On neiD Indian ScolytiJ^e and Platj^podidoe. 285 



Head strongly, rather unevenly punctate, usually with a 

 median space clear of punctures and another above the 

 base of each antenna. Antennae slender, reaching a little 

 beyond the base of the thorax^ all joints longer than broad, 

 3rd joint about H times as long as 2nd or 4th. Thorax 

 wider than head, transverse, convex, as stiongly but rather 

 more sparingly punctured than the head, both with scattered 

 inconspicuous hairs, widest in front of the middle, the sides 

 rounded with a fine lateral carina ; base and. apex not 

 bordered, all the angles rounded. Elytra elongate-ovate, not 

 much wider than the thorax, strise scarcely impressed, but 

 strongly and closely punctate, intervals nearly Hat, each 

 with a median row of fine punctures rather irregularly 

 spaced ; i)ubescence scarcely visible except at shoulders and 

 at apex ; suture narrowly depressed just behind scutellum 

 and on apical declivity. Legs stout, femora rather strongly 

 thickened but not toothed, tibiae gradually thickened from 

 base to apex, not appreciably curved. 



Length Q-7 mm. 



Numerous examples. 



Must be very close, ex descr.^ to L. rostif Reitt., from 

 Kashmir, but is not deep black, and has the legs, including 

 the femora, distinctly reddish; the anterior tibiae straight, 

 and the thorax apparently more strongly transverse. The 

 colour varies from reddish testaceous to blackish piceous, 

 probably according to the age of the individual. 



Fam. Meloidae. 

 j\Jl//ahris przeivnlshyl^ Dokhtouroff. 



A single specimen represents the only species amongst 

 those found by the 1921 Expedition that was found this 

 year also. 



[To be continued.] 



XXXIII. — FTeviously undescribed Scolytidae and Tlaty- 

 podida3 from the Indian Area. — Part 11. By Lt.-Ool. F. 

 Winn Saimpson, F.E.S. 



FJatypus ahruijius^ sp. n. 



Dark reddish brown. Front flat^ very slightly coiicaYe 

 over the mouth, the surface shagreened, with sljallow pili- 

 ferous punctures and a few longitudinal stria3 below the 

 eyes, sparsely hairy. Froikorax subquadrangular, irregularly 



