COLEOPTERA. 71 



expanded outwardly: three middle joints of intermediate tarsi broader than long; hind 

 angles rounded. 



Length 5 lines. 



Pamir from Sirikol to Panja. 



BlORAMIX OVALIS. 



Oval, less elongate, and relatively broader than the preceding : head more closely, and slight- 

 ly rugosely, punctured, not densely sub-muricately punctured, nor pubescent behind : prothorax 

 more transverse, a little less convex ; sides more rounded, distinctly, and slightly sinuately, 

 contracted behind, a little depressed at the margins, foveolate at each side the middle, the 

 punctuation not so clean, the angles distinctly more obtuse : elytra more rounded at the sides, 

 more convex, more abruptly narrowed, and more strongly declivous behind; punctuation 

 much finer and little less regular, with sometimes faint indications of costse : epipleural fold 

 less distinctly (sometimes obsoletely) punctured ; front tibiae a little more compressed, not 

 distinctly sinuate at outer edge : last ventral segment with a faint depression in the middle 

 of its upper margin. 



Length 4| to 4| lines. 



Dras, Kargil, and Leh. 



BlORAMIX PUNCTICEPS. 



Very near the preceding : differs in having the epistoma distinctly squarely truncated in 

 front, more densely punctate and rugose : prothorax still more strongly transverse, front angles 

 more obtuse, sides strongly rounded behind, effacing the hind angles : the elytra very faintly 

 punctured, the shoulders still more strongly rounded, consequently the middle of the base 

 of prothorax only impinges on the elytra : epipleural fold very finely rugulose, but not 

 visibly punctate : anterior tibiae distinctly more compressed, more triangulate, the outer 

 apical angle a little produced: front and middle tarsi (especially the latter) distinctly 

 narrower and more pilose. 



Length 4 to 4^ lines. 



Dras, Kargil, and Leh. 



BlORAMIX ASIDIOIDES. 



Very distinct from the three preceding species by its larger size, broader and more de- 

 pressed form, distinctly sertately punctate elytra, etc. 



Oblong, oval, black, slightly nitid ; head sub-angulate in front, somewhat coarsely, but 

 not closely, punctured and a little rugose, more finely and closely so, and pubescent, behind : 

 epistoma very short, but the sides are well distinguished from the antennary orbits, the 

 angles being very distinct and nearly rectangular, the apex squarely truncated : third joint of 

 antennae as long as 4-5 united : prothorax transverse, somewhat depressed, its base rather 

 closely applied to the base of elytra, moderately punctured, the punctures each bearing a 

 short decumbent hair ; apex arcuately emarginate, the angles sub-acute ; base considerably 

 wider than apex, sinuate, the angle sub-acute and somewhat outwardly directed, although 



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