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LXV. — Coleoptera of the Mt. Everest Expedition, 19.21. 

 By K. G. Bl4ir, B.Sc, F.E.S. 



(l*iibli.sliod by periuissiou of the Triisto<!s of tlie Uritisli Museiiin.) 



TiiK collection of Coleoptera obtained by the Expedition 

 durinij the summer of 11)21 is unfortunately very meagre, 

 consisting only of twenty-one specimens belonging to eight 

 species, and divided among seven families. Most of them 

 were obtained in July at the camp above Rhumbu Glacier, 

 north-west of Everest, at an elevation of 18,500 feet. In 

 spite of its meagreuess, the collection is interesting in con- 

 taining three species that are here described as new to science, 

 as well as two others that are probably new, but both 

 are represented by single specimens, too incomplete to 

 warrant description. Several of the species here recorded 

 were obtained in greater number by the members of the 

 Thibet Expedition of 1904 at somewhat lower altitudes. 



It is greatly to be hoped that more sustained efforts will 

 be made during the coming season to secure a collection 

 more representative of this faunistically interesting region. 

 Opportunities of collecting in regions so difficult of access 

 are few, and when they do occur it is a thousand pities if 

 they are uot seized to the fullest. 



The following is a list of the species obtained, all of which 

 have now been placed in the National d^llection at South 

 Kensington. 



Fam. Silphidae. 



Xecrophurus semeno7v/, Reitter, Ent. Nadir, xxi. 1887, p. 210. 



One specimen. 



Described from Thibet, the species was not ])reviously 

 represented in the British ]\Iuseum. 



Earn. Elateridae. 



Lacon brunnipennis, Candeze, Mon. Elat. i. 1857, p. 133. 



One specimen. 



Also from Tuugu, Teesta Valley, Sikkim^ by Tliibct Ex- 

 pedition, 1903-04. 



Fam. Rutelidae. 



Callistopopillia iris, Candeze, Col. Heltc, v. 1869, p. 43. 



One specimen. 



Represented in the British Museum by numerous speci- 



