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360. Adoretus lithobius. 



Adoretus lithobius, Ohaus, Deutsche Ent. Zeits. 1914, p. 486, 

 fig. 16. 



Eeddish chestnut, with the forehead nearly black, and the 

 sides and middle line of the pronotum, the scutellum, legs and 

 lower surface yellowish. The upper surface 

 is rather shining and not very closely clothed 

 with short uniform white setae. 



It is ovate, with the head and thorax 

 rather narrow, and the greatest breadth 

 towards the extremity. The head is not 

 quite as wide as the prothorax, the eyes 

 being vry large and prominent ; the cly- 

 peus small arid semicircular, its front margin 

 strongly reflexed and the surface rather 

 shining, with evenly distributed, but not 

 close granules ; the forehead and vertex are 

 coarsely punctured. The pronotum is shining 

 Fig. 71. Adoretus and coarsely punctured, the punctures quite 

 lithobius. separate, except at the sides, where they are 



rather rugose ; the lateral margins are 

 strongly rounded and all the angles obtuse. The scutellum is 

 finely punctured, and the elytra closely and confluently, with 

 well-marked narrow costse. The pygidium is thinly clothed with 

 rather long erect hair, except near the apex where it is very 

 smooth and shining. The legs are rather slender, the front tibia 

 armed with three equidistant teeth, the claws long, the longer one 

 cleft on the front and middle feet, and the shorter one of the hind 

 foot more than half the length of the longer. 

 ^ c? . The cleavage of the longer front and middle claws is very 

 minute, and the eyes are very large. 



Length, 9-11 mm. ; breadth, 4-5-5 mm. 



PUNJAB: Lahore; Jhilam, 5000 ft.; Kulu Valley (C. Host); 

 UNITED PROVINCES : Eanikhet (H. G. Champion, June to Aug.) ; 

 Siahadevi, 6000 ft. (C. F. C. Beeson, June). 

 Type in Dr. Ohaus' collection. 



361. Adoretus ladakanus. 



Adoretus ladakanus, Ohaus, Deutsche Ent. Zeits. 1914, p. 484, 

 fig. 17. 



Reddish brown, with the clypeus, sides of the pronotum, the 

 scutellum, femora and tibiae a little paler, and clothed everywhere 

 with minute, uniform, not very closely set, whitish setae. 



It is elongate-oval in shape, moderately shining and not very 

 convex. The clypeus is broadly rounded and granulated, but not 

 very closely ; the forehead and vertex are strongly and mode- 

 rately closely punctured. The pronotum is distinctly, not closely 

 punctured, with the sides rounded, the front angles almost 

 right angles and the hind angles obtuse. The scutellum ia finely 



