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Show 1878.] MR. H. W. BATES ON NEW COLEOPTERA. 719 elgtris elongatis, parallelis, acute striatis, interstitiis planis, 5-punctato. Long. 3| lin. Between Tangtze"and Chagra, Pangong valley ; also Pamir, between Sirikol and Panga. ANCHOMENUS POLITISSIMUS. A. fuliginoso (Panz.) forma subsimilis, nigro-ceneus, politissimus capite breviter ovato, oculis vix prominulis; palpis art. ult. acuminatis; thorace postice angustato, angulis posticis oblique rotundatis, margine prope angulum valde refiexo ; elytris versus apicem valde sinuatis, supra obsolete striatis, disco utrinque haud conspicue bipunctato ; pedibus ceneis, tibiis rufo-testaceis. Long. 2\ lin. Murree. COLPODES OVALICEPS. Minus elongatus, nigro-chalybeus, nitidus; elytris ampliatis, ovatis capite parvo, ovato, ocidis haud prominulis ; menti dente apice sulcato-emarginato ; thorace ovato, quam caput dimidio latiore,mar-gine laterali eequaliter explanato,subreflexo, angulis posticis subro-tundatis ; elytris convexis, late ovatis, apice vix sinuatis, humeris rotundatis striatis, interstitis planis, tertio tripunctato ; episternis brevibus; antennis, pcdpis pedibusque rufo-piceis, femoribus nigris. Long. 5 lin. Murree. METABLETUS TARTARUS. M . truncatello (Linn.) paullo major, magis elongatus, subceneo-niger, nitidus, antennis et pedibus fusco-piceis ; thorace quam M. truncatello magis angustato, angulis posticis obtusioribus, deinde usque ad basin magis obliquis; elytris elongatis, apice obtuse subsinuatim truncatis, obsolete striatis, impunclatis. Long. If lin. Between Yangi Hissar and Sirikol. CYMINDIS GLABRELLA. C. andreae (Menetr.) affinis, at gracilior, oculis minus prominulis, elytrisque fusco-castaneis flavo marginatis. Gracilis, glaberrima, castaneo-rufa, abdomine margine picescente, capite obscuriore, partibus oris, antennis, pedibus elytrorumque margine fulvotesta-ceis; capite angusto, sparsim punctidato ; thorace quam caput haud latiore, anguste cordato, lateribus postice leviter sinuatis, angulis posticis fere rotundatis, subpunctulato-striatis, interstitiis sparsim punctulatis. Long. 4-41 lin. Ladakh. |