of Cryptinx from the Khasia Hills. 107 



with large, clearly separated ininctures ; the post-scutellum more 

 strongly punctured. Median segment closely and finely punctured 

 behind the transverse keel ; the rest coarsely rugosely punctured 

 and sparsely covered with long soft white hair ; there is only one 

 transverse keel and in the middle, on either side, is an indistinct 

 tubercle. Propleura? at the apex above closely, the middle widely 

 longitudinally striated ; the meso- and meta- closely and uniformly 

 punctured, and thickly covered with a white pile, 



Umlima flexilis, sp. nov. 



Black, the clypeus, the base of the mandibles, palpi, the scutellar 

 keels, the sides of the 2nd abdominal segment on the apical half — 

 narrowly at the base, much more broadly at the apex — -lemon-yellow. 

 The four front legs pallid fulvous, the apex of the fore tarsi and the 

 middle tarsi above, the coxae, except at the apex, black ; the hinder 

 legs of a darker and deeper rufous colour, the coxte, trochanters, the 

 apex of the femora narrowly, the base of the tibiaj somewhat more 

 broadly, the apical third of the tibi«, the base of the metatarsus 

 broadly and the apical half of the 5th joint, black, the rest white. 

 AntennuB banded with white beyond the middle, the flagellum 

 thickly covered with longish pubescence. Face closely, finely 

 rugosely punctured, the clypeus roundly convex, its apex rounded ; 

 both are thickly covered with long white hair. Labrum projecting, 

 transverse, its sides oblique. The inner orbits distinctly margined ; 

 the front and vertex smooth and shining. Mesonotum thickly 

 covered with short pale pubescence, closely, and in the middle, 

 strongly punctured ; the middle lobe is largely raised at the base, 

 where the furrow is transversely striated. The median segment 

 behind the transverse keel closely, finely and uniformly punctured ; 

 the middle between the two keels transversely striated ; the base 

 shagreened, not distinctly striated ; the apical slope is much more 

 strongly transversely striated ; the pronotum laterally is stoutly 

 striated. Pleurie punctured, the middle and apex of the pro- above 

 strongly striated ; the middle of the meso- longitudinally striated. 

 Pleural furrow wide and deep and extending to the apex where it 

 is wider and deeper. Mesosternum closely punctured ; its furrow 

 wide and deep. Abdominal petiole smooth and shining, depressed 

 at the apex, tuberculate behind the stigma ; the other segments are 

 more opaque and thickly covered with pale pubescence ; the gastro- 

 coeli very narrow, longish and shallow. ^ 

 Length 10 mm. ^ . 



Friona varipes, sp. nov. 

 Black, the face, clypeus, mandibles, except the teeth, palpi, the 

 inner orbits above and the outer below the middle of the eyes, a 



