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Show 1889.] NEWr SPECIES OF CARABID.E. 213 ruguloso et sparsim punctulato, fovea utrinque oblonga profunda ; elytris elongatis et latis profunde punctato-striatis, interstitiis l<>-6"' late impunctatis politis sed prope strias et apicem inter-stitiisque 7°-9m toto pluripunctatis et fulvo-pilosis; subtus (ventris segmento apicali lato excepto) Icevi polito, lateribus dense punctulatis et pubescentibus. Pedes sat graciles ; tarsis subtus dense rigicle pilosis, articulo quarto acute emarginato. Long. 17-18 millim. <$ 2 • Goorais Valley. In size and form this species resembles the C. noguchii of Japan. The allied species, C. cceruleus (Stev.), a well-known Caucasian Carabid, was also taken in considerable numbers by M r . Leech. HARPALUS KASHMIRENSIS. H . rufitarsi (Rambur) similis, at differt thorace postice adhuc magis angustato vix sinuato. Convexus, niger, politus, elytris in $ subopacis; palpis, antennis et tarsis rufis; capite quam in H. rufitarsi paullo latiore, leevi; thorace mox ab anyulis anticis sat late rotundato, postice longe recte et valde angustato, sed angulis posticis distinctis, obtusis, fovea basali angusta parce punctata excepta, leevi ; elytris acute et sat profunde cequaliter striatis, interstitiis supra planis, tertio impunctato, ceeteris omnino Icevibus, apice utroque sexu minus oblique sinuatis. Long. 10 millim. Goorais Valley. HARPALUS IDIOTUS. H. tenebroso (Dej.) haud dissimilis, relative brevior, thorace postice paullo magis angustato, elytrisque profundius striatis. Niger, nitidus (elytris in § alutaceo-opacis), palpis, antennis tarsisque rufis ; capite parvo post oculos angustato, leevi; thorace ante medium leviter rotundato-dilatato, postice recte angustato, anyulis posticis obtusis, basi utrinque parce grosse punctato, fovea lata et vage impressa ; elytris quam thorax duplo tantum longioribus, oblique sat fortiter sinuatis, acute et profunde striatis, interstitiis, preecipue versus apicem, convexis, tertio unipunctato. Long. 10 millim. Goorais Valley; Skardo. In colour and sculpture this species greatly resembles H. kashmirensis, but the head is much smaller, the neck narrower, and the thorax is less narrowed behind, with angles more nearly approaching a right angle and the base punctured. MOLOPS PILIFERUS. Molops piliferus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 718. The typical form of this species, as described from a large series of examples taken by Stoliczka at Murree, is remarkable for the uninterrupted series (from base to apex) of large punctures, bearing PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1889, No. XV. 15 |