COLEOPTEEA. 57 



Head and prothorax with mixed punctures, i.e., there are minute punctures 



scattered between the regular punctuation. 

 Antennary orbits feebly separated from sides of epistoma : punctuation on 



back of elytra not muricate assimilis, n.s. 

 Antennary orbits strongly separated from sides of epistoma : punctuation 



on back of elytra finely muricate ciliatus, n.s. 

 Head and prothorax simply punctured serripes, E/edtenb. 

 Elytra thinly and feebly rugose punctate. 



Sides of epistoma well separated from antennary orbits concinnm, n.s. 

 Sides of epistoma nearly continuous with antennary orbits Saagi, n.s.* 

 Base of prothorax distinctly broadly lobed in the middle grandis, n.s. 

 Prothorax and elytra not at all ciliate at the sides intermedius, n.s. 



ASCELOSODIS SERRIPES, Eedtenb. 



The series of examples of this species in the collection were taken by Dr. Stoliczka at 

 Yanktze, Chagra, and Pankong Valley. Specimens have been very kindly compared with the 

 type by Dr. Eogenhofer of the Imperial Museum of Vienna. 



ASCELOSODIS ASSIMILIS. 



Very close to A. serripes, Eedtenb., from which it differs in having the head distinctly 

 wrinkled above the eyes ; the punctuation on the head and prothorax mixed, that is, there 

 are scattered minute punctures on the spaces between the larger punctures ; the hind angles 

 of the prothorax and the humeral angles of the elytra are distinct. 



Length 2f to 3| lines. 



Dras, Kargil, and Leh. 



These differences are rather slight, but they are constant in a large series of examples. 



f 



ASCELOSODIS CILIATUS. 



Very near to the preceding, and perhaps only an extreme variety of it : it differs by its 

 larger size, more prominent epistoma, the antennary orbits being separated from it and from 

 the front by a deeply impressed line ; the elytra entirely, though much more coarsely on the 

 sides and epipleurse muricate punctate, and the hairs that fringe the sides of the prothorax 

 and elytra much larger and fuller. 



Length 4 lines. 



Dras, Kargil, and Leh. A single example. 



ASCELOSODIS CONCINNUS. 



Dark brown, shining ; underside reddish-brown ; legs, antennae, palpi, labrum, and front 

 half of the epistoma, red : head finely but not closely punctured, feebly wrinkled above the 



* This species was not found by Dr. Stoliczka. A single example exists in Dr. Haag's collection. 



