Mt. Everest Expedition, 1921. 539 
mens from Kurseong, Mungphu, and Darjeeling, and from 
Yatong, Thibet. 
‘am. Tenebrionida. 
Blaps thibetana, sp. u. 
Stout, moderately convex above; antenne short, not 
reaching base of thorax, joints 4-7 not twice as long as wide. 
Thorax transverse, convex, sides rounded, distinetly narrowed 
to base, disc moderately densely and strongly punctate. 
Elytra broad, moderately convex, sharply declivous behind, 
not produced at apex, lateral margin visible from above nearly 
to middle; disc finely rugose, with numerous small back- 
wardly directed granules which are subseriately arranged, 
with numerous faintly indicated impressed striz. Legs not 
very long, femora feebly clavate, anterior and intermediate 
tibiz slightly curved, the former not emarginate at base ; 
first joint of posterior tarsi longer than the two following 
together, asyminetrical at apex, 7. e. the inner side longer 
than the outer, the second and third joints elongate, tri- 
angular, but not twice as long as wide. 
d with hair-pad between first and second abdominal 
segments, the former with transverse folds immediately 
behind coxze, but no tubercle and no caudal prolongation of 
elytra; shape slightly more slender than that of ?. 
Length 16 mm. 
Two ¢ ¢ and three ? 2? collected by present expedition: 
numerous examples of both sexes from Gyangtse, 13,000 feet, 
June 1904. 
The species would appear to fall into Abth. il. gr. 3 of 
Seidlitz’s table, and to resemble B. rugulipennis, Fairm., in the 
absence of a caudal prolongation to the elytra, but froin 
this it differs in the shorter antenn and tarsi. In general 
aspect it is, perhaps, most like B. rugosa, Gebl., but has the 
thorax more transverse, more convex, and more narrowed 
behind, the elytra very much more finely, aud differently 
sculptured with about eighteen faint striz more or less clearly 
indicated. 
Blaps apicecostata, sp. n. 
Elongate, narrow, subnitid, dorsum depressed; antennie 
reaching base of thorax ( ? ) or extending beyond it( 3 ), joints 
4-7 twice as long as wide, 8-10 moniliform; thorax not very 
strongly convex, a little wider than long, the disc finely 
and densely but rather irregularly punctate; elytra depressed 
on the back, the lateral carina visible from above in its 
