LONGITARSUS. 



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expected that there will be a certain amount of variation in the 

 individuals — a fact which may render difficult the identification of 

 a catch of only one or two examples. 



263. Longitarsus gavira *, sp. nov. 



Body oblong, broad. Colour shining brown ; apices of posterior 

 femora and tlie eight apical segments of the antennae, black. 



Head with vertex convex, impunctate, frontal elevations and 

 interanteunal carina not strongly developed. Antennae somewhat 

 less than, or almost equal to, the length of the body (i. e., they 

 are about two and a half millimetres long); first segment long and 

 club-shaped, second much shorter than first and almost equal to 

 third, fourth longer than third ; the following segments almost 

 equal. Prothorax broader than long, sides rounded, anterior lateral 

 angles oblique, at each of the posterior lateral angles a small and 

 fine seta is visible ; surface gently cotivex, very finely and sparsely 

 punctate. Scatellum triangular, with apex broadly rounded and 

 surface smooth and impunctate. Elytra distinctly broader at base 

 than prothorax, confusedly and strongly punctate ; in the example 

 before me the punctures have dark centres. Underside : posterior 

 tibiae quite characteristic of the genus, having the series of spinules 

 along the outer edge and a strong spine at the apex ; first segment 

 of posterior tarsi half the length of the corresponding tibia. 



Length, 2f or nearly 3 mm. 



United Pkoyinces : Kuraaon, W. Almora, viii. 1917 (H. G. 

 Champion). 



Type in the British Museum. Described from one example. 



264. Longitarsus malinaf, sp. nov. 



Body oblong. Colour shining piceous ; antennae, front and 

 middle legs, and posterior tibiae, brown. 



Head with vertex convex, impunctate, frontal elevations absent, 

 with two oblique impressed lines meeting in the centre of the 

 front, interantennal carina sharp. Antennae extending to a little 

 distance beyond the middle of the elytra ; first segment long and 

 club-shaped, second much shorter than first, thicker than, and 

 about equal in length to, third, fourth slightly longer than 

 third, fifth about equal to fourth ; from the sixth the segments 

 are very slightly thickened, and the last is pointed. Prothorax 

 broader than long, sides straight but rather oblique, anterior 

 lateral angles oblique, each of the four angles possesses a fine 

 seta ; surface gently convex and punctate, the punctures some- 

 what larger and more crowded towards the base than towards 

 the front margin, where they are finer and sparser. Scutellum 



* Sanskrit, " deep." 



t Sanskrit, conveying the sense of " dirty-eoloured." 



