72 Mr. H. W. Bates on Colcoptera 



epipleuris, palpis antennis et pedibus obscure rufescentibus, corpore subtus 

 nigro. Caput ovatuni convexum, collo sulcato-constricto, foveis frontalibus 

 brevibus ; oculis paruiii prominentibus. Thorax ovalis, Isevis, margine 

 lateral! pnecipue postice reflexo, angulis posticis obtusis. Elytra anguste 

 elongato-ovata, thorace parum latiora, apice perparum sinuata, subpunctu- 

 lato-striata striis exterioribiis vix impressis, interstitiis planis tertio grosse 

 tripuiictato. Antennse articulo 3io sequente perparum longiori. Palpi 

 articulo apicali graciliter ovato. Tarsi 4 posteriores utrinque sulculati, 

 articulo 4to posticis triangulari, intermediis et anticis insequaliter bilobato ; 

 plantis omnibus (articulo unguiculari conjuncto) sat dense ciliatis. Meta- 

 tboracis episterna brevia sed angusta, latitudine basali distincte longioria. 

 Long. 9 millim. 



Snowy Range, Ta-tsien-lu; alt. 13,000 ft. Two examples. 



Belongs to the same section of the genus as C. hentonis, and 

 allied species of Japan, to which also C. ganssuensis is probably 

 to be referred, though the metathoracic episterna seem to be 

 somewhat longer in that species. 



COLPODES PRATTI, n. Sp. 

 Viridi-cupreus, nitidus, subtus niger, palpis antennis pedibusque obscure 

 rufis ; thorace breviter, elytris longius et latins, ovatis, his convexis, humeris 

 omnino rotundatis. Caput ovatum convexum Iseve, collo supra depresso 

 parum constricto. Thorax capite dimidio latior breviter ovatus vel sub- 

 circularis, hevis, margine laterali anguste explanato-reflexo angulis posticis 

 nuUis. Elytra thorace duplo latiora convexa apice perparum sinuata, sub- 

 punctulato-striata striis exterioribus haud impressis, interstitiis fere planis. 

 Metathoracis episterna brevia et lata, latitudine basali haud longiora. Tarsi 

 4 posteriores utrinque sulculati, articulo 4to omnibus apice leviter sinuato, 

 in anticis valido oblongo-triangulari ; plantis omnibus (unguiculari incluso) 

 longe et dense ciliatis. Long. 11 — 12 millim., ^ J . 



Snowy Range, Ta-tsien-hi ; alt. 13,000 ft. 



A large number of examples. Belongs to the same section of 

 the genus as C. ovalicepa, and numerous other Himalayan species, 

 in which, however, the 4th joint of at least the anterior tarsi is 

 distinctly and unequally bilobed. 



Harpalus oreas, n. sp. 

 H. IcEvicolli (Dufts.) affinis ; major breviter oblongus, convexus, ^ J 

 niger poiitus elytris iridescentibus, glaberrimis ; sulcis frontalibus linea tenui 

 usque ad oculum continuatis. Thorax late cordato-quadratus, lateribus 

 antice mediocriter rotundatis vix sinuatis, angulis posticis acutis, basi utrin- 

 que late punctato. Elytra apice leviter oblique sinuata, subcrenulato-striata, 

 interstitiis fere planis 3io unipunctato. Palpi, mandibulae (apice excepto) et 

 antennae piceo-rufa, pedibusque interdnm rufescentibus. Metathoi'acis epi- 

 sterna brevia latitudine distincte breviora, punctata. Mentuni acute denta- 

 tum. Long. 10 millim. 



Snowy Range, Ta-tsien-Iu ; alt. 13,000 ft. 



Very similar to the European H. lavicolUs (Dufts,), but larger, 

 more convex, and the metathoracic episterna much broader and 

 shorter. It belongs to a numerous series of species of Eastern 

 Asia, closely alhed to, if not congeneric with, T ncliotichnua 

 (Morawitz). 



