324 Mr. G. C. Champion on various African 



mistaken for the coXcX^ and the anterior tarsal structure over- 

 looked. Tlie toothed trochanters is a character to be found 

 in various metallic African Hapalochri, and the subgenus, 

 if adopted, would separate many closely allied insects. 



. 73. Hapalochriis pej'sicus, sp. n. 



cJ . 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 antennre (the 

 more or Ics infuscatc outer half of the latter excepted), tiie 

 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 

 fascin, and a common, transverse space at tiie apex (the 

 basal and post-median markings sometimes narrowly con- 

 nected along the suture and the apical one 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 tibiaa, excepted), and the under surface in part, 

 testaceous. Head densely, riigulosely punctured, transversely 

 depressed anteriorly ; antennae rather stout, moderately long, 

 serrate, joints 2 and 3 wider than 4, Prothoi'ax 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 fineh^, rugulosely punctate. 

 Anterior tarsal joints 1 and 2 rather stout, extending over 

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

 and nigro-pectinate at the tip ; anterior and intermediate 

 tibiai slender, simple. 



$ . Antennae sliorter and more slender, subserrate. 



Length 5-6, breadth 1j^^,-2y\, mm. (J" ? .) 



Hab. Persia, Knrdistan in Turcomania [Millingen, tx colls. 

 Frij and Sharp). 



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

 Solsky (1882), and H~ turkestanicus, Pic (1907), from 

 Nortliern Asia, but with diflerent prothoracic and elytral 

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

 elongate ti'iangular patch on the basal half (nearly or quite 

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

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

 testaceous. 



