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of the thorax. The elytra are ovate not wider at the base than the thorax, very slightly 

 sinuated near their apex ; the striae are very fine, faintly punctulate, and the interstices flat 

 and impunctate throughout, except the marginal one and the customary one on the third- 

 The colour is deep black, with a bright silky gloss in the s , but nearly opaque in the ? . The 

 abdomen is impunctate. The metasternum has a few large punctures. Terminal spur of 

 anterior tibiae long and lanceolate. 



Hob. No locality. Probably near Yarkand. 



29. HYPOLTTHTJS PERLUCENS. 



Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 715. 



Piceo-niger, leete iridescens, glaber, antennis, palpis, et pedibus fulvo-testaceis : capite 

 Icevissimo, post oculos angustato, mandibulis magis rectis et acutis piceo-nifis ; fovea frontali 

 lineari versus oculum curvata : thorace quadrato, lateribus leniter fere cequaliter arcuatis, 

 angulis posticis valde obtusis, margine postico late sinuato ; supra limbo toto crebre subtiliter 

 punctulato, disco sparsiin punctulato, polito, marginibus rufescentibus : elytris fortiter striatis, 

 interstitiis paullulum convexis, politissimis, tertio (prope striam secundam) multipunctato. 



Long. 4| lin. 9 . 



Agrees with certain species of South Africa, in the curved linear frontal fovea, and with 

 such species as H. glaber (Boh.) in its naked surface. The undersurf ace of the insect is irides- 

 cent and glabrous, as well as the upper ; the ventral segments and the deflexed margins of the 

 elytra being more or less rufescent. The metastera'um has a few shallow punctures. The 

 legs are naked, with the exception of a few stout spines on the outer side of the tibiae and a 

 few setae on their inner side and underneath the tarsi. The tooth in the emargination of the 

 mentum is very short, but distinct. 



Hab. Jhelam Valley. 



HYPSINEPHUS. nov. gen. 

 Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 715. 



Generi Selenophoro proxime affine. Corpus elongato-ellipticum gen. Calatho haud 

 dissimile, supra glabrum. Caput antice haud obtusum, labrum et mandibulcB modice elongata. 

 Mentum rotundato-emarginatum, edentatum. Palpi elongati ; maxillarii articulo terminali 

 penultimo bremori, subfusiformi sed apice distincte truncato. Thorax quadratus. Elytra 

 glabra, interstitiis tertio, quinto, et septimo (apice} pluripunctatis. Pedes elongati, validi : 

 tarsi 3 , articulis anticis 4 dilatatis, cordatis, squamigeris, primo basi gracili apice subito dila- 

 tato, quarto breviter bilobo. Tibice intermedia ? arcuatce. 



A new genus is necessary for the reception of a species in Dr. Stoliczka's collection which 

 agrees with the American Selenophori in its chief characters, but differs wholly in facies 

 from that numerous group. The totally different form of the dilated tarsal joints in the male 

 affords a good distinguishing character ; the other features enumerated above having only a 

 minor importance. The species described below has doubtless many Asiatic congeners ; one I 

 have found among the Harpali collected by Dr. Maack in Eastern Siberia. 



