4()8 Mr. F. Bates's descriptions of 



ASCELOSODis, Redtenb. Reise Novara, p. 117. 



Prothorax and elytra more or less ciliate at the sides. 

 Base of prothora.x; not lobed in the middle. 

 Elytra densely z-ugose punctate. 



Head and prothora.x with mixed inmctuns: / r., there arc 

 minute punctures scattered between the rei,axlar punc- 

 tuation. 



Antennary orbits feebly separated from 

 sides of epistoma : punctuation on 

 back of elytra not muricate - - - as.shiiUix, n. sp. 

 Antennary orbits strongly se^jarated 

 from sides of epistoma: punctuation 

 of back of elytra miu-icate - - - c'diatyx, n. sp. 

 Head and prothorax simply jiunctured - xcrr'qn-x, Redt. 

 Elytra thinly and feebly rugose punctate. 

 Sides of epistoma well .separated from 



antennary orbits conrhiniix, n. sp. 



Sides of epistoma nearly continuous with 



antennary orbits Jlaai/i, n. sp. 



Base of prothorax distinctly broadly lobed in 



middle t/raiu/ix, n. sp. 



Prothorax and elytra not ciliate at the sides - infrriiii'diiis. n. sp. 



Ascelosodis ((Ksiiuilis, n. sp. 



Very close to A. serripes, Redt., differs in having head dis- 

 tinctly wrinkled above the eyes, the punctuation on the head 

 and prothorax composed of larger punctures with minute ones 

 on the interspaces; hind angles of prothorax and hiuneral angles 

 of elytra di.stinct. Length 2^^ to 3r> lines. 



Dras, Kargil and Leh. 



Asceldsodis cilidtis, u. sp. 



Very near the j)recediug and perhaps only an extreme variety 

 of it: differs by its larger size, epistcma more prominent and 

 strongly separated from antennary orbits; the elytra entirely 

 muricately punctured ; and the hairs that fringe the sides of 

 prothorax and elytra much lunger and fuller. Length 4 lines. 



Dras, Kargil and Leh. 



Ascelosodis concinnus, n. sp. 



Dark brown, shining, underside reddish-brown, legs, antenna?, 

 pal])i, labrum, and front half of epistoma, red: head feebly 

 wrinkled al)ovc tlic eyes; prothorax strongly transverse, front 



