ON THE COLEOPTEROUS SUBFAMILY LANGURIINAE FROM INDIA

Arrow (1925) was the first author who revised the Indian Languriidae and divided the family into two subfamilies Languriinae and Cladoxeninae. Subsequent workers followed the classification of Arrow (1925). Crowson (1955) added two subfamilies Pharaxonothinae and Setariolinae to it. Sengupta and Crowson (1969, 1971) transferred several genera from the families Cryptophagidae and Erotylidae to Languriidae and introduced a modified classification of the family Languriidae, which is as follows:-

Remarks: So far, this species was recorded from West Bengal and M:ghalaya, and also from Burma, Cheba and Tonkin.Now it is being reported for the first time from Sikkim.This is a distinct species and can be easily separated from other species by its gene~al appearance being rather large, robust, slightly narrowed posteriorly, legs moderately long, antennae short, club 4jointej and abrupt.Pronotum with a dark median stripe and with a pair of spots on lateral sides, elytra metallic blue or green, head and antenna blackish; length 20 mm.
Remarks: So far, this species was recorded from Megbalaya, and also from Bangladesh.Now it is being reported for the first time from Arunachal Pradesh.
General appearance large, narrowed posteriorly, apex o( elytra trunca~ed, prothorax quadrate, ante'nnae short, stout, club 4jointed and compact.Elytra, antennae and legs black, pronotum reddish and head blackish ; length 20 mm.General appearance slender, elongate and tapering in front and behind, antennae stout, club 4-jointed and compact, elytra produced behind.Elytra, pronotum and head black with metallic tinge, legs and" antennae black and abdomen red; length 18-20 mm.Remarks: So far, this species was recorded from West Bengal, Assam and Meghalaya.Now it is being reported for the first time from Arunachal Pradesh.
Elytra blackish-brown, head and pro no tum chocolate brown, antennae and legs brown, and abdomen black; length 10 mm.Remarks : So far, this species was recorded from Sri Lanka.Now it is being reported for the first time from India.G .!neral appearance small, elongate, and parallel-sided head and prothorax finely and minutely punctured, elytral puncturation arranged in ro\vs and elytral apex truncate, eyes large and fin:ly facetted, antennae slender, club 4jointed and broad, sternite 5 finely pubesceq.t,femora lines on sternite 1 absent.Head and pr~notum red bJth dorsally and ventrally, elytra brown chocolate, antennae and legs blackish brown a nd abdomen black; leng~h 3.5 -5 mm.General appearance slender, parallel-sided, small, elytra tapering posteriorly, head and prothorax sparse1y punctured, prothorax convex and transverse, elytral extremities truncated, eyes moderately large and finely facetted antennae slender, club 4 -jointed and loose, abdominal sternite 1 with a pair of parallel femoral lines.Head and pronotun1 red both dorsally and ventrally, elytra brownish chocolate, an ennae and legs brown, abdomen and metasternum brownish red; length 5.5 mm.19.Caenolanguria assamensis (Fowler) 1886.Languria assalnensis Fowl~r Tra~ls.en!.Soc.Land., : 24. 1925 Material: Uttar Pradesh: 1 ex., Kumaon Hills, 16. V. 1930.Remarks: So far, this species was recorded from Assam, and also from Burma.No\v it is being reported for the first time from Uttar-Pradesh.

Anadastus flavimanus Arrow
General appearance elongate and parallel-sided, large, head and pronotum finely and sparsely punctured, prothorax transverse and convex, antennae short and slender, club 4-jointed and compact, eyes coarsely facetted, abdomen.metasternum and prosternum distinctly punctured.Head and pronotum red both dorsally and ventrally, elytra deep chocolate brown, antennae, legs, abdomen, metasternum and pro sternum black; length 9 mm.Remarks : This species is recorded from almost all over India.General appearance elongate, parallel-sided and large, head coarsely punctured, eyes finely face~ted, antennae slender, club 4 .. jointed, ahort and compact, pronotunl transverse and coarsely punctured, apex -of elytra separately rounded, scutellum triangular and pointed at the "apex, abdomen, metasternum and mesosternum coarsely punctured, and elytral epipleura rather indistinct towards apex.Head and pronotum red both dorsally and ventrally, antennae black, elytra chocolate brown, abdomen, metasternum and mesosternum r'ed; length 8-9  Remarks: So far, this species was recorded from Tamil Nadu and Karna taka.Now it is being recorded for the first time from Arunachal Pradesh.