350 



HaLTICINjE. 



small, insignificant, triangular, with apex rounded. Elytra dis- 

 tinctly broader at base than protliorax, sides narrowing somewhat 

 behind the humerus and then very slightly broadening; surface 

 strongly punctate, the punctures having a certain amount of 

 arrangement in longitudinal series, although this arrangement 

 is not very clear. Underside : posterior tibiae with the usual 

 series of spinules on the outer edge near the apex, which is 

 furnished with a spine ; first segment of posterior tarsi half the 

 lengt h of the corresponding tibia. 

 Length, 2| mm. 



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

 Type in the British Museum. Described from nine examples. 



265. Longitarsus sari*, sp. nov. 



Body oblong. Colour entirely light brown. 



Head with vertex impunctate, frontal elevations oblique, weakly 

 developed, interantennal carina short, not prominent. Antennas 

 extending to some distance beyond the middle of the elytra, but 

 not reaching their apex ; first segment long and club-shaped, 

 second much shorter than first, thicker than, and about equal in 

 length to, third, fourth much longer than third, fifth almost equal 

 to fourth ; the following segments about equal to each other. 

 Prothora.v broader than long, sides somewhat rounded; surface 

 gently convex, very finely find sparsely punctate towards the base, 

 while the part near the front margin is almost impunctate. 

 Scutellum small, triangular, with apex rounded and surface smooth. 

 Elytra broad, distinctly broader at base than protliorax, sides 

 almost parallel, apex rounded ; surface strongly and boldly punc- 

 tate, the punctures having a certain degree of arrangement in 

 longitudinal striae. Underside : posterior tibiae, as usual in the 

 genus with a series of spinules on the outer edge and with 

 the apex ending in a spine : first segment of posterior tarsi half 

 the leno-th of the corresponding tibia. 



Length, 2 mm. 



Bomb vy : Belgaum (Andrewes Coll.). 



Type in the British Museum. Described from seven examples. 



In one specimen, which is darker brown than the others, the 

 punctures on the pronotum are quite distinct and more numerous 

 than is usual, the front part being also punctate. 



2fi6. Longitarsus punctit, sp. nov. 



Bodv oblong. Colour entirely shining dark ied-brown. 

 Head with vertex impunctate, frontal elevations not developed, 

 two oblique impressed lines meeting in the middle of the front, 



* Sanskrit, " a row." 



t Sanskrit, meaning, lik « sari, " a row.'' 



