LONG L TARSUS. 



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260. Longitarsus madurensis, Jacoby. 



Longitarms madurensis, Jac, Ami. Soc. Ent. Belg. xl. 1896, p. 258. 



Body oblong. Upper side dark brown ; underside piceous ; 

 labrum black ; suture narrowly black ; posterior femora and pygi- 

 dium piceous; four basal segments of antennae brown, the rest 

 black ; head obscure piceous or dark brown. 



Head with a row of distinct punctures placed transversely 

 between the eyes, otherwise im punctate ; clypeus with an acute 

 and long central ridge. Antennae extending to the middle of the 

 elytra; first segment Jong and club-shaped, second much shorter 

 than first and hardly shorter than third, fourth somewhat 

 longer than third ; from the fifth to the end the segments are 

 about equal, somewhat thickened and more hairy. Prothorax 

 broader than long, sides rather strongly rounded, the four angles 

 ' rounded and the fine setae at the four corners distinct; surface 

 rather convex, finely and closely punctate, some of the punctures 

 slightly elongate in shape. Scutellum triangular, broader than 

 long, impunctate. Elytra distinctly broader at base than pro- 

 thorax, very slightly widened towards the middle, the apex of 

 each elytron separately rounded ; closely and confusedly punctate, 

 the punctures rather larger and stronger than those on the pro- 

 notum. Underside : first segment of posterior tarsi half the 

 length of the tibia ; the spinules along the outer edge of the 

 posterior tibiae extending to a considerable distance towards, but 

 not reaching, the base. 



Length, 2| mm. 



Madras: Madura. United Provinces : Kumaon, Haldwani 

 District (H. G. Champion). 

 Type in, the British Museum, 



261. Longitarsus hina*, sp. nov. 



Body oblong. Colour pale brown ; elytra somewhat greyish ; 

 the three or four apical segments of the antennae, scutellum, 

 suture, and apical portion of the femora, piceous ; sometimes the 

 colour is darker, and a larger portion of the femora, with the 

 breast, may be piceous. 



Head with vertex impunctate, and with oblique impressed lines 

 meeting in the middle ; frontal elevations small and not prominent, 

 interantennal space broadly elevated. Antennae extending to a 

 certain distance beyond the middle ; first segment long and club- 

 shaped, second smaller, thicker and about equal in length to third, 

 fourth longer than third, fifth longer than fourth ; the last three 

 somewhat thickened. Prothoraoc somewhat broader than long, 

 sides rounded, the four corners each having a fine seta ; surface 

 smooth, slightly convex and indistinctly punctate. Scutellum, tri- 

 angular, insignificant. Elytra broader at base than prothorax, 



* Sanskrit, 



smaller/ 



