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32. Trigonoscelis nodosa, Fischer, Ent. Ross. i. p. 149, t. 14. f. 3. 



This species, when in good condition, has the elytra covered with a white chalky 

 substance, leaving the granules hlack. It was originally described from Bokhara. 

 Sab. Badghis and Hari-rud valley. 



33. Trigonoscelis longipes, sp. n. (Plate XIV. fig. 5.) 



Elongata, nigra, subopaca ; thorace sat transverso, convexo, crehre granulato ; elytris 

 oblongo-ovalibus, ad suturam depressis, granulis parvis paruin elevatis discrete 

 sparsis ; pedibus longissimis, sat gracilibus, tarsis longe hirtis. Long. 9 lin., lat. 

 5i lin. 

 Thorax relatively small for species of this genus ; about one third broader than long ; 

 the anterior angles not very prominent. The granules on the surface are very small, 

 moderately close together, but not crowded ; they are less distinct on the front margin 

 and at the sides. The elytra are flattened on the back ; the shoulders are not at all 

 prominent, as in T. grandis, &c. The granules are small and not much elevated ; much 

 less conspicuous, but much more numerous than in T. grcmdis. The sides are more 

 rounded. The legs very long; the anterior tibia? not quite so much dilated as in 

 T. grandis, convex on their anterior surface, and very finely and closely asperate. 

 Sab. Between Quetta and Khusan. 



34. Stmpiezocemis kessleri, Solsky, Hor. Soc. Ent. Boss. xi. p. 291. (Plate XIV. 

 fig. 4.) 



A single example of this very interesting species. 

 Sab. Badghis and Hari-rud valley. 



Cistelid^. 



35. Omophltjs lepturoides, Eabr. Mant. i. p. 85. 



Sab. Hari-rud valley and Badghis*. 

 A European species. 



C ANTH ARID JS. 



36. Meloe variegatus, Donov. Brit. Ins. t. 67. 



Three examples. A European species. 

 Sab, Hari-rud and Badghis. 



37. Meloe tttccius, Bossi, Eaun. Etr. i. p. 283, t. 4. f. 5. 



Two examples. A European species. 

 Sab. Hari-rud and Badghis. 



38. Mtlabris kxtjgii, Bedt. Denkschr. Wien. Ak. i. 1850, p. 49. 



Sab. Hari-rud valley. 

 A Persian species. 



s [Collected occurring in great hosts upon Pistacia vera, eating the young leaves, in May. — J. E. T. A.] 



