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HALTICINiE. 



segments are sometimes pitchy, and the brown parts are some- 

 times of a deeper shade. 



Head with vertex finely and sparsely punctate ; the transverse 

 and oblique channels in the interocular space are deep, and some- 

 times deeply excavated near the inner edge of each eye, the 

 excavation containing punctures ; owing to the depth of the 

 channels, which extend to the interantennal space, part of the 

 latter appears to be longitudinally raised. Antennae extending 

 to a certain distance beyond the humerus; first and second 

 segments as usual in the genus, third to sixth more slender and 

 more or less nearly equal, the second about equal in length to the 

 third, though thicker, the rest of the segments very slightly thicker 

 and equal. Proihoraoc broader than long, sides gently rounded, 

 anterior lateral angles somewhat thickened; surface convex, more 

 or less sparsely and finely punctate, the punctures being finer 

 than those of the elytra, the interstices not granulate. Scutelhim 

 broader than long, triangular with the apex broadly rounded and 

 the surface impunctate. Elytra very slightly broader at base 

 than prothorax, regularly punctate-striate ; interstices flat, some 

 of then) having a tendency to become costate towards the apex,, 

 and very finely and sparsely punctate. Underside very sparsely 

 covered with fine hairs. 



Length, 2^-3 mm. 



United Provinces: Kumaon, Ranikhet, 13 examples (H. G. 

 Champion). Tenasserim : Tavoy, 5 examples (Dohcrty). 

 Type in the British Museum. 



While describing this species 1 had before me all the examples 

 from the two localities stated above, and the following slight vari- 

 ations were observed. The specimens from Kumaon generally have 

 the pronotal punctures more marked than those of the examples 

 from Tenasserim ; the difference is so great that the idea of two 

 species being present among this lot of specimens would have 

 been justified, did not one example from Kumaon show pronotal 

 punctuation similar to that of the specimens from Tenasserim. 

 Among all the examples there is a certain amount of variation in 

 the coloration of the brown parts ; in some they are more brown 

 than pitchy, and the latter colour may be of a deeper or of a more 

 or less dilute shade. 



152. Chsetocnema minuta, Jacoby. 



Chcetocnema minuta, Jac, Aim. Soc. Ent. Belg. xl, 1896, p. 271. 



Body ovate, narrowed in front and behind. Colour obscure 

 aeneous ; anterior legs and posterior tibiae more or less yellowish ; 

 the five or six basal segments of the antennae tawny, the rest 

 brownish-black. 



Head minutely granulose, with a few very fine punctures 

 between the eyes : frontal elevations absent. Antennae extending 

 a little distance beyond the pronotum ; third to sixth segments 



