new genera and species of Heteromera. 471 



nearly as long as broad, the basal margin strongly convex ; all 

 tlie angles depressed and obtuse: elytra oval; epipleiiral fold 

 continuous round the shoulders : inner side of flanks of prothorax, 

 and prosternum rugosely punctured ; sides of metasternum, and 

 of the two first joints of abdomen with a few coarse punctures. 

 Length 4f hnes. 

 Kogyar. 



Cyphogenia plana, n. sp. 



Narrow, elongate, flat, black, more or less obscure: epistoma 

 widely and subtriangularly notched in front, the angles acute; 

 head behind the eyes prominent and coarsely rugosely punc- 

 tured: prothorax quadrate, apex wider than base, front angles 

 produced, subacute, sides sometimes a little angular, and with a 

 narrow flattened margin, base truncated; disc irregularly foveate, 

 finely sparsely punctured: elytra faintly minutely muricately 

 punctured ; keeled from behind the shoulders to the apex : epi- 

 pleuras strongly inflexed. Length 7-9^ lines. 



Dras, Kargil, Leh and Pankong Valley. 



Cyphogenia humeralis, n. sp. 



Habit of aui'ita, Pall, but having a short carina at the 

 shoulders. Head and prothorax very finely dispersedly punc- 

 tiu-ed; epistoma widely emarginate in front in $ , more strongly 

 and subangularly so in $ , the front angles broadly rounded: 

 prothorax transverse, disc convex, transversely impressed near 

 the base ; front angles not produced but slightly acute ; hind 

 angles acute and outwardly directed ; sides well rounded ante- 

 riorly, rather broadly margined, a little reflexed, and finely 

 transversely rugulose : elytra depressed, widest behind the 

 middle, obsoletely punctured, the shoulders alone showing a 

 short keel. The $ is smaller than $ and has the abdomen 

 more distinctly punctured. Length 10-12 lines, 



Yangi Hissar. 



Blaps Stoliczkana, n. sp. 



Approaching moTtisaga, Linn., in habit: head more or less 

 coarsely punctured; epistoma widely and feebly emarginate in 

 front: prothorax slightly transverse, sides rounded anteriorly 

 and gradually contracted posteriorly; base wider than apex, 

 front angles roimded, hind angles obtuse, more or less coarsely 

 pTinctured, somewhat confluently so at the sides, with minute 



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