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pitchy-red. The thorax is rather more cordate than in JST. intricata ; 

 the anterior angles are moderately produced and acute ; the posterior 

 angles are not at all turned outwards, but arc prolonged posteriorly, so 

 that the base appears strongly quadrate-emarginate. The elytra arc 

 elliptical rather than oblong, and are not dilated posteriorly ; the 

 interstices arc very slightly convex, the third having three punctures, 

 and the fourth is cariuated at the apex. 



Kurdistan. 



I have failed to find any description by Falderman, Chaudoir, 

 Fischer and others, that applies in any degree to this species. 



Nebkia crassiceps, sp. n. 



]\Iagna, elongato-ohlonr/a, deprcssa, ni(jrn, suhsericea ; cnp)itemngno, 

 exserfo, collo crasso, convexo, oculis ^jrt/v/.s', haud prominulis ; thorace 

 transvcrso, postice fortiter slnuatim an(just(tto, aiKjuUs omnibus acuiis ; 

 elytris punctulato-striatis, hiimeris obtusia. Long. 9 I'm. 



Allied to N. Marchalli, the head and thorax being of similar form ; 

 but the general form is more elongate and oblong, with perfectly oblong 

 elytra, and the colour is black. The head is large, and very long and 

 thick behind, with small flattened eyes ; and its surface is very finely 

 punctulated. The thorax is much shorter and broader than in 

 iV. Marchalli ; the anterior angles are remarkably produced, almost as 

 much as in N. dilatata ; from the middle, the sides are strongly 

 sinuate-angustate, with out-turned and acute posterior angles and 

 nearly straightly truncated base ; the lateral margins are broadly 

 explanate, with the marginal rims thick and raised. The elytra are 

 oblong, quite parallel, from the obtuse but distinct shoulders to near 

 the apex, and distinctly punctate-striated ; there arc no distinct punc- 

 tures on the third interstice, and tlio fourth is not carinated at 

 the apex. 



Kurdistan. 



Sub-family Ozjexinje. 



OziENA MAGNA, Sp. n. 



Maxivie elongata, anrjuste jynrallelor/rammicn, nigra^ nilidn ; antcn- 

 nis hrevihus, crassis, sub-comprcssis, nudis, nitidis, grossc j^unctatis, 

 articulis 7-10 intus fovea, ll'"" marginibas, minute 2>orosi>i ; ihornce paulo 

 transversa, rpiadralo, postice sinuatim paulo anrjuslali), nngulis poslicis 

 fere rectis,supr!^i cum capite sp)arsim punctato ; clglrisovuiino parallclis, 

 fortitcr punctulato-striatis, interstitiis omnibus sparsim 2)tinctulatis ; 

 femorihus anticis ( ^ ) haud dcntutis. Long. 9i tin. ? . 



1 place this and the following species in the restricted genus 



