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by its metallic head and underside, and the very opaque 

 sooty prothorax and elytra. 



Onthophagus tiletamis, sp. n. 



Niger, capite, pedibus corporeque subtus micantibus ; prothorace, 

 elytris pygidioque sat opacis, minute setiferis ; capite antice 

 rugose, postice parce punctato, margiue antico minute exciso ; 

 prothorace angustissime marginato, basi medio laevissime angu- 

 lato, lateribus simplice arcuatis, angulis omnibus rotundatis ; 

 elytris leviter striatis, interstitiis vix convesis ; corpore subtus 

 pedibusque sat grosse punctatis. 

 S . Capite postice retrorsum producto, cornu recurvato, acuminato, 

 basi laminato, quadrate ; prothorace antice leviter retuso, 

 Isevigato. 

 5 . Sutura clypeali valde carinata, semicircular], vertice carina 

 angusta, supra leviter emarginata armato. 



Long. 7"o-10 mm. 



Hah. Brahmapoutra Valley, Chaksam (12,000 ft.), 

 Gyangtse (13,000 ft.). 



0. tibetanus is exceedingly close to 0. concolor and 

 0. cupreiceps, but is easily distinguished from both by the 

 uniform curvature of the sides of its prothorax, which com- 

 pletely rounds off the front angles. The upper surface is 

 more opaque than that of 0. concolor, but less so than that 

 of 0. cupreiceps. 



(JntJiophagus vividus, sp. n. 



Tiridis vel violaceus, capite prothoraceque splendide rufo-cupreis 

 vel viridibus ; capite ruguloso, clypeo paulo producto, integro ; 

 prothorace granulato, postice medio Igeviore ; elytris planis, 

 subopacis, subtiliter striatis et punctatis; pygidio grosse punctato ; 

 metasterni medio polito, antice paulo prominente. 

 (5 . Capite crebre punctato, postice cornu brevi, simplice armato ; 

 prothorace antice paulo et anguste excavato. 



2 . Clypeo rugoso, carina arcuata distincta, capite postice breviter 

 tuberculato ; prothorace antice uonnihil excavato. 



Long. 11-15 mm. 



JIah. Bangalore, Trivandrum, Nilgiri Hills. 



Deep blue or green, with the abdomen, tibiae and tarsi^ 

 and the front of the clypeus nearly black, the antennae yellow, 

 and the head and prothorax fiery red, bronzy green, or bright 

 metallic green. 



The form is short and compact. The clypeus is slightly 

 produced and pointed. The prothorax is coarsely granu- 

 lated, except at the middle of its posterior part, where it is 

 nearly smooth ; it is finely margined all round and bluntly 



