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HAJLTlCINJi. 



but shows a fine reticulation. Scutellum small, triangular, with 

 apex broadly rounded, surface smooth and im punctate. Ely tree 

 broader at base than prothorax, humerus prominent, sides graduall y 

 narrowing towards apex ; surface confusedly punctate, some 

 punctures at the base tending to arrange themselves in a longi- 

 tudinal line; interstitial spaces finely reticulate. Underside smooth, 

 shining; abdominal sternites thinly covered with fine hairs; first 

 segment of posterior tarsi about half the length of the corre- 

 sponding tibia. 

 Length, 2 mm. 



Ceylon: G-alle, on coast-level, 27. xi-4. xii. 1881 (67. Lewis). 

 Type in the British Museum. Described from one example. 



252. Longitarsus almorafj, sp. nov. 



Body oblong. Colour black ; antennae, anterior and middle legs 

 and posterior tibiae brown, the posterior tibiae of a deeper shade. 



Head with vertex impunctate, with two oblique deeply impressed 

 channels delimiting the front border of the vertex and meeting 

 in the middle ; on each side, situated in the deep channel, is a 

 shallow pit ; frontal elevations oblique, interantennal ridge sharply 

 elevated and extending to the clypeus. Antennae as long as the 

 body ; first segment long and club-shaped, second shorter than 

 the first, thicker and also somewhat shorter than third, fourth 

 very slightly longer than third ; the rest of the segments elongate 

 and more or less nearly equal. Prothorax broader than long, 

 sides gently rounded, anterior lateral angles oblique, posterior 

 angles each with a prominent fine seta ; surface gently convex, 

 distinctly punctate, the punctures being irregularly distributed, 

 comparatively closer towards the base and becoming more and 

 more sparse towards the front margin. Scidellnm small, triangular, 

 with apex broadty rounded, surface smooth and impunctate. 

 Elytra broader at base than prothorax, sides more or less nearly 

 parallel, but the elytra narrow somewhat towards the apex; 

 surface comparatively strongly and confusedly punctate; inter- 

 stices smooth, shining, not reticulate. Underside: abdominal 

 sternites sparsely covered with thin hairs ; posterior tibiae with a 

 spine at the apex and a series of spinules on the outer edge; 

 first segment of the posterior tarsi half the length of the corre- 

 sponding tibia. 



Length, 3 mm. 



United Provinces: Kumaon, W. Almora (H. G. Champion). 

 Type in the British Museum. Described from one example. 



253. Longitarsus lewisi, sp. nov. 



Body oblong. Colour black ; front and middle legs dark brown ; 

 the three basal segments of the antennae and the posterior tarsi 

 lighter brown, the rest of the antennal segments darker brown. 



Head with vertex convex, impunctate, frontal elevations not 

 developed, interantennal space indistinctly elevated. Antennae 



