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sliortei', the legs and antennae very long and slender, and the 

 club of the latter as long as the footstalk. The pjgidium is 

 inclined inwards and the abdomen greatly contracted and 

 completely covered by the elytra. In addition, the elytra of 

 three females collected b\^ M. Yitalis are of a deep red 

 colour, whilst those of the males are black. 



Diphycerus alcedo, sp. n. 



S . Niger, elyfcris cyaneis, nitentibus ; parvus, brevis, tofcus griseo- 

 hirtus ; capite rugoso, clypeo parum brevi, antice truncate, labro 

 porrecto ; pronoto convexo, antice valde attenuate, quam longi- 



" tudinem vix latiori, densissime varioloso, erecte nigro-piloso, 

 lateribus setis albidis adpressis oriiatis, basi nitido, medio pro- 

 funde bi-iiiciso, angulis omnibus acutis ; scutello autice nitido, 

 impresso, utrinque setis flavidis convergentibus ornato ; elytris 

 brevissimis, conjunctim subrotundis, post humeros valde dilatatis, 

 ubique setis minutis decumbentibus pilisque erectis longis 

 nigris vestitis ; pygidio modice, corpore subtus, propygidio pedi- 

 busque densius albovestitis, pedibus antennisque longissimis. 



Long. 5 mm. ; lat. max. 3 mm. 



SiKKiM : Darjeeliug, Kalimpoug, Peshoke (April, May). 

 • This little insect, of which I know the male only, is remark- 

 able for the extreme abbreviation of its hind-l)ody, the elyti'a, 

 "which cover the much-contracted abdomen, being .conjointly 

 as broad as they are long. The pronotum, on the other hand, 

 is narrow and attenuated in front, and the clypeus is longer 

 than in the other known species. Instead of being rounded 

 in front this is truncate^ and the labrum is extruded and 

 placed almost in the same plane. The maxillae are furnished 

 with long and prominent tufts of hair. 



The peculiarity of the mouth-structure renders it probable 

 that a new genus may ultimately have to be made for this 

 species^ but it is desirable to await the discovery of the 

 female in view of the great disparity between the sexes of 

 these insects. 



Diphycerus jucundus, sp. n. 



(5 . -iEueo-niger, elytris fulvis, basi et sutura obscuris ; oblongus, 

 parum couvexus, ubique griseo-birsutus, corpore supra pilis 

 longioribas fuscis intermixtis instructo ; capite dense, clypeo 

 grossius granulate, hoc late transverse, truncate ; pronoto quam 

 longitudinem paulo latiori, modice convexo, antice angustato, 

 coriaceo, basi vittaque mediana antice evanesceuti la^vigatis, baseos 

 medio profunde biinciso, angulis omnibus fere rectis ; scutollo 



