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268. Longitarsus lohita *, sp. nov. 



Body oblong. Colour dark red-brown : pronotum blackish. 



Head with vertex impunctate, frontal elevations not well 

 developed, oblique, bounded above by oblique deep channels, 

 interantennal carina also present. Antennae extending to about 

 the middle of the elytra ; first segment long and club-shaped, 

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

 length to, third, fourth distinctly longer than third ; the following 

 segments about equal and somewhat thickened. Prothorax broader 

 than long, sides more or less nearly straight, anterior lateral 

 angles oblique ; surface gently convex, finely and very sparsely 

 punctate. Scutellum triangular with apex rounded, surface 

 smooth and impunctate. Elytra distinctly broader at base than 

 prothorax, strongly punctate, the punctures arranged with some 

 degree of regularity in longitudinal series. Underside: posterior 

 tibiae somewhat curved, with the outer edge bearing a series of 

 spinules, and the apex furnished with a spine : first segment of 

 posterior tarsi half the length of the corresponding tibia. 



Length, 2 mm. 



Ass a.m : Sadiya (Doherty). 



Typeinthe British Museum. Described from three examples. 



269. Longitarsus recticollis, Jacoby, 



Longitarsus recticollis, Jac, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlii. 1898, p. 188. 



Body oblong. Colour pale shining brown ; labrum, antennae 

 (the three or four basal segments excepted), scutellum, sides of 

 the breast and the posterior femora, dark pitch-brown or black ; 

 the basal half of the posterior femora lighter than the apical 

 half. 



Head smooth and impunctate, frontal tubercles small and 

 oblique, clypeus broad and strongly raised. Antennae extending 

 to about the middle of the elytra ; first segment long and club- 

 shaped, second much shorter than first, third somewhat longer 

 than second and equal to fourth ; the following segments very 

 slightly longer, about equal to each other, and more hairy. Pro- 

 thorax somewhat broader than long, sides straight, anterior lateral 

 angles straight ; surface entirely impunctate. Scutellum triangular, 

 with apex very broadly rounded, broader than long, the surface 

 impunctate. Elytra broader at base than prothorax ; surface 

 apparently impunctate, but under a high power extremely minute 

 punctures are visible, while, in addition, dark round spots, 

 showing through the transparent superficial layer of chitin, 

 simulate punctures ; these spots are not arranged in any regular 

 order. Underside : first segment of posterior tarsi about equal to 



* Sanskrit, " red." 



