PSYLLIODES. 



129 



surface smooth, punctate-striate, each elytron having eleven rows 

 of punctures, including a Ion" - scutellar arid an extreme marginal 

 row ; the punctures in the rows are feebly impressed, the inter- 

 stitial punctures being still feebler, and the interstices perfectly 

 even throughout. Underside as under the description of the 

 genus. 



Length, 3 mm. 



United Provinces : Kumaon ; Sukhatal, 8000 feet, v. 1920, 

 and Ranikhet (H. G. Champion). 



Type in the British Museum. Described from two examples. 



77. Psylliodes tenebrosus, Jacoby. 



Psylliodes tenebrosus, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belgique, xl, 1896, p. 269. 



Body narrowly elongate, parallel-sided, narrowed behind. 

 Colour above black with brassy sheen, underside black; the three 

 basal segments of the antennae yellowislt, the rest black; the 

 points of articulation of the femora and tibiae, the apex of 

 the front and middle tibia?, and the entire hind tibiae and hind 

 tarsi, yellow or brownish-yellow, while the remainder of the legs 

 is piceous. 



Head distinctly and rather closely punctate, trontal tubercles 

 absent, clypeus impunctate. Antennae extending to the middle 

 of the elytra; first segment elongate, club-shaped, second, third 

 and fourth elongate, almost equal to each other in length ; from 

 the fifth to the ninth the segments are somewhat thicker and 

 become successively shorter, and the tenth is pointed. Pro- 

 thorax broader than long, narrowed in front ; sides straight, 

 anterior angles obliquely cut away and bearing a fine seta, 

 posterior angles a little more than right angles, each bearing a 

 fine seta; upper surface convex and uniformly confusedly punc- 

 tate, with strong punctures. Scutellum small, triangular, with 

 the surface impunctate. Elytra : each with eleven longitudinal, 

 regular rows of punctures, including a long scutellar and au 

 extreme marginal row ; the rows converge towards the apex, 

 where they meet in pairs and the punctures become somewhat 

 feebler ; the interstices contain irregularly arranged longitudinal 

 rows of very feebly impressed minute punctures, and generally 

 there are two or three such rows in each interstice. Underside 

 shining. 



Length, 2| mm. 



Punjab : Chamba (type-locality). United Provinces : Chau- 

 battia, Almora District, 6000-7000 ft. (S. R. Archer) ; South 

 Gahrwal, 6500 ft., Sukhatal, 8000 ft., Dudhatoli, 8000-10,000 ft., 

 all in Kumaon (H. G. Champion); Naini Tal, 7000-8500 ft., 

 vii. 1923 (H. G. Champion); Naini Tal, Jolikoti, 10. xi. 1909, 

 on Cruciferous plants (Pusa Coll.) ; Bhim Tal, 6. iii. 1912 (Pusa 

 Coll.). 



Type, in the British Museum. 



VOL. II. K 



