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rounded ; medi.in line very short, but sliavply iiici-eil, fmnt transverse impres- 

 sion visible only at junction with median line, hind impression wide and 

 shallow, basal foveae short, not reaching base, surface coarsely and rather 

 sparsely punctate. Elytra (8xl3'5 mm.) elongate-oval, widest behind middle, 

 base bisinuate, border sharply angled at shoulder, punctate-striate, a row of 

 rather irregular punctures along the sides of each stria; intervals cunvex, 

 smooth along middle, 8 closely punctate, 9 finely aciculate. Underside 

 moderatelj' punctate, pro- and mesepisterna on inner side only, metepisterna 

 half as long again as wide, prosternal process bordered at apex, its posterior 

 declivity and the mesosternum densely pubescent. 



Closely allied to C. dejeani Dej., but differing in the colour and punctura- 

 tion of the elytra. C. circumscriptus I^ufts. is larger and darlier, the punctures 

 along the striae fewer and less conspicuous. In C nu/ricann Wied. the hend 

 and protliorax are green or coppery, tlie latter more finely and closely punc- 

 tate, the elytra black and the punctures along the striae much smaller, mnrc 

 numerous, and more irregular. 



Mesopotamia: Amara (C. F. C. Beeson): two examples, 6 $, 

 Seistan Commission {Col. A. H. McMalwn): one example, $, in 

 Indian Museum. The type (Amara c? ) bas been presented by 

 Mr. J3eeson to the British Museum. 



Clilaenius lacunosus, n. sp. 



Length 15 mm. Black; he:xl and prothorax dark niftallic grf-en. elytra 

 with anaeneous tinge, antennae, palpi, and legs diirk red. Head and protliovax 

 sparsely, elytra more closely (but shortly) pubescent. Head (2'5 mm. wade) 

 rather flat on disc, finely rugose, a few punctures behind vertex and at sides, 

 faintly striate near eyes ; antennae stout, joint 3 half as long again as 4; labrum 

 truncate, palpi slender. P/-oM«/Y^f transverse (3 x3'75 mm.), not convex but 

 declivous to front angles, truncate in front, base emarginate in middle and ob- 

 lique at sides, hardly wider at base than at apex, sides gently rounded, almost 

 imperceptibly sinuate from middle to hind angles, which would be right but for 

 the oblique sides of base, which renders them obtuse, front angles rounded, 

 median line and basal foveae short and deep, surface coarsely but not closely 

 punctate. Elytra (5-75x9 mm.) ovate, convex, a little dilated behind, border 

 angled at shoulder, crenulate-striate ; intervals nearly fiat, coarsely and fairly 

 closely aciculate-punctate, 8 a little more closely, 9 seriiite-punctate, widely 

 interrupted in middle. Sterna moderately punctate (except middle of meta- 

 sternum), prosternal process bordered, metepisterna longer than wide, with. nit 

 external groove ; ventral surface with some punctures at sides, very minutely 

 and sparsely punctate in middle . 



Evidently allied to C. rudesculptus Chaud., but that species has a faint 

 yellow border to the elytra and convex intervals, some of which are smooth 

 along the middle ; the underside, too, appears to be strongl}' iridescent. 



Environs of Yunnan-fott {Coll. H. de Touzalin) : one example, $ . 

 Mr. de Touzalin has kindly allowed me to retain the example in luy 

 collection. 



Auytist, J 920. 



