472 Mr. P. Bates's descriptions oj 



punctures scatbered between ; sides feebly guttered : elytra 



depressed, attenuated behind, sides feebly rounded, apex briefly 



mucronate ; confusedly and more or less densely rugose 



granulose. 



Length 8|— 10 lines. 



Pamir, between Sirikol and Panga. 



Blaps Indicola, n. sp. 



Habit of $ montisaga, Lin., dull black, underside and legs 

 shining black: head and prothorax very finely and not closely 

 punctured ; the latter subquadrate, feebly bnt regularly convex, 

 widest before the middle, strongly contracted in front, more 

 gradually behind; sides slightly sinuous near the base, narrowly 

 channelled; front angles narrowly rounded, the hind rectangular: 

 elytra not wider at base than base of prothorax, sides very 

 slightly Avidest behind the middle, apex gradually produced into 

 a distinct but short mncro; uniformly minutely granulose punc- 

 tate, a little stronger on the epipleura? and at the base. Length 

 12 lines.' 



Sind Valley. 



Blaps 2^<^i'fonga, n. sp. 



Elongate, slender, acuminate behind, obscure black: head and 

 prothorax finely punctured ; the latter gently convex, scarcely 

 Avider than long, sides gently evenly rounded and finely mar- 

 gined, base but little wider than apex, both truncated, front 

 angles rounded, hind rectangular: elytra elongate, Avidest behind 

 the middle, attenuate behind, distinctly but not elongately 

 mucronate at apex, a short costa down the middle of apex; 

 finely, uniformly and not closely muricate punctate and trans- 

 versely rugulose: legs long and slender. Length 10 lines. 



Tanktze to Chagra, Pankong Valley. 



Blaps Ladakensis, n. sp. 



Black, elytra a little shining; oblong ovate: head rather closely 

 punctured: prothorax decidedly broader at base than at apex, 

 transverse, sides well rounded anteriorly, a little sinuously con- 

 tracted posteriorly ; but little convex, finely and not densely 

 punctured; front angles rounded, hind obtuse: elytra depressed 

 at the suture, not Avider at base than base of prothorax, some- 

 Avhat rapidly declivous behind, ajaex not mucronate ; <lisc 



