1922.T 177 



SemlicUum cameroni, sp. nov. 

 Length o'O-o'To mm. ; -widtli 1'60-1'90 mm. 



Upper surface brassy, underside dark red-brown; joints 1-2 of antennfe 

 and base of 3— f (rest fuscous), palpi (penultimate joint fuscous at apex), 

 and legs testaceous. Surface shiny. 



Head with simple, deep, elongate furrows, uneven at bottom, curving 

 back behind eyes, which are prominent, antennte thick, reaching basal third 

 of elytra, surface smootli, middle of front punctate. Ih'othorux convex, 

 cordate, very little wider than head and barely a third as wide again as long, 

 extremities truncate, front angles strongly declivous, sides gently rounded, 

 sinuate near base, hind angles right, with distinct carina ; median line deep, 

 very deep and wide over basal third, and bounded here by a distinct ridge on 

 each side, foveae deep, close to angles, base transversely depressed, very 

 coarsely and confluently punctate, surface smooth, one or two fine punctures 

 along site of front transverse impression. Elytra convex, elongate-ovate, 

 rather pointed behind, not quite twice as wide as prothorax and also not quite 

 twice as long as wide, shoulders small but quite distinct, side border terminating 

 opposite stria 5 ; punctate-striate, outer striae rather faint, stria 1 deep to apex, 

 the others obsolete from fipical fourth, scutellary striole short, meeting 1-2, 

 which join at base, in a deep angulai' depression on each side of the scutellum, 

 apical stria eflaced, though its pore is large and conspicuous ; intervals hardly 

 convex, even on disk, but 1 is a little raised, 3 with two well-marked pores at 

 a little before a third and two-thirds, the area surrounding the front oiie 

 depressed. Underside smooth, proepisterna with a few coarse punctures. 



Much narrower than B. nitididum Marsh, and a little longer, 

 coluration similar, except for the wholly testaceous femora. Head 

 relatively wider, with deeper, wider, and longer frontal furroA\s, middle 

 of front 2)unctate ; prothorax with median line much deeper behind, the 

 base far more coarsely punctate ; elytra m.ore elongate, base deeply 

 depressed on each side of scutellum, interval 3 with front pore larger and 

 more conspicuous, striae, including apical stria, more effaced behind. 



Pu^'JAB : Simla Hills, Glahan, 7000 ft. {Br. M. Cameron and 

 ^S. JV". Ghatterjee), 6 ex. The type is in the British Museum. 



BeinbuUum radians, sp. nov. 



Length 3"6-40 mm. ; width I'o-l'B mm. 



Upper surface 'dark bronze (sometimes greenish), underside black with 

 brassy reflections ; joints 1-2 of antennae, also base of 3-4 (rest fuscous), apical 

 joint of palpi, and legs dark red, tibiae a little lighter, surface very shiny. 



Head -with simple, parallel furrows, extending to clypeus, bounded outwardly 

 by very distinct ridges, the space between tliem convex, a few small punctures 

 on each side behind, eyes not prominent, neck rathcsr wide, antennae hardly 

 reaching basal fourth of elytra. Prothorax convex, cordate, rather wider than 

 broad and half as wide again as long, base truncate, apex emarginute, with a 



