outer half infuscated, tegulae shining bronzy 

 brown ; abdomen and legs covered with a very sparse and short 

 greyish pubescence, only perceptible with a strong lens ; the antennae, 

 when examined under a microscope, are closely punctured and densely 

 liairy. Long. 4-5 mm, 



Hab. Kashmir, 5000 ft., on the banks of the Jhelum ; 

 several specimens. 



This genus has not been previously recorded from India. 



Ellampus timidus, n. sp. 



$ . Head, pronotum, and mesonotum shallowly and somewhat 

 irregularly, scutellum, postscutellum, and median segment more 

 coarsely and closely punctured, abdomen impunctate ; the incision at 

 the apex of abdomen, characteristic of the genus, small and incon- 

 spicuous. Deep metallic blue; antennae piceons, microscopically 

 hairy; tarsi testaceous; clypeus with a few long hairs, legs with 

 greyish pubescence, head, thorax, and abdomen almost entirely smooth ; 

 wings hyaline, nervures testaceous, tegulas brownish testaceous. 



(? . Similar; more conspicuously shining; vertex of head, pro- 

 notum, and mesonotum above almost, if not quite, impunctate. 

 Long. 2-5-3 mm. 



Hah. Quetta ; Peshin ; five specimens. 



This species has not previously been recorded from India. 



HOLOPYGA CUPREATA, n. Sp. 



^ . Front from below vertex to base of antennae very concave, 

 and finely transversely striate, head behind ocelli somewhat finely 

 punctured ; remainder of head, thorax, and median segment coarsely, 

 abdomen closely and finely punctured ; head slightly wider than pro- 

 notum, abdomen slightly longer and broader than thorax ; a little 

 short, sparse pubescence, visible only with a lens, on the head, legs, 

 and abdomen ; a trace of a median longitudinal carina on 2nd 

 abdominal segment. Head and thorax dark blue, the vertex, pro- 

 notum, and mesonotum with a greenish tinge ; abdomen brilliant 

 coppery golden, scape of antennae dark blue, flagellum and tarsi very 

 dark testaceous, almost black ; wings hyaline at base, the outer half 

 tinged with fuscous, tegulae black. Long. 5-6 mm. 



Hah. Kashmir, 5000-6000 ft. ; two specimens. 



