176 fAiifiust, 



typical sulcus is completely encircled by thf sulci : this cuoiiTled part is 

 strongly couvex, with two low rounded tubercles in its tore part and a shallow 

 impression behind the middle ; metazoua rather irregularly uneven, with two 

 strongly prominent, closely approxiujated, round tubercles near the hind 

 margin ; the sides of pronotum iu the hind part almost vertical, impressed near 

 the hind angles ; metazoua almost twice as long as prozona ; fore margin of 

 pronotum distinctly convex, with a feeble prominence (but not a tooth) in the 

 middle, very feebly bisinuate ; lateral margins feebly and iiregularly sinuate, 

 entire; liind margin strongly rounded sideways and almost straight in the 

 middle portion, with a small median projection; the fore lateral angles 

 distinctly obtuse, rounded; hind angles still more obtuse, but not rounded, 

 unarmed. I'Jytra and wings perfectly lateral. Fore coxae thick, smooth, with 

 a few granules uu the inside aud 4-5 feeble spinules along the lower carina. 

 Fore tibiae with 4 external spines, besides the apical one. Middle and hind 

 femora andtibiiie with irregularl}- scattered granules aud spinules. Abdomen, 

 strongly Battened and expanded, uneven, but not rugose. 



General coloration greyish-ochraceous. Face whitish. \'ertex and 

 occiput with scattered brownish points, indefinitely marmorated with grey, 

 with a narrow pale middle line. Pronotum of the general coloration, with 

 scattered brownish granules and dots; two bigger, somewhat impressed 

 brownish dots just behind the typical sulcus; hind angles brownish; hind 

 tubendes souiewhat greenish. Mesonotum and metanotum greenish-ochra- 

 ceous with brown dots and spots; elytra, except their basal half which is 

 oehraceous, greenish ochraceous, with brown dots. Al)doinen ochraceous, 

 dotted with brownish. Fore legs pale ochraceous; tarsi browirish. Middle 

 and hind legs ochraceous, with dark brown fasciae and granules on the upper 

 side. 



Length of body 21; widtii of head 6'o ; length of pronotum -Vo : width 

 of pronotum auteriorly (J ; width of pronotum posteriorly o ; length of fore 

 femora tj ; length of middle femora 9-;; ; length of middle tibiae 80 ; length 

 of hiutl feniora \'2'^i : length of hind tibiae 14'5; length of hind tarsi 7'o ; 

 maxinnil width ot abdomen 8 mm. 



The type of this species, which is contained in tlie British Mu.seum, 

 is uniciiie ; it wds captured by Major A. D. Fraser, I).S.O., R.A.M.C., 

 at Anah. river Euphrates, Mesopotamia, lo.vii.lU^O, and it bears 

 collectors note: "Lived ten days in captivity, with nothing to eat or 

 drink. A few seen in desert: run very fast." 



There are only seven described subaptcrous nieinbers of this genus, 

 these possessing just unseparated expansions of tlie niesonotuni and 

 metanotum, and not a single one of them is known from Asia. The 

 nearest ally of the present species is J£. harfxn'u Bris., from the Algi.'rian 

 iSahara, wliich differs from it by the shape and sculpture of the head 

 and pronotum. Kremuipkilu is contined to the Eremian region ; 

 H. turcica Westw., said to be from " Turkey,'' is also a Mesopotauiiau 

 insect, since VVestvvood's type in the British Museum is from Baghdad. 



London, 



Jalu \Sth. I'.Jl'I. 



