Coleupterafvom Kida in N.W. India. 7 



segment quite as long as the two preceding together. Legs short, tibiae 

 smooth; tarsi with three short subequal basal joints, fourth joint stout and 

 elongate. 



The above characters bring the genus nearer to Acosmetus and 

 Syncalus than to any other genera I know ; but the insect is only 

 remotely related to them. 



Syncosmetus japonicus. 



Nigropiceus, antennis pedibusque rufis, valde convexus, opacus ; pro- 

 thorace magno, dense punctato ; elytris grosse punctatis, costulatis. Long. 

 1^ mm. 



Head deflexed. Thorax large, excessively convex transversely, densely 

 punctate, broadly canaliculate along the middle, lateral margins narrowly 

 explanate and reflexed. Scutellum not visible. Elytra each with three 

 slender acutely-raised costse, and between these with very large and deep 

 punctures placed very close to one another. Legs short and stout. 



Found at Yuyama, in Higo, but extremely rare. I have only 

 one example before me. 

 Dartford, October, 1890. 



COLEOPTEKA FKOM KULU IN N.W. INDIA. 



By H. W. Bates, F.R.S., F.L.S. 



The following is a List of the Coleoptera belonging to the 

 Tribes Geodephaga, Lamellicornia, and Longicornia, contained 

 in a collection recently received by Mr. Leech from Captain 

 Graham Young, from the Hill region of Kulu, in North-western 

 India. The thanks of entomologists are due to Captain Young 

 for paying so much attention to the smaller and obscurer species, 

 which have been hitherto generally neglected by collectors in 

 India. A considerable proportion of these will be seen to be new. 



Family CICINDELID^. 

 CiCINDELA HIMALAYICA, KollaV. 

 CiCINDELA AURULENTA, Fair. 



CiCINDELA ERUDiTA, Wiedmann. 



CiCINDELA (Rhytidoph^na) limbata, Wiediuaun. 

 C. Ii7nbata (Wiedmann), of which only the female was known 

 to the founder of the species, and to Baron Chaudoir who re- 

 described it, forms a section or subgenus of Cicindela, allied to 

 the genera Jansonia and Dromicidia, but distinguished from them 

 by the ungrooved tarsi and the tridentate labrum, strongly toothed 

 in the female and feebly toothed in the male, and the convexity 

 continuous to the sides. The penultimate joint of the labial palpi 

 is only moderately thickened ; the sides of the body beneath are 

 perfectly hairless and smooth. The grooves of the forehead are 



