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between 1 ase of antennae and apex convexly sinuate, ocelli a 

 little in front of basal margin and on each side near eyes ; 

 antennae moderately robust^ pilose, the third and fourth 

 joints prominently pilose; rostrum reaching the intermediate 

 coxsB ; pronotum about as long as broad at anterior margin, 

 transversely impressed near middle, the anterior margin very 

 slightly sinuate, lateral margins almost straightly oblique, 

 posterior margin truncate, centrally faintly longitudinally 

 carinate; corium considerably longer than membrane, which 

 scarcely passes the abdominal apex, and with the basal cells 

 distinct; femora moderately thickened. 

 Near Sadoletus, Dist. 



Epibomius pusa, sp. n. 



Head black ; antennoB picsous, greyishly pilose ; pronotum 

 pale castaneous red, the anterior and posterior areas more or 

 less black ; corium black, very finely greyishly pilose, the 

 basal and apical angles testaceous ; head beneath black ; 

 sternum pale castaneous red, with its disk black ; abdomen 

 beneath and legs sordidly ochraceoiis, the former with its 

 base and apex black ; connexival border beneath pale luteous, 

 with black spots ; head thickly obscurely punctate ; antennae 

 with the second joint longest, third and fourth strongly 

 pilose, fourth joint slightly longer than third ; pronotum 

 sparingly very coarsely punctate, its lateral margins promi- 

 nently pilose ; corium obscurely punctate and more distinctly 

 pilose ; sternum sparingly coarsely punctate. 



Long. 3^-4 mm. 



Hab. Bengal ; Pusa {Lefroy) . 



Sadoletus pallescens, sp. n. 



Head, pronotum, and scutellum dark brownish ochraceous ; 

 eyes and two large oblique spots on posterior lobe of pro- 

 notum black ; corium pale ochraceous ; membrane pale 

 hyaline ; antenna?, rostrum, body beneath, and legs pale 

 ochraceous ; meso- and metasterna dark brownish ochraceous, 

 posterior lateral angles of the latter pale ochraceous ; antenna? 

 with the extreme apices of the second and third joints and 

 the apical joint (excluding base) more or less piceous; tibiae 

 biannulated with pale brownish, apices of tarsi piceous, poste- 

 rior femora with a fuscous spot on upper surface a little 

 beyond middle ; antennae with the second joint slightly longer 

 than the third, fourth joint slightly or scarcely longer than 

 the second; posterior lobe of pronotum somewhat coarsely 



