COLEOPTERA. 15 



foveolis basalibus grosse sparsim punctatis, interiori rotundata, exteriori vage impressa cari- 

 naque obsoletissima vel nulla : elytris acute et simpliciter striatis, interstitiis planis : corpore 

 subtus Icevi, nitido. 



<? . Tibice intermedia subtus media sinuatce, deinde paulo dilatatce et denticulate. 



Long. 31 lin. 



The rudimentary bidentate imdersurface of the middle tihise of the 3 show a tendency 

 towards the genus Curtonotus, hut the facies of the species is totally unlike that group ; 

 the general appearance of the insect heing that of a moderately robust Calathus. There 

 is scarcely any trace of the oblique carina at the posterior angles of the thorax, and the sides 

 of the latter form a tolerably regular curve from base to apex, without the slightest sinu- 

 ation near the hind angles. 



Sab." Dras, Kargil, and Leh." 



47. LEIOCNEMIS TARTARI^E. 



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



Oblongo-ovata, modice convexa, nigra polita, supra aenescens ; partibus oris, antennis, 

 pedibtisque piceo-rvfis : thorace valde transverse, lateribus fortiter arcuatis, antice et postice 

 fere ccqualiter angiistato, angulis posticis distinctis sed obtusis, basi utrinque foveis duabus 

 modice impressis fortiter punctatis : elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis planis : prosterni 

 apice late rotundato, marginato, meso-et metasternis punctatis; menti dente lato, magno, 

 bifido. 



Long. 3 1 lin. 



The whole surface of the body is polished, beneath black, sometimes piceous and red- 

 dish, with the elytral epipleurse also reddish ; above tinged with greenish-brassy, the elytra 

 sometimes bright brassy- green. The frontal fovese are sharply impressed and linear, as in 

 many other Leiocnemis. The thorax is transverse, distinctly narrower than the elytra, very 

 strongly rounded on the sides, so as to give it an almost rounded appearance ; the widest 

 part is the middle, whence it narrows almost equally towards the apex and the base, the 

 sides joining the base without any sinuation and forming an angle which is more obtuse 

 than rectangular ; the basal foveae are never deep and in some examples scarcely apparent 

 except from their coarse punctuation. 



Rab. Between Yangi Hissar and Sirikol. 



48. LEIOCNEMIS PRIVOLA. 



Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 717. 



Parva, oblonga, subtus rufo-castanea, supra nigro-aenea, vel aenea, elytris interdum 

 castaneis aeneo-tinctis ; partibus oris, antennis, pedibusque rufotestaceis : foveis frontalibus 

 linearibus extus acute exaratis, antice supra epistomaten continuatis : thorace transversim 

 quadrato lateribus leniter arcuatis ; postice minus quam antice angustato, mox ante basin 

 paullulum sinuato, angulis posticis fere reeds; foveis basalibus grosse punctatis; elytris 

 punctulato-striatis ; menti dente bifido, piano. 



Long. 21 lin. 



