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ruguloso et spar sim punctulato, fovea utrinqxie oblonyu profunda ; 

 elytris elonyutis et lutis profunde punciato-siri'itis, interstitiis 

 1°-G"' late impunctatis politis sed prope strias et apicem inter- 

 stitiisque 7°— 9"" toto pluripimctatis etfalvo-pilosis; subtus {ven- 

 tris segmento apicali laio excepto) Icevi polito, lateribus dense 

 punctulatis et pubescentibus. Pedes sat graciles ; tarsis subtus 

 dense rigide jnlosis, articido quarto acute emarginato. 



Long. 17-18 millim. S $ . 



Goorais Valley. 



la size and form this species resembles the C. noguchii of Japan. 

 The allied species^ C. cceruleus (Stev.), a well-kuowa Caucasian 

 Carabid, was also taken in considerable numbers by Mr. Leech. 



Harpalus kashmirensis. 



H. rufitarsi (Rambur) similis, at differt thorace postice adhuc 

 magis angustato vLv sinuato. Convexus, niger, politus, elytris in 

 2 subopacis ; palpis, a7itennis et tarsis rujis ; capite quainin H. 

 rufitarsi paullo latiore, Icevi ; thorace max ab angulis anticis sat 

 late rotundato, postice longe recte et valde angustato, sed angulis 

 posticis distinctis, obtusis, fovea basali angusta puree punctata 

 excepta, Icevi ; elytris acute et sat profunde cequaliter striatis, 

 interstitiis supra plants, tertio impunctato, cceteris omnino 

 Icevibus, apice utroqiie sexu minus oblique sinuutis. 



Long. 10 millim. 



Goorais Valley. 



Harpalus idiotus. 



H. tenebroso {Dej.) haud dissimilis, relative brevior, thorace 

 postice paullo magis angustato, elytrisqueprofandius striatis. 

 Niger, nitidus (^elytris in 2 alutaceo-opacis), palpis, antennis 

 tarsisque rufis ; capite parvojjost oculos angustato, leevi; thorace 

 ante medium leviter rotundato-dilatato, postice recte angustato, 

 angulis posticis obtusis, basi utrinque parce grosse punctata, 

 fovea lata et vage impressa ; elytris quam thorax duplo tantum 

 longioribus, oblique sat fortiter sinuatis, acute et profunde 

 striatis, interstitiis, prcecipue versus apicem, convexis, tertio 

 unipunctato. 



Long. 10 millim. 



Goorais Valley ; Skardo. 



In colour and sculpture this species greatly resembles H. kashmi- 

 rensis, but the head is much smaller, the neck narrower, and the 

 thorax is less narrowed behind, with angles more nearly approaching 

 a right angle and the base punctured. 



MOLOPS piliferus. 



Molops piliferus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 718. 



The typical form of this species, as described from a large series 

 of examples taken by Stoliczka at Murree, is remarkable for the 

 uninterrupted series (from base to apex) of large punctures, bearing 



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