282 Mr. K. G. Blair on 



Gnaptorina hinicei, sp. n. 



Elongate-ovate, convex, nitid^ black; upper surface mode- 

 rately strongly irregularly punctate. Head mucli narrower 

 than the thorax, the sides convergent and bisinuate before 

 the eyes, clypeus widely but not deeply emarginate ; antennae 

 stout, not or scarcely reaching base of thorax, 3rd joint 

 nearly as long as the two following together, 4th to 7th 

 submoniliform_, nitid, slightly decreasing in length, 8th to 

 11th moniliform, opaque, slightly increasing in thickness. 

 Thorax subquadrate, a little broader than long, widest before 

 the middle, the sides rounded in front, almost straight 

 behind, narrowly bordered throughout ; anterior margin 

 truncate, border widely interrupted in the middle, anterior 

 angles rounded; base truncate, posterior angles rectangular; 

 disc rather strongly convex transversely even at the base, 

 with an indistinct median longitudinal impression. Scutellum 

 invisible. Elytra broadly ovate, strongly convex transversely, 

 the base fitting closely to and slightly overlapped by the 

 base of the thorax, the sides rounded throughout, their 

 greatest breadth behind the middle, the lateral carina visible 

 from above for rather more than half its length, continuous 

 to apex ; disc more finely punctate than that of thorax wnth 

 numerous irregular lines. Prosternal process narrow, with 

 median impression, deflexed behind coxse with the apex 

 slightly prominent. Anterior tibiae not or scarcely thickened 

 towards apex, external apical angle not developed, a single 

 large apical spur in both sexes; anterior tarsi simple in both 

 sexes, claw-joint nearly as long as the rest together. 



(^ . Spur of anterior tibiae stout, tapering, scarcely longer 

 than first tarsal joint ; spurs of hind tibiae tapering, not 

 sharply pointed, the inner slightly the larger. 



$ . Spur of anterior tibiae flattened, wider towards the 

 apex than at the base, apex rounded, as long as first three 

 tarsal joints, but apparently much subject to abrasion, 

 spurs of hind tibiae flattened, parallel-sided, blunt at apex, 

 the inner the larger. Antenna; shorter. 



Length 10-11 mm. 



2 cT, 1 ?, Tengkye-La, Thibet, 16,000 ft., 14th June, 

 1922. 



The species was also collected in Sikkim by the 1904 

 Expedition. Closely allied, ea^ descr., to G. felicilana, Ktt., 

 from Central Asia, but the latter is described as subopaque, 

 wdth the first two joints of the anterior tarsi densely 

 pubescent. 



I retain the generic name Gnaptorina, Reitter, for this 



