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apex, which is armed with only one long spur and is fringed, as well as the outer edge, 

 with short, strong bristles ; the middle and hind tibiae are clothed all round with long, fine 

 bristles. The episterna of the metathorax are elongated. 

 Sab. Neighbourhood of Sanju. 



61. BRADYTUS APRICARITJS. 



Carabus apricatius, Payk., Monogr. Carat, p. 77. 



Amara apricaria, Dej., Spec. Gen. iii, 506. 



Sradytus apricarius, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. i, p. 136. 



Hab. Sind Valley, Dras, Kargil, and Leh : Pamir, between Sirikol and Panga. 



The Pamir and Ladakh examples agree closely with the West European form of the 

 common Palsearctic species. One of the Sind Valley specimens is rather more elongate, and 

 is probably the var. parallelus (Chaudoir) from Lenkoran on the Caspian. 



52. BRADYTTJS COMPACTUS. 



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



Breviter oblongo-ovatus, latus, subaeneo-niger, convexus ; capite brevi et crasso, oculis 

 parum convexis, epistomatis margine antico transversim sulcato ; thorace elytris hand angus- 

 tiori, postice niodice angustato, angulis posticis acutis, foveolis basalibus parvis punctatis, 

 carinaque obsoleta : elytris simpliciter striatis, interstitiis planis : palpis, antennis, pedibusque 

 rufopiceis : episternis parumpunctatis : menti denie magno apice inconspicue emarginato. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Of short, broad, oblong form. Distinguished from all other species by the smooth 

 furrow accompanying the arcuated front margin of the epistome, which itself forms a 

 thickened rim. A further important distinctive character is the absence of the usual carina 

 of the thorax near the hind angles, in the situation of which there is a scarcely perceptible 

 obtuse elevation. The hind angles of the thorax are acute, the arcuated lateral margin 

 being slightly and briefly sinuated just before the angle, and the hind margin being incurved 

 on each side. The elytral strise are not perceptibly punctured. Prosternum with a long 

 smooth longitudinal furrow. Posterior tibiae of the male on the inside with a sparse clothing 

 of soft hairs. 



Hab. Murree. 



63. CTJRTONOTTJS PAMIRENSIS. 



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



Elongato-oblongus, angustus, rufo-castaneus, supra olivaceo-aeneus, thoracis elytrorumque 

 marginibus reflexis, rufescentibus : capite Icevi, mox pone oculos angustato ; thorace trans- 

 versim quadrato ante basin subfortiter constricto, ibique lateribus parallelis et margine 

 laterali hand interrupto, angulis posticis rertis ; base grosse subsparsim punctato, foveis 

 utrinque linearibus ; elytris striatis, striis (versus apicem exceptis) punctatis : metasterno et 

 ventri basi sparsim punctatis. 



