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HALTICINjE. 



convex area. Underside moderately shining, covered with longish 

 adpressed hairs. 



Usually, in the male the first segment of all the tarsi is dilated, 

 and the elytra are shining; in the female the first segment of all 

 the tarsi is normal and the elytra are dull. But all the examples 

 from Assam and Manipur, twelve in number, are blue with a 

 purplish sheeD, and shining, and this entirely shiny form does not 

 have the first segment of the tarsi dilated, as do the male examples 

 from the Darjeeling District. 



Length, 6J-8| mm. 



Fig. SdO.—Xutheu orien talis, Baly ; 

 front tarsus of male and female. 



Sikkim: Gopaldhara, liungbong Valley (H. Stevens) ; Darjeeling 

 (ex coll. F. Moore, Brit. Mus.) ; Namsoo, 2100 ft., 27. v. 1918 

 (H. Stevens); Pashok, 4000 ft,, 26. v-14. vi. 1916 (F. H. Gravely); 

 Siliguri, 18-20. vii. 1907 (Indian Museum); Kurseong, 4700- 

 5000 ft., 20. vi. 1910 (Aimandale) ; Lebong, 6000-6600 ft., 13. vi. 

 1914 (F. H. Gravely) ; Ghumti, 4000 ft., vii. 1911 (F. H. Gravely). 

 United Provinces: .Minora, Kumaon, common in rains on 

 Gerardina and Urtica ; Nairn Tal ; Bhawali, 23. vii. 1921 (these 

 data all based on material collected by H. G. Champion). Assam : 

 Manipur (Doherty) ; Khasi Hills. Burma : Euby Mines, 5500- 

 7500 ft, 



Type in the British Museum, its locality- label bearing n© data 

 beyond "India.' 



