456 Mr. J. S. Baly’s Descriptions of 
Jong, sides rounded, ccnverging towards their apex, broadly 
reflexed; upper surface minutely punctured. Scutellum trian- 
gular. Elytra very slightly excavated at their base, sides mode- 
rately dilated, shoulders obliquely rounded; upper surface dis- 
tinctly punctured ; humeral callus bounded externally by a curved 
groove. 
Genus Hytaspes. 
Corpus oblongum, convexum. Caput exsertum, parvum; 
facie perpendiculari, trigona; oculis prominulis, ovato-rotun- 
datis, integris ; antennis 11-articulatis, corporis longitudine 
paullo longioribus, serratis, articulo Imo curvato a basi ad 
apicem incrassato, 2do et 3tio minutis equalibus, caeteris com- 
pressis, singulis longitudine tribus preecedentibus aequalibus, 
basi angustatis, intus ad apicem angulato-dilatatis. Thorax 
transversus, utrinque transversim sulcatus. J/lytra thorace 
Jatiora, parallela, convexa, infra basin non transversim im- 
pressa, punctato-striata, Pedes sat elongati ; coxts anticis con- 
tiguis; femoribus posticis non incrassatis; (2bis posticis quatuor 
apice spina minut& armatis. Mesosternum obsoletum. Meta- 
sternum inter coxas intermedias in spinam validam obtusam 
productum. 
Type Hylaspes longicornis. 
The peculiar form of the antennz will at once distinguish the 
present genus from Laphris, Doryxena, and other allied forms with 
which it has in common a metasternal spine. 
Hylaspes longicornis. 
Elongato-oblonga, flava, nitida; antennis (basi excepta) tibiis 
tarsisque nigris, 
Long. 5 lin. 
Hab. Himalayas. 
Pale yellow. Head smooth; epistome flat, trigonate; eyes 
black ; antennee rather longer than the body, tapering at the base 
and apex, their three lower joints fulvous, the rest black. Thorax 
twice as broad as long, sides straight, narrowly margined, anterior 
angles oblique, thickened; upper surface impressed with a broad 
transverse groove, which is less deep and nearly interrupted in the 
centre of the disc; surface remotely punctured. Elytra parallel, 
regularly rounded at their apex, convex, finely punctate-striate, 
the puncturing less regular and Jess distinet on the sides and 
APEX. 
