130' 



HALTICINjE. 



There are examples in the Indian Museum collection from the 

 Palni Hills (Kodaikanal, 6900-7200 ft., ix. 1922, S. Kemp), and 

 two examples in the late Mons. J. Achard's collection from Shem- 

 baganur, which strongly resemble this species but seem slightly 

 more narrowed behind. 



Section III (Antennae eleven-segmented). 



1. Pronotum and elytra, or at least the elytra, 

 pubescent ; insect always considerably 



less than 7 ram. long* Subsection I, p. 130. 



Pronotum and elytra not pubescent (except 

 in Ophrida hirsuta ; see footnote below) . . 2. 

 "2. Claw-segment of posterior tarsi greatly 



dilated Subsection II, p. 145. 



Claw-segment of posterior tarsi not greatly 



dilated 3. 



3. Anterior coxal cavities closed or almost 



closed behind Subsection III, p. 174. 



Anterior coxal cavities open behind Subsection IV, p. 283. 



Subsection 1. 



Pronotum and elytra, or at least the elytra, pubescent ; body 

 always considerably less than 7 mm. long. 



1. Punctures on elytra arranged in rows; 



the hairs are semi-erect, directed 

 backwards, and arranged in series 



along the intervals 2. 



Punctures on elytra confused ; the 

 hairs are adpressed to the body .... 3. 



2. Prothorax very strongly constricted 



behind Liprus, Motsch., p. 130. 



Prothorax not constricted behind .... Epitrix, Foudras, p. 133. 



3. Pronotum shining, without hairs .... Demarchus, Jacoby, p. 135. 

 Pronotum hairy Hespera, Weise, p. 137. 



Genus LIPRUS, Motschulsky. 

 Liprus, Motsch., Etud. Ent. ix, 1860, p. 26. 



Genotype, Liprus punctato-striatus, Motsch. (Japan) ; the 

 species for which Motschulsky erected the genus. 



Body oblong, very small (2|-3 mm. long.). Head as broad as 

 prothorax, eyes strongly convex, frontal tubercles well developed ; 

 antennae very long, sometimes as long as the body, with the 

 segments elongate and somewhat thickened towards the apex. 

 Prothorax longer than broad, much narrower than the base of the 

 elytra and strongly constricted behind. Elytra seriately punctate ; 



* Ophrida hirsuta, Stebbing (p. 1230), is pubescent on the upper side, but it 

 is a large insect and can be easily distinguished from the species in Sub- 

 section I. 



