324 Mr. G. C. Champion on various African 



mistaken for the coxa? and the anterior tarsal structure over- 

 looked. The toothed trochanters is a character to be found 

 in various metallic African HapaJochri, and the subgenus, 

 if adopted, would separate many closely allied insects. 



73. Hapalochrus persicus, sp. n. 



$ . Elongate, depressed, rather narrow, subparallel, closely 

 pubescent, the prothorax shining, the rest of the upper 

 surface duller or opaque ; green or brassy-green, the anterior 

 margin of the head, the oral organs and antennae (the 

 more or less infuscate outer half of the latter excepted), the 

 prothorax with a large spot or transverse patch on each side 

 in front (sometimes connected along the anterior margin or 

 reduced to a narrow streak), the elytra with a large, common, 

 triangular, scutellar patch, a narrow, angnlate, post-median 

 fascia, and a common, transverse space at the apex (the 

 basal and post-median markings sometimes narrowly con- 

 nected along the suture and the apical oue usually extending 

 outwards along the apical margin), the legs (a small black 

 patch at the apices of the femora, and the apices of one or 

 more of the tibise, excepted), and the under surface in part, 

 testaceous. Head densely, rugulosely punctured, transversely 

 depressed anteriorly ; antennae rather stout, moderately long, 

 serrate, joints 2 and 3 wider than 4. Prothorax broader 

 than long, as wide as or wider than the head, the sides 

 rounded and converging posteriorly, the transverse basal 

 sulcus deep; finely punctured at the sides, smoother on the 

 disc. Elytra long, slightly widening posteriorly, flattened 

 on the disc; densely, very finely, rugulosely punctate. 

 Anterior tarsal joints 1 and 2 rather stout, extending over 

 the base of 3, subequal in length, 2 slightly swollen, rounded 

 and nigro- pectinate at the tip ; anterior and intermediate 

 tibiae slender, simple. 



? . Antennae shorter and more slender, subserrate. 



Length 5-6, breadth 1^-2^- mm. {<$ ? .) 



Hab. Persia, Kurdistan in Turcomania {Millingen, ex colls. 

 Fry and Sharp). 



Four specimens, two of each sex. Near H. fedtschenkoi, 

 Solsky (1882), and H, iurkestanicus, Pic (190?), from 

 Northern Asia, but with different prothoracic and elytral 

 markings, &c. The elytra may be said to have a large, 

 elongate triangular patch on the basal half (nearly or quite 

 reaching the suture), and a broad, common, angulate, sub- 

 apical fascia, metallic or black, and the rest of their surface 

 testaceous. 



