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the oblique sides of base, a small carina close to angle; median line rather 

 line, not reacliing extremities, basal transverse sulcus not very deep, the foveae 

 small but deep, with a short oblique impressed line at bottom ; base rather 

 finely punctate, a few small punctures near marginal channels and apex, 

 surface smooth, with some very faint cross-striation. Elytra rather flat, with 

 square shoulders, twice as wide as prothorax and two-thirds as long again as 

 Avide, sides very slightly dilated behind, side border reaching very nearly to 

 stria 4; the striae moderately deep, with fairly large and closely-placed punc- 

 tures, stria 1 only deep to apex, the other striae, tliough visible throughout, 

 are faint near apex, 6-7 from about two-thirds, apical stria, which is fairly 

 long and deep, joining stria 5, intervals fairly convex on disk, flat at sides and 

 behind, 3 with two large pores on stria 3, placed rather before middle and at 

 apical fourth, surface smooth. 



Larger than B. dalinatiiiuni Dej. and (|uite otherwise coloured. The 

 frontal furrows are wider and shallower, the eyes rather more prominent, 

 prothorax a little longer, sides of base oblique close to angles, the elytra 

 actually and relatively much larger, the striae becoming obsolescent 

 nearer to apex. . B. dard/im Bates is smaller, with red legs, and without 

 carina in the basal angle of prothorax. 



UNITED PkovijN'ces: Kumaon. Tanakpur, and R. Sai'da Gorge 

 (I£. G. Champion). The type is in the British Museum. 



Bembldium notatiim, sp. no v. 



Length 4'0-4-o mm.; width l-o-l"? mm. 



Head and prothorax dark metallic green, elytra testaceous, with a more 

 or less rhomboidal, crimson-black patch in the middle, underside black, the 

 head and base of venter piceous ; joints 1-3 of antennae and base of 4 (rest 

 fuscous), palpi, and legs testaceous yellow. Surface shiny. 



Head moderately convex, rather short and wide, tlie furrows fairly deep, 

 wide, a little uneven, converging slightly in front and reacliing nearly to front 

 of clypeus, eyes prominent, antennae slender, reaching basal fourth of elytra. 

 Prothorax convex, transverse, very little Avider than head, extremities truncate, 

 sides moderately rounded in front, sinuate at basal fourth, hind angles right, 

 with a well-marked carina ; the median line, hind transverse impression, and 

 basal foveae are all strongly marked, base coarsely punctate, one or two punc- 

 tures near front margin, surface smooth Avith some very faint cross-striation. 

 Elytra only moderately convex, half asAvide again as prothorax and two-thirds 

 as long again as wide, side border reaching stria 5 ; striae fairly deep, with 

 large well-marked punctures, stria 1 deep to apex, 5-7 deep only on basal half, 

 all visible throughout, but faint towards apex, apical stria shallow, running 

 from a point where 5-7 join to apex, intervals convex in front, nearly flat 

 towards apex, 3 with two deep pores at about a third and two-thirds, adjoin- 

 ing stria 3. The common dark spot is irregular in outline, but usually extends 

 on each side to stria 5, the front margin somewhat indented, hind margin 

 produced and truncate. Underside smooth. 



