560 Mr. K. G. Blair on Coleoptera of the 
anterior half, being concealed in its posterior half by a blunt 
costa, which projects above it and meets its fellow at the 
apex. On the disc are faint indications of striz with feebly 
convex intervals ; these become a little more raised behind, 
especially the third, which unites with the marginal costa 
(7th interval) a little before the apex. The apex in both 
sexes projects a little beyond the last ventral segment, but 
is not produced into a caudal process. Prosternal process 
rounded, declivous behind cox ; legs moderately slender, 
femora feebly clavate, first joint of posterior tarsi symmetrical, 
as long as the two following together. 
& without abdominal fascicle, longer and narrower than ¢ . 
Size, ¢ 21x75 mm., ? 19x8 mm. 
Two 2 2 collected by the present Expedition, two ¢ ¢ 
and two ? ? by the Thibet Expedition, Tungu, Sikkim, 
July 1903 (12), and Gyangtse, 13,000 feet, June 1904. 
In the synopsis given by Seidlitz (Krichs. Ins. Deutsch. 
Abt. i. Bd. v. 1898), this species would come in Abth. 11. 
er. 14, next to B. gentilis, Fairm. From this it differs in its 
larger size, narrower form, stouter legs, more distinctly 
vranulate elytra, and the very characteristic coste visible on 
the apical declivity. 
In this last particular it is approached by B. indica, Hope, 
from Nepal, but the latter is much smaller (14 mm.), has 
the thorax much narrower than the elytra, which are strougly 
rounded laterally. 
Blaps sp. 
A single 2, possibly only a form of the last. 
Fam. Cistelide. (ALLECULID2.) 
Cteniopinus semicoccineus, sp. n. 
Dull black, with the elytra and abdomen scarlet. Head 
elongate, densely punctate above; antennie slender, in 
reaching middle of elytra, in ¢ a little shorter, second joint 
not longer than wide, the rest elongate, the eleventh suddenly 
constricted so that the apical third is much narrower than 
the rest. Last joint of maxillary palpi elongate, a little 
longer and wider than the preceding. Thorax nearly flat, 
campanulate, widest at base, sides sharply carinate in basal 
half, but obtuse or rounded towards apex, dise densely 
punctate. Elytra subparallel, striz sharply punctate, but 
not much impressed, the first, third, fifth, ete. intervals 
narrower than the rest, the broad intervals containing small 
