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orate, three-fourths the length of the third, the latter two-thirds the length of the fourth. 
Thorax more than twice as broad as long ; sides abruptly diverging and acutely angled just 
in froDt of the base, thence obliquely converging to the apex, just before reaching the latter 
abruptly incurved, the apical angle obtuse, the hinder one armed with a lateral tooth ; disc 
closely covered with large, round, deeply-impressed punctures ; on either side are a few short, 
suberect griseous hairs. Scutellum longer than broad, cuneiform, its apex obtusely ungu- 
late. Elytra convex, transversely depressed below the basilar space, strongly punctate- 
striate ; on the transverse depression, and also below the shoulder, the puncturing is confused ; 
interspaces plane, irregularly wrinkled on the sub-basilar depression. All the thighs armed 
beneath with an acute tooth. 
Sab . — Jhelam Valley. 
7. — Nodostoma plagiostjm. 
Buly, Cist. Ent. ii., 1875—82, p. 373. 
Oblongo-ovatum, piceum, nUidum, pedibus antennisque piceofulvis, his extrorsum piceis ; 
thorace prof unde et crebre punctato , lateribus pone medium obtuse angulatis ; elytris fortiter 
punctato striatis, striis apicem versus fere deletis ; sordide fulvis, limbo angnsto, striarum 
punctis et ntrinque plaga irregulari mngnd , a basi adpaulo pone medium extensd, ad mar- 
ginem lateralem affixa, piceis. 
Long. If lin. 
Vertex and front sub-remotely punctured; clypeus coarsely and irregularly punctured, 
not distinctly separated from the upper face, its anterior border deeply excavate-emarginate, 
the emargination produced and forming two sub-acute teeth ; labrum fulvous ; antennae 
slender, filiform, the second and third joints nearly equal in length, the fourth very slightly 
longer than the third, four or five lower joints obscure fulvous, the rest piceous. Thorax 
nearly twice as broad as long ; sides diverging at the base, obtusely angled behind the middle, 
thence obliquely converging and very slightly rounded to the apex ; disc transversely convex, 
very coarsely and deeply punctured. Elytra oblong, sub-acutely rounded at the apex, convex, 
strongly punctate-striate, the punctures near the apex much finer and nearly obsolete, inter- 
spaces plane, impunctate ; the irregularly piceous patch on each elytron covers the outer disc 
(the humeral callus excepted) and extends from the base to just below the middle of the 
disc. All the thighs armed beneath with a small tooth. 
Sab. — Murree. A single specimen, also India, without precise locality, my collection. 
8. PaRIA CT7PRESCENS. 
Billy, Cist. Ent. ii., 1875 — 82, p. 374. 
Anguste ovata, subtus cum capite picea, pedibus an tennar unique basi pallidis ; supra 
cuprea, tliorace sub-conico, vage punctato ; elytris regulariter punctato-striatis, interspatiis 
plains, impunctatis. 
Long. If lin. 
Vertex swollen, shining, impunctate ; clypcus transverse, its anterior border emarginate ? 
antennae, rather more than half the length of the body, piceous, the two lower joints paler. 
