446 Rev. H. S. Gorliam's descriptions, Sfc. 



Stenotarsus Indianus, n. sp. 



Oblongiis, sub-parallelus, rufo-testaceus, crebre fortius 

 punctatus, elytris disco nifo-piceo, punctorum seriebus sex 

 irregularibus impressis; thorace elytroium latitudine, 

 sequali. Long. lin. 1^. 



Thorax transverse, the Avidth more than twice the 

 length, disc even, thickly and rather strongly punctured, 

 basal sulci represented by two fovere not extending beyond 

 the middle, but outwards to the lateral margin, which is 

 therefore a little raised at the base; lateral margin flat, 

 nearly of even width, anterior angles produced in front of 

 the eyes. Elytra thickly and strongly punctured, the 

 punctures coalescing and becoming digested into rows to 

 represent the stria3 usual in this section ; these, however, 

 are very indistinct, except near the humeral callus ; their 

 general colour is rufo-piceous, the suture and external 

 margin being testaceous. Antennas fuscous, the two 

 basal joints red, club laxly articulated. 



The peculiar })arallel form, transverse short thorax, 

 and punctuation of this species, easily separate it from any 

 known to me. 



Ilab. — Northern India. 



[Section B. b.] 



Stenotarsus russatus, n. sp. 



Sub-orbicularis, convexus, brunneus, tenuiter pubescens, 

 antennis crassis, articulis sex vel septem ultimis piceo- 

 nigris ; thorace transverso, sparsim fortiter punctato, 

 margine laterali deplanato et elevato, antrorsum latissimo ; 

 elytris fortiter striato-punctatis, interstitiis punctis mino- 

 ribus, striis omnibus distinctis; pedibus dilute brunneis. 

 Long. lin. I5. 



Evidently nearly allied to aS'. vallatus, Gerst., but in 

 addition to the differently coloured antennas, it presents 

 the following points of discordance with that species, 

 judging by the descri])tion. The raised lateral margin of 

 the thorax has its surface flattened rather than convex, the 

 disc is distinctly, but sparingly, punctured, there being 

 room between the separate punctures for others of the 

 same size ; the stria?, or rather series of large punctures 

 on the elytra, are all distinct. 



Hab. — Ceylon ; from the collection of Andrew Murray, 

 Esq. 



