new genera and spec lex of Heteromei'a. 479 



more rounded at the sides, piTnctuation finer and less regular: 

 front tibia3 more compressed, not sinuate at outer edge. Length 

 •4^-41 hues. 



Dras, Kargil and Leh. 



Bioramix jmncticejjs, n. sp. 



Differs from preceding in having the epistoma distinctly and 

 squarely truncated in front: prothorax still more strongly trans- 

 verse, front angles more obtuse, sides strongly rounded behind 

 effacing the hind angles: elytra miich more faintly punctate, 

 shoulders more strongly rounded : epipleural fold not visibly 

 punctured: front tibia; more compressed, more triangular, the 

 outer apical angle a little produced ; intermediate tarsi distinctly 

 narrower and more pilose. Length 4-4^ lines. 



Dras, Kargil and Leh. 



Bioramix asidioides, n. sp. 



Very distinct from the three preceding by its larger size, 

 broader and more depressed form, distinctly seriately punctured 

 elytra, &c. Oblong oval, black: head subangular in front, coarsely 

 punctured, more finely and closely, and pubescent, behind ; front 

 angles of epistoma distinct, almost rectangular: third joint of 

 antennse as long as 4 and 5 united : prothorax transverse, scarcely 

 convex, closely applied to base of elytra, moderately and seti- 

 ferously punctured, apex arcuately emarginate, base much wider 

 than apex, sinuate, hind angles subacute, a little outwardly 

 directed, reposing on shoulders of elytra; sides gradually ex- 

 panded from apex to the middle, thence slightly and sinuately 

 contracted to base ; the margins irregularly depressed and 

 transversely rugose: elytra a little depressed, shoulders slightly 

 rounded, sides gradually feebly rounded to the middle, thence 

 gradually narrowed behind ; on each elytron eight rows of 

 punctures, intervals finely pimctured, transversely rugulose, the 

 alternate ones convex, except at base and apex ; lateral margins 

 costif orm ; epipleur^e distinct, the fold faintly rugulose pimctate : 

 hind tibial a httle curved: intercoxal process truncated in front. 

 Length 6 lines. 



Sind VaUey. 



CHiANALUS, n. gen. [Platyscelides), 



Near Bioramix. Head longer and narrower ; epistoma dis- 

 tinctly larger : elytra strongly costate and densely hispid : anterior 



