64 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



Length <J 10 lines, ? 11 lines ; width of elytra across the middle 3 3^ lines, 

 lines. 



Sind Valley. 



CffiLOCNEMODES, n. g. 



Habit of C&locnemis, Mann. Submentum rather strongly [pedunculate ; the sinus very 

 open, exposing the base of the maxilla, its outer angle feebly dentiform : mentum broader than 

 long, nearly plane, contracted posteriorly, sides and front angles broadly rounded from near 

 the base, coarsely rugosely punctured, nearly covering the ligula, which is strongly transverse, 

 and, apparently, broadly emarginate in front : last joint of labial palpi ovoid and truncate at 

 apex ; that of the maxillary feebly securiform : mandibles very thick, notched at apex : 

 antennas having the first seven joints coarsely punctured and hispid ; joint 3 elongate, equal to 

 4-5 united ; 4-7 equal, obconic ; 8-11 perfoliate, setose, clothed, except at the base, with a fine 

 silky yellowish pubescence ; 8-10 monilif orm, scarcely wider than long ; 11 longer and tapering 

 to an acute point : head transverse, sub-quadrate, but little contracted behind the cheeks ; not 

 prolonged behind the eyes : antennary orbits sub-angulate, prominent : epistoma rather short, 

 gradually narrowed to the front, which is broadly emarginate with the angles distinct : labrunn 

 strongly transverse, pilose, nearly entirely visible, very feebly emarginate in front, the 

 angles rounded : eyes very narrow, flat, obsoletely faceted, anterior margin entire : prothorax 

 moderately convex, a little wider than long ; sides well rounded, somewhat abruptly contracted 

 near the base, narrowly but distinctly channelled and transversely rugulose, finely margined ; 

 base and apex not margined, the latter arcuately emarginate, the angles broadly rounded, the 

 former truncated, the angles distinct but not prominent, and reposing on the shoulders of the 

 elytra : scutellum broadly triangular, penetrating between the elytra : elytra regularly convex, 

 scarcely wider at base than base of prothorax ; oblong-ovate, rapidly declivous behind, the apex 

 produced but scarcely mucronate ; shoulders depressed ; sides a little sinuous near the base, 

 gradually expanding to behind the middle : epipleurce broad; the fold attaining the humeral 

 angle, moderately broad, very gradually narrowed to the apex, which it attains : prosternal 

 process closely curved round the coxse, and broadly truncated behind : mesosternum declivous, 

 faintly concave : metasternum very short between the coxse ; the episterna narrow and but 

 little contracted posteriorly ; epimera distinct : intercoxal process broad, truncated in front, 

 angles rounded : legs moderate ; femora thickened outwardly, the 4 posterior a little com- 

 pressed, the anterior with a strong tooth on the upper edge near the apex; all the tibiae 

 rounded, the anterior not denticulate at outer edge, and having a curved excision near the 

 base on its inner side; the intermediate the same but more feebly: tibial spurs short, but 

 stout : tarsi channelled and briefly spinose beneath, the first joint of the posterior much 

 shorter than the last, upper surface granulous. 



Notwithstanding its peculiar habit, this genus unquestionably belongs to the Blaptides. 

 As in this genus, so in many species of true Slaps, the ligula is almost entirely concealed by 

 the mentum. The structure of the antennae is entirely that of the genus Blaps, and most 

 closely approaches the form as seen in B. mortisaga, Linn. The short epistoma, leaving the 

 labium almost entirely uncovered, the unmargined base and apex of the prothorax, the hind 

 angles reposing on the shoulders of the elytra, also manifestly approach this genus to Blap.s, 



