122 DE. J. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE ZOOLOGY OF 



COLEOPTERA. 



By CO. Waterhouse, 

 Assistant in the Zoological Department^ British Museum. 



GEODEPHAGA. 



1. DioCTES Lehmanni, Menetr. Mem. Ac. Pet. 1849, p. 25, pi. i. f. 7. 



A local species, originally described from Kisil Koum. 

 Sab. Badghis. 



HYDRADEPHAGA. 



2. Cybistee, triptinctatus, Oliv. Ent. iii. 1795, 40, p. 14, pi. 3. f. 24. 



A widely distributed Asiatic species. 

 Hah. Hot spring, Tor-sbakh, Badgbis. 



PALPICOENIA. 



3. Hydrophilus caraboides, Linn. Paun. Suec. no. 214. 

 A European species. 



LAITELLICORNIA. 



SC ARAByE ID JE. 



4. ScARAB.^us SACER, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 545. 

 Sab. Hari-rud valley. 



5. HOMALOCOPRIS TMOLUs, Eiscbcr, Ent. Ross. i. j). 141, t. 13. f. 1. 



A local species, originally described from Kirgis. 

 Sab. Badgbis. 



MELOLONTHIDiE. 



0. Lachnosterna, sp. 



A testaceous yellow species, witb pitcby yellow bead, tborax, and legs ; about an inch 

 long, sbining ; tbe tborax closely and ratber finely punctured ; the elytra moderately, 

 closely, and finely punctured, witb tbe usual costae ratber broad. 



Two examples, male and female. 



Sab. Badgbis. 



[Tbis species was frequently found in tbe Badgbis, stuck on thorns, tbe store of one of 

 tbe numerous Butcher-birds. — J. E. T. A,] 



BUTELID^. 



7. Adoretus, sp. 

 Sab. Badgbis. 



