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somewhat rugose. The iutergenal groove on the underside of the 

 head is much widened and forms a straight, transverse, rather 

 shallow depression. The prosternal process is also different and 

 is arcuated to the tip, the latter not projecting as in the above- 

 mentioned species. Outer apex of elytra obtusely angulated, not 

 dentate. 



Lencjtli 25 mm. 



Hah. N.W. India : Kulu {Copt. Graham Young). 



128. .ffiolesthes sarta, Sohla/ (Pachydissus), Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross, viii, 

 p. 1.30, pi. 5, tig. 4 (1871). 



Much larger on the average than ^'E. Jiolosericeus, with the 

 pubescence of a greyish colour, the bright patches on the elytra 

 with a silvery lustre, whereas in most of the other species of the 

 genus they have a golden or coppeiy tint. Prothorax subangulate 

 at the sides ; the discoidal plate not very well defined and more 

 or less rugose. Elytra obliquely truncate at the apex, the 

 outer angle unarmed and the sutural one dentate or shortly 

 spined. The antennae not as loug as the body in the female, and 

 twice or more than twice the length of the body in the male ; 

 in the latter sex the spines at the posterior apices of joints six to 

 eight are exceedingly miiuite and scarcely visible. Jntergenal 

 groove on the underside of the head straight and rather shallow. 

 Intercoxal process of presternum truncate posteriorly. 



Length 33-44 ; breadth 9-13 mm. 



Hub. Baluchistan: Quetta (E. F. Stebbing); Turkestan; Western 

 Tibet. 



Genus MASSICUS. 



Couothorax, Thorns, {nee JeJcel) Si/st. C'eramb. p. 230 (1864). 

 Mas^icus, Paseoe, A. M. N. H. (3) xix, p. 319 (1867) ; Lacord. Gen. 

 Coleopt. viii, p. 260 (1869). 



Type, M. pascoei, Thorns., a species from the Malay Peninsula. 



Range. Ceylon, Malay Peninsula, and Boi'neo. 



Head above between the eyes with a short median groove; 

 antennal supports prominent, acute on the inner side ; eyes not 

 reaching below the condyles of the antennae in front ; geuae rather 

 short but distinct. Antennae a little longer thaji the body in 

 the 2 and very much longer in the J ; first joint cariuate, 

 .sometimes angulate anteriorly at the apex; joints fifth or sixth 

 to tenth acutely angulate or dentate at the apex on the anterior 

 side, sometimes spined at the apex on the posterior side ; third 

 and fourth thickened towards the apex, the ele^■enth very long 

 in the S . Prothorax not longer or but slightly longer than 

 broad, narrowed in front but less so at the base. Elytra long, 

 gradually narrowed posteriorly and truncate at the apex, with 

 the sutural angles spined. Femora nearly parallel-sided, the hind 

 pair not reaching to the elytral apex ; first joint of hind tarsus as 

 long as the next two united or longer. Intercoxal process of 

 prosternum truncate posteriorly. 



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