124 DR. J. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE ZOOLOGY OF 



17. Capnodis tenebrionis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 661. 



Hab. Persia. 



A South-European species. 



heteromera. 



Tenebkionida 



Erodiin^e. 



18. Spyrathus politus, sp. n. (Plate XIV. fig. 1.) 



Niger, nitidus ; capite antice asperato ; tliorace disco discrete subtiliter punctato, 

 lateribus crebrius sat fortiter punctatis ; elytris nitidis, basi sat crebre punctatis, ad 

 apiceni creberrinie asperatis. Long. 9 millim. 



Eront of the head granular ; granules moderately large and close together on tbe front 

 of the epistome, gradually becoming smaller posteriorly ; the extreme vertex smooth. 

 The angles of the cheeks very slightly prominent, less so than in S. indicus. Thorax 

 very convex, widest at the posterior angles, where it is three times as broad as the length 

 in the middle, gradually (but not much) narrowed anteriorly; with a slight sinuosity in 

 the middle of tbe base. The punctures on the disk are fine but distiuct, separated from 

 each other about four or six times the diameter of a puncture ; on the sides the punc- 

 tures are larger and deeper, and on the margin and at the anterior angles are placed 

 close together. The anterior angles are very acute. Elytra very convex, broadest just 

 below the shoulders, narrowed at the apex ; more convex at the base, and more obliquely 

 sloping down posteriorly than in S. indicus. The surface polished ; the punctures not 

 very fine, separated from each other by about four to six diameters of a puncture. 

 Towards the sides and behind the middle the punctures are somewhat asperate, and at 

 the apex are replaced by moderately fine granules which are placed near together. 

 Prosternum closely and very coarsely and strongly punctured ; the mesosternum coarsely 

 and irregularly punctured. Abdomen finely transversely strigose, the basal segment 

 with a few large punctures. 



Hab. Between Quetta and Khusan. 



Adesmiin^;. 



19. Adesmia fagergremii, Baudi, Deut. ent. Zeit. xix. (1875), p. 27. 

 Hab. From Quetta to Khusan, Hari-rud valley, and Badghis. 



The specimens brought by Dr. Aitchison agree very well with specimens in the British 

 Museum collection from Persia. 



[All these Adesmias were noticed as working in pure sand, running in and out of 

 holes, their habits very much resembling Ants. — J. E. T. A.] 



20. Adesmia panderi, Fischer, Bull. Mosc. 1835, p. 313, pi. 8. f. 3. 

 Hab. Hari-rud valley and Badghis. 



Two examples only. This species was originally described from Turcomania. 



