52 [August, 



that of many Carahi in its square form and broadly -produced hind 

 angles. The whole body is nearly the same in breadth from the 

 middle of the head to near the apex of the elytra, and is of a shining 

 black colour throughout. The head, as in the group to which N. 

 MarscJiallii and Fischer i belong, is not narrowed behind the scarcely- 

 prominent eyes. The mandibles (especially the sinistral) are greatly 

 elongated and bent at the tip. The tooth of the mentum is strongly 

 bidentate. The thorax is quadrangular, broader than long, with 

 moderately prominent and acute anterior angles, and broadly-produced 

 but obtuse hind angles ; it is slightly narrowed behind the middle, 

 widening again before the base ; the middle of the base is broadly 

 sinuated ; the surface is very finely punctulate and wrinkled, and the 

 lateral margins moderately dilated and reflexed. The elytra are 

 elongate-oblong, nearly parallel-sided, with rectangular shoulders, and 

 sharp but fine striae, minutely j^unctulated. As in iV. intricatn, Mnis- 

 zechii, and allied species, the apex of the elytra has a short ridge 

 with groove on each side. The whole insect is of a deep, shining black. 

 One example, from a collection made in Northern Persia, Kur- 

 distan, and Mesopotamia. 



Nebeia chinensis, n. sp. 



Elongata, piceo-nigra, antennis, palpis fedibusque rufo-inceis ; 

 capite parvo, oculis valde prominentihvs ; thorace transi'ersim quadrato, 

 postice gradation leviter angiistato ; elgtris ohlongo-parallelis, acute 

 punctato-striatis, interstifiis omnino crehre punctiilatis, 3*" ^-punctato. 



Long. 6^ lin. ^ . 



A very distinct species, belonging to the JV. hrevicoUis group ; 

 more elongate than hrevicoUis, and distinguished by the punctulate 

 elytra. The head is sparsely punctulate^ with very projecting eyes. 

 The thorax resembles that of AT. hrevicoUis, except that the sides have 

 no trace of sinuation, and the hind angles are not at all produced ; they 

 form in fact an obtuse angle, with a small, sharp tooth at the apex ; 

 the surface is thickly rugose punctate, except on the convex disc, 

 which is very minutely strigose and glossy. The elytra are more 

 elongated, the striie sharp, like fine grooves, with minute, regular 

 punctures. The shoulders are rounded, and the basal fold docs not 

 project as a tooth. The legs are pitchy-red, becoming blackish on 

 tarsi and outside of tibise. 



Taken on the Yang-tsze Kiang, in Sze-chuen, by Mr. Consul 

 Swinhoe. 



Kentish Town; Jufy. 1872. 



