378 Mr. Baly's flescriptions of 



9 Facie tridentatn, dente iutermedio nou compresso, apice 

 acuto. 



Hab. Jhelam Valley. 



Head exserted ; vertex smootli, impuuctate ; face excavated 

 between the eyes, clothed with hairs, trideutate, the middle tooth 

 compressed aud deflexed in the $ , conical in the $ ; clypeus 

 transverse, impressed at the apex on either side in the $ with a 

 deep fovea ; apex of jaws nigro-piceous ; antennte slender, 

 clothed with coarse suberect hairs, second and third joints 

 nearly equal in the $ , the third one-half longer than the second 

 in the ? . Thorax about three times as broad as long ; sides 

 parallel and slightly sinuate behind the middle, obliquely con- 

 verging from the middle to the apex, the anterior angles shghtly 

 produced, obtuse, the hinder ones obtusely angulate ; upper 

 surface moderately convex, the lateral margin rather broadly 

 reflexed, disc irregularly excavated ; finely but not very closely 

 punctured, interspaces minutely granulose-strigose. Scutelliun 

 trigonate, shining black. Elytra broader than the thorax, oblong, 

 moderately convex, faintly excavated below the basilar space, 

 more strongly punctured than the thorax, the punctures pale 

 fuscous. 



17. Mhnastra f/farilis, n. sp, 



Elongata, attenuata, pallide flava, nitida, antennis basi excep- 

 tis, f uscis, oculis nigris, genubus tarsisque piceis ; thorace 

 transverso, basi emarginato, disco irregulariter excavate, lateri- 

 bus late marginatis, ante medium angulatis, elytris parallelis, 

 tenuiter punctatis. Long. 3 lin. 



Ilab. Murree. 



Head strongly exserted ; encarpaj and clypeus thickened, the 

 former bounded above by a transverse groove, trigonate, con- 

 tiguous for their whole length ; antennae very slender, filiform, 

 nearly equal to the body in length, second joint about half the 

 length of the basal one, nearly a third shorter than the third, 

 three basal joints pale flavous, the rest pale fuscous. Thorax 

 transverse ; sides broadly margined, nearly parallel, distinctly 

 angled just beyond the middle, thence obliquely converging to 

 the apex ; disc broadly and irregidarly excavated, impunctate. 

 Scutellum trigonate. Elytra broader than the thorax, parallel, 

 elongate ; disc very minutely punctured, very faintly wrinkled. 

 Outer edge of knees, together with the tarsi pale piceous, 



