214 MR. H. W. BATES ON [Apr. 2, 
each a long, erect hair, in the seventh elytral stria, and for the strongly 
cordate-quadrate thorax and flat elytral interstices. Numerous 
individuals perfectly agreeing with the Murree form were taken by 
Mr. Leech in the Goorais Valley, but mingled with examples in 
which the piliferous punctures are much less numerous, the elytral 
interstices convex, and the thorax more quadrate than cordate. The 
extreme form departs so much from the type that had there not 
been a graduated series of intermediate examples, it might be 
considered a distinct species. 
Var. M. depilatus. Plerumque minor, nigerrimus, nitidus ; thorace 
antice mediocriter rotundato, postice minus sinuatim angustato, 
angulis posticis paullo exstantibus, interdum rectis; elytris 
profunde striatis, interstitiis convexis, 8vo parum angustato 
striaqgue 7ma postice solum pauciter pilifero-punctata. 
Long. 11-13 millim. 
Goorais Valley ; Skardo. 
PRISTONYCHUS KASHMIRENSIS. 
C. cimmerio (Dej.) quoad formam subsimilis. Apterus, niger, 
(3 Q) sericeo-opacus, capite thoraceque nitidioribus, antennis 
basi nigris, palpis tarsisque rufo-piceis ; capite levi postice 
angustato, genis elongatis parum prominentibus ; thorace per- 
parum cordato ante medium leviter rotundato-ampliato, deinde 
usque ad basin subrecte angustato, angulis posticis fere obtusis, 
margine postico alte reflewo, supra passim vage transversim 
strigoso ; elytris convexis ovatis interdum postice dilatatis, ad 
humeros angustis, convexis, acute striatis, striis subtilissime 
punctulatis, interstitiis fere planis. Prosternum apice deflexum, 
rotundatum. Trochanteres postici obtusi. Tibia omnes recte. 
Tarsi supra sparsim setifero-punctati, subtus posteriorum arti- 
culo primo parce piloso, unguiculis basi denticulatis ; tarsi antici 
3 articulis tribus dilatatis subtus squamulatis. 
Long. 16-18 millim. ¢ Q. 
Goorais Valley. 
The thorax varies much in outline, in extreme cases it is rather 
strongly narrowed behind with the sides sinuated and hind angles 
slightly projecting and acute. 
PRISTODACTYLA LACERANS. 
Quoad formam P. leni (Mannh.) similis. Elongatus, nigro- 
nitidus ; antennis, pulpis, tibiis et tarsis picescenti-rufis ; capite 
(cum oculis) anguste ovato levi; thorace subquadrato, antice 
usque ultra medium leviter rotundato-dilatato, prope basin medio- 
criter sinuato-angustato, angulis posticis rectis subacutis, intra 
angulum incrassato, ibique puncto setigero ; foveis latis (interdum 
profundis) levibus ; elytris fere parallelis, mediocriter convexis, 
apice viv perspicue sinuatis, basi utringue valde arcuata, acute 
striatis, striis subtilissime haud profunde punctulatis, interstitiis 
parum convewis, tertio versus apicem unipunctato (interdum im- 
punctato). Tuarsi subtus longe pilosi, 4 posticis lateraliter suleu- 
