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7. Serica Iseticula. 



S. ohovata, convexa, nitidula, tantum ahdoinine opaco, hrunneo-fer- 

 Turjinea ; prothorace fortiter punctato^ elytris seriatim punctatis, seriehus 

 leviter depressis, inte^^stitiis planis, tantum juxta series punctatis ; antennis 

 10-articulatis, flahelli articulo prima apice emarginato. Long. 8^ mm., 

 lat. 4 mm. 



Locality not recorded. 



8. Lachnosterna stridulans.* 



L, testacea, capite, thorace scutelloque fere ferrugineis, supra opaca, 

 opalescens^ suhtus ahdomine injlato nitido, pectore minus dense villoso ; 

 capite hrevi^ fortiter punctata ; prothorace sparsim punctata fortiter trans- 

 versOf margine laterali Integra, sinuata, angulis pasteriorihus ohtusis ; ely- 

 tris sat crelre parum profunde punctatis. Long. 15^ mm., lat. 8 mm.. 



Hab. Murree, a single individual. 



9. Lachnosterna stoliczkse. 



L. ahlonga, picea^ nitida, pectore prosternoq^ue grisea-mllosis ; capite 

 Jiaud parvo, clypeo fortiter refiexa-marginata, anterius vix emarginato ; 

 prothorace laterihus rotundatis, anterius quam pasterius magis angustata, 

 crehrius punctata, angulis pasteriorihus ohtusis, margine laterali serrato ; 

 elytris crehrius fortiter punctatis, areis longitudinalihus parclus punctatis^ 

 haud argute elevatis. Long. 15 — 16 mm., lat. 8 mm. 



Hab. Mm-ree. 



* I am acquainted with only one other species closely allied to this, it is as yet 

 undescrihed and is labelled in my collection '-'- Ancylomjcha pulvinom, Reiche, India hor ;^* 

 it has the same appearance as L. stridulans, and has, like it, the epipleural line finely 

 crenulate, but it dififers considerably in the structure of the antennae and of the claws ; 

 in Lachnosterna stridulans, the flabellum of the antenna is rather long, and composed of 

 five joints, the first is, however, very short, not half the length of the second, which 

 itself is a good deal shorter than the three following ones ; the claws are divided into 

 two rather divergent portions of equal length. In the undescribed Eeicheian species 

 the flabellum is short and composed only of three joints, and the claws of the feet are 

 strongly dentate in the middle. 



I add a short diagnosis of this insect. 



Lachnosterna pulvinosa, n. sp. Ferruginea, elytris dilutioribus, supra opaca, 

 opalescens, suhtus abdomine injlato, medio nitido, pectore parcius villoso ; capite brevi dense 

 rugoso-punctato ; prothorace sparsim punctato, punctis in margine anteriori magnis, fortiter 

 transversa, lateribus valde sinuatis, in medio perdilatatis, angulis pasteriorihus valde obtusiSy 

 margine laterali siibcremdato ; elytris sat crehre suhtilitcr punctatis. Long. 16 mm. 



