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Last joint of palpi gradually widened towards the extremity. 

 Eyes large, the upper lobes rather closely approximated to 

 the antennal tubers in front. Antennae a little shorter than the 

 body : first joint not reaching beyond the hind margin of the eye, 

 third to tenth acutely produced at the apex on the anterior side, 

 third with sharp anterior edge near which it is finely and very 

 closely punctulate. Pronotum finely and closely punctured in 

 front and for some distance back along each side of the middle 

 line, more strongly punctured towards the sides ; its hind angles 

 more or less obtuse, sometimes slightly projecting. Elytra rugu- 

 lose, the ridges finely punctured ; each with two or three feebly 

 raised obtuse costa3. Hind breast covered with a tawny-coloured 

 silky pubescence. Last ventral segment sinuate at the apex. 



$ . Antennae hardly reaching to the middle of the elytra, 

 more slender than in the male, the joints, from the fifth only, 

 acutely angulate at the apex. Hind breast bare of pubescence. 

 Last ventral segment with rounded hind margin. Legs smooth 

 underneath. 



Length 3 $ 29-53 mm. 



Hob. Kashmir ; N.W. Provinces ; Punjab ; Assam. 



9. LophostermiS falco, TJioms. (Cyrtognathus) Rev. et Mag. Zool. 



1877, p. 262. 



cJ . In colour and sculpture greatly resembles the same sex of 

 L. hugeli, E,edt. ; the chief points of difference are as follows : 

 Eyes slightly narrower, the upper lobes less closely approxi- 

 mate in front to the antennal tubers ; antennae a little longer, 

 reaching almost to the apex of the elytra ; elytra relatively shorter, 

 less strongly rugulose, their costae broader and more obtuse. 

 (Female not known.) 



The author of this species, when describing it, compared it with 

 0. paradoxus ; but the specimen in his collection labelled paradoxus 

 is one of L. hugeli, Redt., and not the true paradoxus of Falderman, 

 which is a species from Mongolia in nowise closely related to it. 



Length <$ 30-69 mm. 



Hab. Darjeeling. 



10. Lopnostenms palpalis, sp. n. 



3 . Closely resembles the same sex of L. Jmyeli, Eedt., but 

 differs as follows : Last joint of palpi more triangular in form, 

 widest at the extremity ; eyes narrower, the upper lobe at a 

 distance equal to about half its own width from the antennal 

 tuber ; antennae shorter, scarcely reaching to the posterior third 

 of the elytra, the first joint reaching a little beyond the hind 

 margin of the eye ; hind angles of the pronotum acute or sub- 

 dentate. 



Length <3 40 mm. 



Jfab, Himalayas (in coll. Ofcrik&r). 



