220 Mr. W. L. Distant on Iloteroptera. 



scutellum obscurely punctate ; liemelytra finely tomentose ; 

 otlicr structural cliaracters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length o\ mm. 



]Iah. N.W. Himalayas {E. F. Stehhing, Brit. Mus.). 



In galleries of the beetle PoJygraphus sp. in spruce-tir 

 {Stebhing). 



Arnulphus, gen. nov. 



Elongate, subdepressed ; head somewhat long and slender, 

 longer than breadth including eyes ; rostrum three-jointed, 

 first and second joints incrassate, first short, second much the 

 longest, third slender, about reaching the anterior coxae ; 

 antenna^ four-jointed, finely hirsute, first joint shortest, second, 

 third, aiid fourth joints almost subequal in length ; pronotum 

 Avith a wide anterior collar, before which it is also medially 

 constricted, anterior about half the breadth of posterior margin, 

 whicli is strongly concavely sinuate ; scutellum moderately 

 gibbous at base ; membrane with three (perhaps four) longi- 

 tudinal veins ; femora moderately incrassated ; tarsi two- 

 jointed ; cuneus somewhat large and prominent. 



ArmiJphus aterrimus, sp. n. 



&^hlning black ; corium brownish ochraceous, the cuneus 

 black; legs, anteni ae, and lateial margins of corium finely 

 hirsute ; head, prcnotum, and scutellum glabrous : apical area 

 of scutellum transversely strlgose ; apices of the intermediate 

 and ] osterior tlblje and the tarsi stramineous ; other struc- 

 tural characters as in generic diagnosis. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hah. Burma : Karennee. 



Amphiareus, gen. nov. 



Subelongate, setose ; head anteriorly produced, columnar, 

 about as long as breadth including eyes ; rostrum three- 

 jointed, first joint very siiort and thickened, second joint much 

 the longest, third shorter, longer than first and reaching the 

 anterior coxae ; antenna four-jointed, setose, first joint sliort, 

 moderately thickened, not reaching apex of head, second 

 joint longest, moderately thickened, third and fourth joints 

 short and sknder, subequal in length ; pronotum profoundly 

 constricted near middle, anterior area glabrous, posterior area 

 punctate ; anterior margin about half the width of posterior 

 margin, which is concavely sinuate j scutellum broad, trans- 

 versely excavate at base ^ liemelytra longly pilose, the lateral 



