12 SECOND YAEKAND MISSION. 



several minor structural differences are perceived. The head is more suddenly narrowed be- 

 hind the eyes. The thorax is longer, its outer borders alutaceous and rugose, and the basal 

 line, instead of forming a regular gentle curve, is nearly straight in the middle and obliquely 

 arcuate on each side towards the hind angle, which is more distinct than in A. parumpuncta- 

 tus ; this outline giving the appearance of a broad sinuation in the middle of the base. The 

 stria? of the elytra are not so distinctly punctulate, and the interstices rather coarsely alutace- 

 ous or granular. 



Salt. Taken between Tangtze and Chagra in the Pangong Valley, altitude probably 

 between 13,000 and 15,000 feet. Some specimens from the Pamir, between Sirikol and Panga. 

 A. parumpunctatus is found throughout Europe and the Caucasus, and also in Western Siberia. 



39. ANCHOMENTTS POLITISSIMTJS. 



Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. ] 878, p. 719. 



A. fuliginoso (Panzer) formdsubsimilis, nigro-aeneus,politissimus : capite breviter ovato, 

 oculis vix < prominulis ; palpis minus elongatis, articulis ultimis acuminatis : thorace postice 

 angustato, angulis posticis oblique rotundatis, margine props angulum valde reflexo : elytris 

 apicem versus valde sinuatis, supra obsolete striatis, disco utrinque hand conspicue bipunctato ; 

 pedibua aeneis, tibiis rufotestaceis. 



Long 2J lin. 



Belongs apparently to the genus Oxypselaphus (Chaud.), which is not admitted by modern 

 authors. The antennse, however, are longer than in that group, being much longer than the 

 head and thorax; the third joint is not pubescent and is a little longer than the first and the 

 fourth ; the basal joint is slightly rufous in front. The maxillary palpi are rather less sharply 

 pointed at the apex than the labials, and all are pale at the tip. The thorax is quadrate-cordate ; 

 being a little rounded immediately after the anterior angles, and then gradually narrowed to 

 the base ; the lateral margin near the hind angle is remarkably and sharply elevated, and 

 the upper edge of elevated rim has a slight notch. The striae of the elytra are most visible at 

 the apex, the marginal one being entire. The whole insect is highly polished, having the 

 appearance of being varnished. 



Sab. Murree. 



40. COLPODES OVALICEPS. 



Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 719. 



Minus elongatus, nigro-chalybeus nitidus, elytris ampliatis, ovatis : capite parvo, ovato, 

 oculis haud prominulis ; menti dente apice sulcato-emarginato : thorace ovato capite dimidio 

 latiori, margine laterali cequaliter explanato, subrejlexo, angulis posticis subrotundatis : 

 elytris convexis, late ovatis, apice via: sinuatis, humeris rotundatis, striatis, interstitiis planis, 

 tertio tripunctato : metasterni episternis brevibus ; antennis, palpis, pedibusque rufopiceis^ 

 femoribus nigris. 



Long. 5 lin. 



Differs from the great majority of the genus Colpodes by a combination of peculiarities, 

 notched tooth of men turn, short metathoracic episterna, and simply but deeply sinuated fourth 



