My: Daeeeteweres on Oninial Cavahid 045 
mentum 4 sete arising from small tubercles, process at base 
of submentum sex-setose. 
Prothorax convex, just wider than head, widest a little 
before middle, equally contracted at extremities, base trun- 
cate, apex slightly emarginate ; sides moderately explanate, 
strongly rounded in front, sinuate some little way betore 
base, with which they form approximately a right angle, 
front angles quite rounded adjoining neck, a simall flat tu- 
bercle on each side on the explanate margin, midway between 
base and apex, but no seta is visible either there (though 
there is an evident pore and the seta is probably abraded) 
or at hind angles; median line evident, but not deep, trans- 
verse impressions and basal foveee deep, margins lightly and 
sparsely, base and apical area strongly punctate, the punctura- 
tion extending for some distance from both ends along the 
median line, disk very minutely and sparsely punctate. 
Elytra (5°0 mm. long) ovate, convex, almost parallel, border 
very slightly sinuate both behind shoulders, which though 
rounded are well marked, and before apex ; strongly punctate- 
striate, both strisa and punctures only a little less deeply 
impressed towards apex, intervals moderately convex, 3 with 
five punctures, marginal series on 9 consisting of some half- 
dozen punctures only. Sterna (except middle of meta- 
sternum), episterna, and sides of veutral surface at base 
coarsely and more or less confluently punctate ; anal segment 
with two setiferous pores on each side. 
The species differs from L. indus, Tchiteh., the only other 
species described from India, in its pitch-black colour, with- 
out blue or green reflections ; form more elongate, head, 
Jabrum, and mandibles all longer; prothorax narrower, con- 
tracted more abruptly behind, and sinuate at a greater distance 
from hind angles, surface more strongly punctate ; strie of 
elytra more coarsely punctate, the outer ones not obliterated 
towards apex, interval 3 with five punctures instead of three. 
The species appears to be allied to L. gracilentus, ‘I'chitch. 
United Provinces: W. Alinora Division, Upper Gumti 
Valley, April 1919, 1 ex., 9 (H. G. Champion). The type 
has been presented by Mr. Champion to the British Museum. 
LOROCERINI, 
Lorocera stevensi, sp. n. 
Length 8:0 mm; width 2°50 mm. 
Black with a faint greenish tinge ; mouth-parts, joints 2-11 
of antenne, and tarsi reddish; tibiz and front and mid- 
trochanters dark red ; joint 1 of antenne piceous. 
Ann, & Mag: N. Hist. Ser. 9. Vol. v. 31 
