474 Mr. F. Bates's descriptions of 



9 Larger, more robust, punctuation, &c., stronger, sides of 

 protliorax slightly sinuate before the basal angle; hind tarsi 

 shorter. Length $ 8-1- lines, ? 10 hnes; width of elytra across 

 the middle ,J 2| lines, ? 4 lines. 



Dras, Kar2;il and Leh. 



Prosodes vicina, n. sp. 



Differs from preceding as foUoAvs: — form broader, prothorax, 

 underside, legs, &c., shining black : sides of prothorax more 

 contracted in front, the front angles more broadly roimded: 

 elvtra still more gradually declivous behind, dorsal costa? more 

 elevated, narroAver, and rugose pimctate: epipleurce rugulose; 

 antenna; and legs stouter, middle joints of the former submoni- 

 liform. Length ^10 lines, ? 11 lines; width of elytra across 

 middle $ 3-|- lines, $ 4§ lines. 



Sind Yalley. 



COELOCNEMODES, u. gen. {BUtptides). 



Habit of Coelocnemis, Mann. Differs from all the genera of 

 the group except DUa, by its toothed anterior femora: and from 

 Dila by its totally different habit, granulose surface, &c. Last 

 joint of maxillary palpi feebly securiform: antenna; nearly as in 

 Blaps mortisaga, Linn.; joint 3 elongate, 4-7 equal, obconic, 

 8-11 perfohate, setose, and clothed with a fine silky-yellowish 

 pubescence, 8-10 monihform, 11 larger, aciiminate: 1-7 coarsely 

 punctiu'ed: head subquadrate, not prolonged behind the eyes; 

 antennary orbits siibangularly prominent, epistoma short, 

 gradually narrowed to the front; labrum strongly transverse, 

 pilose, nearly entirely visible, angles rounded: eyes very narrow, 

 flat, obsoletely facetted, anterior margin entire : prothorax moder- 

 ately convex; sides well rounded, abri;ptly narrowed behind, 

 narroAvly channelled: front angles roimded, hind angles distinct 

 but not prominent, and reposing on the shoulders of the elytra: 

 elytra oblong OA'ate, not wider at base than base of prothorax, 

 rapidly declivous behind, apex produced but not mucronate: 

 shoulders depressed, sides a little sinuous near the base: epi- 

 pleur^ broad, the fold extending from the humeral angle to the 

 apex, gradually narroAved behind: legs moderate; four hind 

 femora a little compressed; all the tibiae roimded, the anterior 

 not denticulate at outer edge, and Avith a curved excision on the 

 inner edge near the base ; first joint of hind tarsi shorter than 

 the last. 



