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360. Adoretus lithobius. 



Adoretus lithobius, Ohaus, Deutsche Ent. Zeits. 1914 p 485 

 fig. 16. 



Eeddish chestnut, with the forehead nearly black, and the 



sides and middle line of the pronotum, the scutellam, legs and 



lower surface yellowish. The upper surface 



is rather shining and not very closely clothed 



with short uniform white setae. 



It is ovate, with the head and thorax 



rather narrow, and the greatest breadth 



towards the extremity. The head is not 



quite as wide as the prothorax, the eyes 



being very large and prominent ; the c'ly- 



peus small and semicircular, its front margin 



strongly reflexed and the surface rather 



shining, with evenly distributed, but not 



close granules ; the forehead and vertex are 



coarsely punctured. The pronotum is shining 



Fig- l}.~Adorefi(>^ and coarsely punctured, the punctures quite 



lithobms. separate, except at the sides, where they are 



rather rugose ; the lateral margins are 



strongly rounded and all the angles obtuse. The scutellum is 



finely punctured, and the elytra closely and confluently, with 



well-marked narrow costae. The pygidium is thinly clothed with 



rather long erect hair, except near the apex where it is very 



smooth and shining. The legs are rather slender, the front tibia 



armed with three equidistant teeth, the claws long, the longer one 



cleft on the front and middle feet, and the shorter one of the hind 



foot more than half the length of the longer. 



'^ 6 . The cleavage of the longer front and middle claws is very 



minute, and the eyes are very large. 



Length, 9-11 mm. ; breadth, 4-5-5 mm. 



Punjab: Lahore; Jhilam, 5000 ft.; Kulu Valley (C. Rost) ; 

 United Provinces : Eanikhet {H. G. Champion, June to Aug ) '• 

 Siahadevi, 6000 ft. {C. F. C. Beeson, June). ' 



Type in Dr. Oliaus' collection. 



361. Adoretus ladakanus. 



Adoretus ladakauKs, Ohaus, Deutsche Ent. Zeits. 1914 p 434 

 fig. 17. ' • > 



Eeddish brown, with the clypeus, sides of the pronotum, the 

 scutellum, femora and tibias a little paler, and clothed everywhere 

 with minute, uniform, not very closely set, whitish set®. 



It is elongate-oval in shape, moderately shining and not very 

 convex. The clypeus is broadly rounded "and granulated, but not 

 very closely ; the forehead and vertex are strongly and mode- 

 rately closely punctured. The pronotum is distiuctlv, not closely 

 punctured, with the sides rounded, the front ano-les almost 

 right angles and the hind angles obtuse. Tiie scutellum is finely 



