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leaving only a narrow space surrounding the scutellum, the apex 

 broadly and the lateral margins narrowly testaceous or pale fulvous ; 

 underside and legs metallic greenish, finely pubescent. 



Length 6 mm. 



Hab. Himalayas : Dalhousie ; Kashmir. 



The obscure markings of the elytra are the same in the two 

 specimens before me but in one the humeral spot is absent. In 

 the male the characteristic elevation of the posterior thoracic 

 angles is strongly marked. 



175. Labidostomis cummingi, sp. n. 



Fuscous with slight aeneous gloss; basal joints of antennae fulvous. 

 Elytra testaceous. 



cT. Head broad; mandibles very large, deeply excavated. 

 Anterior legs extremely elongate, their coxae enormously enlarged, 

 perpendicular. 



$ . Head and legs normal. Elytra with small humeral spot. 

 Beneath greenish. 



Head deeply depressed and finely rugose between the eyes, 

 anterior edge of the clypeus deeply bi-emarginate, the angles 

 dentiform ; antennas with the basal joints pale, the others darker 

 fulvous, fourth joint elongate, triangularly widened, fifth and 

 following joints transverse, strongly pointed and produced. 

 Thorax fuscous, with a slight aeneous gloss, about twice as broad 

 as long, of even width, the sides strongly rounded in the middle, 

 oblique near the base, posterior angles only slightly pointed but not 

 produced ; surface minutely punctured and clothed with fine grey 

 hairs. Scutellum obscure piceous, finely pubescent, the apex with 

 a short central ridge. Elytra testaceous, opaque, finely and 

 closely punctured, with slight traces of longitudinal lines. Body 

 beneath finely pubescent. The anterior coxae highly raised and very 

 thick ; the femora elongate, widened towards the apex and angulate 

 below, their tibiae curved, the apex produced ; the first joint of the 

 tarsi as long as the following two joints united, posterior metatarsus 

 shorter. 



Length 7-8 mm.. 



Hab. Baluchistan : Ormarah (Cummings). Type in Brit. Mus. 



It is possible that the male specimen before me is immature, 

 judging from the fuscous colour of the head, thorax and underside, 

 and that these parts are normally metallic green as in the female. 

 As both sexes were obtained at the same locality I have no doubt 

 as to their belonging to the same species. The distinct pubescence 

 of the head and thorax and their puncturation, the coloration of 

 the elytra etc., separate this species from the preceding. 



170. Labidostomis funerea, Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxv, 1891, 

 p. 103. 



Bluish-black ; labrum rufous. Head smooth, impressed between 



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