600 WR, S. MAULIK ON 



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Head smooth, impunqtate, and slightly producerl between the 

 bases of the antennte. The antenn£e are hardly thickened towards 

 the apex, the apical joint pointed, subnitid ; the third joint is 

 longer than the second, but slightly shorter than the first and 

 Becpnd combined. Prothorax almost as long as broad, slightly 

 narrowed in front; the basal margin bisinuate, the sides straight 

 nnd margined, the anteiior angles roiinded, the posterior acnte. 

 The upper surface with a longitudinal depression on each side, 

 and also with one in the middle at base ; in the lateral depressions 

 {vre some coarse jmnctures; the middle longitudinal area slightly 

 convex, but having sipiilar pupctures except along a narrow 

 middle line ; some of the punctate portions are slightly depressed. 

 Scutellam oblong, sides straight, anterior edge broadly I'ounded ; 

 surface smooth, shining, impunctate, JSlytrn very slightly broader 

 at base than the prothorax, parallel-sided, punctate-striate; besides 

 the short scutellar row on each elytron there are eight rows at 

 the base and ten rows in the middle ; the interstices are smooth 

 and flat. The punctures are much stronger in the middle area 

 than elsewhere. Underside smooth, shining, impunctate except 

 for a few coarse punctures on the sides of the thoracic sterna. 



Length 5 mm. 



India: the Himalayas, Almora; 4500 ft., Khaula (//. G. 

 Champion). 



Type in the British Museum. 



l^escribed from six examples. 



This species is rehvted to G. nigritarsata Maulik, which is from 

 Ceylon, but diflers in the coloration, the relative lengths of the 

 second and third joints of the antenn.'o, and the structure of the 

 prothorax with its punctation. 



DOWNESIA SASTHI, Sp. n. 



Body elongate, narrow. * Colour shining broAvn, with the eyes, 

 antenna), and the apical area of the elytra black. 



Head with the eyes large; the interocidar space smooth, with a 

 few punctures. The antennae are short, scarcely reaching the 

 middle of the pronotum, very slightly thickened towards the apex, 

 and covered with hair, more so towards the apex ; the first joint 

 rounded, the second longer than the third, tlie third, fourth, fifth, 

 and sixth almost equal to each other in length, from the seventh 

 to the eleventh slightly thickened, the last tlie longest and bluntly 

 pointed, rrothorax quadrate, longer than broad, ver}'^ slightly 

 narrowed behind, the sides parallel and margined ; the anterior 

 angles rounded, the posterior ones emarginate. Basal margin at 

 the middle deeply channelled. The upper surface sparsely and 

 confusedly punctate, there being less punctures in the middle than 

 elsewhere ; the front rounded m.'irgin impunctate. Scutelhim 

 small,' impunctate. Elytra broader at the base than the prothorax, 

 parallel-sided, very slightly constricted in the middle ; at the 

 rounded apical angles the margin is explanate. Each elytron has 



