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Head impunctate, the frontal élévations strongly raised, the 

 clypeus with a short central ridge, antennse nearly extending to 

 the middle of the elytra, fulvous, the terminal joints more or less 

 fuscous, the third joint slightly longer than the fourth or fifth one, 

 the following eîongate, slightly thickened ; thorax rather more than 

 twice as broad as long, the sides rounded with a reilexed narrow 

 margin, the basai sulcus distinct but rather shallow, not extending 

 to the sides, the surface Impunctate, shining; elytra wider at the 

 base then the thorax, narrowly margined, the surface scarcely 

 perceptibly punctured, underside more or less stained with piceous, 

 especially to the middle of the abdomen, the posterior femoraand 

 ail the tibise and tarsi ; prosternum very narrow and ridgelike. 



Hah. Bangalore, India (Calcutta Muséum and my own collection). 

 Allied to P. hookeri Baly but the lower joints of the antennse are 

 not compressed, the elytra are not distinctly but extremely minutely 

 punctured and the colour of the underside and legs is différent. 



Longitarsus recticoUis n. sp. — Testaceous, winged, the 

 antennœ (the basai joints exceptedjy scutelhmi, the sides of the hreast 

 and the posterior femora piceous, head^ thorax and elytra entirely 

 impunctate^ the latter with small piceous obscure dots. — Length, 

 3 mill. 



Head smooth and impunctate, the frontal tubercles small, oblique, 

 clypeus broad and strongly raised, labrum piceous, antennae 

 extending to about the middle of the elytra, black, the lower four 

 joints flavous, the third and fourth joint equal, the following joints 

 scarcely longer; thorax one half broader than long, the sides nearly 

 straight, very slightly rounded at the middle, the anterior angles 

 oblique, the surface entirely impunctate, with some obscure darker 

 spots hère and there; scutellum broader than long, black; elytra 

 wider at the base then the thorax, rounded towards the middle, 

 convex, entirely impunctate but marked with obscure round piceous 

 spots in place of the punctures, underside slightly darker, the sides 

 of the breast and the posterior femora nearly black, metatarsus of 

 the posterior legs much longer than the following joints together, 

 the spine at the apex of the posterior tibiae short and stout. 



Hab. Calcutta (Coll. Indian Mus. and my own). 



This species, of nearly similar size as our European L. tabida 

 seems very closely allied to L. scutellatus Baly from Rockhampton 

 but is not likely to be identical with it on account of the totally 

 différent localities; the présent species seems however to differ 

 principally in not having the vertex fulvo-piceous, and the breast 

 is nearly black in the Indian species, the type of L. scutellatus 

 which I hâve compared is of a very opaque colour, the présent 

 species is on the contrary very shining. 



