380 Mr. Baly's descnpfionn of 



20. Luperodes erythracephala, n. sp. 



Auguste oblougo-ovata, convexa, nigra, nitida, capite rufo- 

 testaceo, ore, anteunis pedibusque piceis ; tliorace crebre puuc- 

 tato, disco utriuque leviter transversim excavato ; elytris sat 

 crebre punctatis. Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Murree. 



Head exserted, vertex and front shining, impunctate ; encarpje 

 transverse, contiguous ; labrum piceous ; jaws and palpi rufo- 

 piceous ; antenna? filiform, three-fourths the length of the body, 

 second and third joints short, conjointly about equal in length 

 to the first. Thorax twice as broad as long ; sides rounded, 

 slightly converging at the base, all the angles distinct, the 

 anterior thickened, sub-tuberculate ; disc closely punctured, 

 distinctly excavated on either side. Elytra oblong, less closely 

 punctured than the thorax. 



21. Galleruca vittatipennis, n. sp. 



Elougato-oblonga, convexa, nigro-picea ant nigra, nitida, ver- 

 tice rufo-piceo, abdominis segmentorum margine apicali pallide 

 rufo-piceo ; thorace excavato, rude foveolato ; elytris abdomine 

 multo brevioribus, fortiter substriatim punctatis, sordide fulvis, 

 utrisque linen suturali elevata, vittisque elevatis quatuor, ixtrinque 

 abbreviatis, Ima et 4ta, 2di"i et ?)tia apice per paria conjunctis, 

 uigro-piceis instructis. Long. 4^ lin. 



Hab. On the road across the Pamir, from Sirikol to Panga. 



Head sub-rotundate, vertex and front deeply and coarsely foveo- 

 late-punctate, impressed in the middle with a deep longitudinal 

 groove, which extends downwards between the encarpaj as far as 

 the apex of the clypeus, where it terminates in a triangular 

 fovea; encarpa^ thickened, trigouate, smooth, impunctate; clypeus 

 very short, thickened and forming a transverse ridge, its anterior 

 border narrowly edged with rufous ; antennte robust, the second 

 joint ovate, rather more than half the length of the third, the 

 third and fourth joints equal. Thorax rather more than twice 

 as broad as long ; sides sinuate and parallel from the base to 

 beyond the middle, thence obliquely converging to the apex, 

 the anterior angles slightly produced, somewhat recurved, 

 obtuse ; disc excavated on either side, the middle disc impressed 

 with a broad longitudinal sulcation which extends from base to 

 apex ; the whole surface covered with large, deep, round fovea?. 

 Scutellum semi-rotuudate, piceous, impunctate. 



