28 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



ovate, three-fourths the length of the third, the latter two-thirds the length of the fourth. 

 Thorax more than twice as broad as long ; sides abruptly diverging and acutely angled just 

 in front of the base, thence obliquely converging to the apex, just before reaching the latter 

 abruptly incurved, the apical angle obtuse, the hinder one armed with a lateral tooth ; disc 

 closely covered with large, round, deeply-impressed punctures ; on either side are a few short, 

 suberect griseous hairs. Scutellum longer than broad, cuneiform, its apex obtusely angu- 

 late. Elytra convex, transversely depressed below the basilar space, strongly punctate- 

 striate ; on the transverse depression, and also below the shoulder, the puncturing is confused ; 

 interspaces plane, irregularly wrinkled on the sub-basilar depression. All the thighs armed 

 beneath with an acute tooth. 

 Hub. Jhelam Valley. 



7. NODOSTOMA PLAGIOSUM. 

 Baly, Cist. Ent. ii., 187582, p. 373. 



Oblongo-ovatum, piceum, niiidum, pedibtis antennisque piceofulvis, his extrorsum piceis ; 

 thorace profunde et crebre punctato, lateribus pone medium obtuse angulatis ; elytrisfortiter 

 punctato striatis, striis apicem versus fere deletis ; sordide fulvis, limbo angnsto, striarum 

 punctis et utrinque plagd irregulari mngnd, a basi adpaulo pone medium extensd, ad mar- 

 ginem lateralem affixd, piceis. 



Long. If lin. 



Vertex and front sub-remotely punctured ; clypeus coarsely and irregularly punctured, 

 not distinctly separated from the upper face, its anterior border deeply excavate-emarginate, 

 the emargination produced and forming two sub-acute teeth ; labrum fulvous ; antennae 

 slender, filiform, the second and third joints nearly equal in length, the fourth very slightly 

 longer than the third, four or five lower joints obscure fulvous, the rest piceous. Thorax 

 nearly twice as broad as long ; sides diverging at the base, obtusely angled behind the middle, 

 thence obliquely converging and very slightly rounded to the apex ; disc transversely convex, 

 very coarsely and deeply punctured. Elytra oblong, sub-acutely rounded at the apex, convex s 

 strongly punctate-striate, the punctures near the apex much finer and nearly obsolete, inter- 

 spaces plane, impunctate ; the irregularly piceous patch on each elytron covers the outer disc 

 (the humeral callus excepted) and extends from the base to just below the middle of the 

 disc. All the thighs armed beneath with a small tooth. 



Sab. Murree. A single specimen, also India, without precise locality, my collection. 



8. PARIA CUPRESCENS. 



Baly, Cist. Ent. ii., 187582, p. 374. 



Anyuste ovata, subtus cum capite picea, pedibus antennarumque basi pallidis ; supra 

 cuprea, thorace sub-conico, vage punctato; elytris regulariter punctato-striatis t interspatiis 

 planis, impunctatis. 



Long. 1J lin. 



Vertex swollen, shining, impunctate ; clypeus transverse, its anterior border emarginate ; 

 antennae, rather more than half the length of the body, piceous, the two lower joints paler. 



