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closely and moderately punctate, all deep to apex, tliougli 4-6 are a little 

 fainter behind, scutellary stride very long, reaching to quite a third from base, 

 apical stria joining 7 ; intervals convex at sides, 3 with two large pores at 

 about a third and two-thirds, the surrounding area depresped nenr the front 

 one, surface shagreened but nevertheless smooth and shining. Beneath, the 

 sterna are coarsely punctate at sides, metasternum with a few punctures at 

 base and apex, ventral surface smooth. 



Allied to B. inmctulatum Drap., but rather differently coloured, 

 protliorax a little narrower. Elytra shorter and more compact. Head 

 much less punctate, frontal foveae deeper, base of antennae testaceous ; 

 prothorax much less punctate, median line shallower, base more 

 constricted and more rugose; elytra more shiny, the striation and 

 puncturation similar. 



UxNTiTED Pkoyinces : Kumaon, West Almora, Ifanikhet, Bhatkot, 

 Swal li. basin, and R. Sarda gorge, man}' examples (//. G. Champion^^ 

 Dehra Dun {Dr. 31. Cameron — For. Kes. Inst.). Type in British 

 Museum. 



Bemhidhtm psuclwum, sp. nov. 



Length 4*0 mm.; width 1*4 mm. 



Very dark metallic green, extremely shiny ; tibiae (more or less), apical 

 joint of palpi, and claws reddish. 



Head with deep, simple furrows, diverging slightly behind, the space 

 between them very convex, eyes rather flat, antennae stout, reaching middle of 

 elytra, surface smooth. Prothorax convex, cordate, not much wider than head, 

 about a fourth wider than long, sides well rounded in front, strongly contracted 

 and sinuate behind, base distinctly narrower than apex, marginal channel very 

 narrow, hind angles right, with a slight though distiuct carina; median line 

 clearly marked, reaching base, which is strongly depressed, foveae fairly deep, 

 adjoining angles, surface smooth, base subrugose, with a few punctures in the 

 foveae. Elytra moderately convex, elongate-oval, not quite half as wide again 

 as prothorax, two-thirds as long again as wide, shoulders almost obliterated, 

 border reaching stria 5 ; punctate-stiiate, both striae and punctures clearly 

 marked at base of disk, obsolescent at sides and behiud, though fine punctures 

 are visible almost to apex, stria 1 deep to apex, where it curves round in the 

 direction of 2, scutellary striole ver}^ short (in one example fused with stria 1), 

 apical stria short, but fairly deep, joining 5, intervals moderately convex on 

 disk only, flat elsewhere, sutural interval raised, 3 with two well-marked pores, 

 surface smooth, transversely depressed near base, especially at sides. 



In the form of the elytra this species resembles B. nigricorne 

 Gyllh., but it is more nearly allied to B. glaciale Heer and B. pyre- 

 iiaeum Dej. The colour is about the same as that of the last-named species, 

 with the surface much more shiny. Head \vith umch deeper furrow\s, 

 eyes Hatter, genae very oblique, so that the greatest width (across exQs) 



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