14- SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



44. AMARA BAMIDUNYJE. 



Bates Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 716. 



A. trivial! (Dufts.) affinis. Ovata, subtus viridi-aenea, supra aenea, antennis articulis 2 

 basalibus rufis, pedibusnigro-vel aeneo-piceis : thorace quani in A. triviali et A. spreto breviori, 

 basi impunctato, foveolis interiori oblong a, exteriori parva obliqua subobsoleta : elytris striis 

 subtilibus, apice hand profundius impressis, distincte punctulatis, inter stitiis planis. 



Long. 3| 4 lin. 



Partakes of the characters of three species trivialis, spreta, and famelica, having the 

 shorter thorax of the last, the basal coloration of antennae of the second, and the size and 

 colouring of the first. But it is distinguished from all by the peculiarly fine striation of the 

 elytra, in which the punctures are generally more conspicuous and broader than the strice 

 themselves. Another character is the less polished surface ; owing to the minute striation, 

 especially of the elytra, even in the male. In matured individuals the undersurface of the breast 

 and epipleuraj of the elytra is polished brassy green, the abdomen and femora brassy black. 

 The scutellar striole lies between the first and second strke, arising from near the base of the 

 latter. 



Hab. Pamir.; between Sirikol and Panga. A large number of examples. 



45. AMABA AMBIGENA. 



Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 716. 



Breviter ovata, nigro-aenea polita, veniris apice rufo ; palpis, antennis basi, pedibus, 

 elytrorumque epipleuris, rufis, elytris interdum castaneis : thorace brevi, antice gradatim 

 rotundato-angustato, apud basin elytris paulo angustiori, margine basalt Jlexuoso, angtilis 

 posticis subacutis ; foveolis basalibus utrinque duabus latis, sparsim grosse pnnctatis ; elytris 

 brevibus, punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis : menti dente elongato triangulari sed apice 

 anguste fisso, $ Tibice postica? intus pauciter pilosce. 



Long. 3| lin. 



Approaches the genus Leiocnemis, the hind tibise of the $ having only a few soft hairs 

 on their inner edge and the thorax being narrower tban the elytra and parallel-sided for a 

 short distance from the base : the facies is also that of Leiocnemis tartarice. The frontal 

 fovese are narrow, deep, and flexuous. The sides of the thorax are explanated gradually after 

 the middle. The elytral strise are fine and equally impressed from base to tip, the scutellar 

 striole being united to the first stria. The sterna are smooth. 



Hub. Between Tanktze and Chagra, Pangong Valley. 



46. LEIOCNEMIS HIMALAICA. 



Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 716. 



Elongato-ovata, rufo-picea vel castanea supra aeneo-tincta ; partibus oris, antennis, pedi- 

 busqwe jlavotestaceis ; thorace brevi, transverso, lateribus fere cequaliter arcuatis, antice 

 paulo magis quam postice angustato, angulis posticis obtusis, lateribus paululum explanatis, 



