1878.] MR. H. W. BATES ON NEW COLEOPTERA. 713 



group to which our common Starling belongs contains the following 

 species : — 



St. vulgaris, L. ; St, indicus, Hodgs. (Nepaul) ; St. humei, 

 Brooks (= nitens, Hume, = ambiguus, Hume) ; St. purpurascens, 

 Gould; and St. poltaratskyi, mihi (= humei, Gould). 



All these species are well marked, and distinguishable even in 

 winter plumage and in the young state, as 1 intend to show in a 

 more extended description of them. 



10. On new Species of Coleopterous Insects (Geodephaga 

 and Longicornia) taken by Dr. Stoliczka during the 

 Forsyth Expedition to Kashgar in 1873-74. By H. 

 W. Bates, F.Z.S. 



[Received June 17, 1878.] 



The following are preliminary diagnoses of new genera and spe- 

 cies of Coleoptera, of the groups above mentioned, taken during 

 the mission of Sir T. Douglas Forsyth to the Amir of Kashgar in 

 1873-4. Complete descriptions will hereafter appear in the general 

 work on the results of the expedition, now in course of publication 

 at Calcutta. 



Geod epii aga. 

 clcindela stoliczkana. 



C. burmeisteri (Fischer) affinis, sed minor. Nigra ; corpore sub- 

 tus, pedibus antennarumque basi chalybeo-violaceis ; elytris 

 lunula humerali et apicali fasciaque mediana, lata, abbreviata, 

 recta Jlavo-albis ; thorace brevi, lateribus fere rectis, supra sub- 

 tilissime granulatim strigoso ; elytris minute, liaud confertim 

 granulatis ; palpis nigris, albo-setosis ; labro albo, convexo, antice 

 medio rotundato producto, unidentato ; corpore subtus pedibusque 

 sparsim albo-pilosis. 



Long fi-7g lin. 



North of the Kuen-lun. Exact locality not given. 



Carabus stoliczkanus. 



C. caschmirensi (Kollar) affinis. Maxime elongatus et angustus, 

 niger subnitidus ; thorace late subcordato-quadrato, angulis pos- 

 ticis retrorsum productis, acutis ; elytris angustis, post medium 

 perparum rotundato-dilatatis, dorso tuberculorum tripliei serie, 

 inter se carina unica separatis ; menti dente verticaliter ex- 

 stante, valde compresso. 



Long. 14-15 lin. 



Murree. 



DlCHIROTRICHUS ALTICOLA. 



Ohlongus, supra testaceo-ftdvas, capite (macidis rujis exceptis), 

 Proc. Zool. Soc.— 1878, ko. XLVI. 40 



