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8 (5). Thorax widest behind the middle; lateral 



margins tinely but distinctly rellexed . . concinnus, Bates. 



9 (4). Elytral shoulders obtuse, but more or less 



prominent and dentil'orm 10. 



10 (13). Sides of thorax and elylia with lon<,^ hairs 



beneath , 11. 



11 (12). Median h)be ofhead feebly separated from 



lateral lobes ; elytral puncLuration not 



muricate assimilis, Bates. 



12 (11). Median lobe of head strongly separated 



from lateral lobes ; elytral puncturation 



muricate ciliatus, Bates. 



13 (10). Sides of thorax and elytra not ciliate .... intermedia, liates. 



14 (3). Base of thorax notably bisinuate grandis^ Bates. 



15 (2). Median lobe of head not very prominent, 



nearly continuous ^Yitll lateral lobes . , 16. 



16 (17). Humeral angles of elytra distinct haagi, Bates. 



17 (16). Humeral angles of elytra rounded 18. 



18 (19). Elytra almost impunctate everestina^ sp. n. 



19 (18). Elytra evidently punctate longsfaji, sp. n. 



20 (1). Sides of thorax straight or feebly sinuate 



before posterior angles, which are rect- 

 angular 21. 



21 (22). Thorax and elytra strongly punctured .... thihetcma, sp. u.* 



22 (21). Thorax and 'elytra feebly and sparsely 



punctured nitida, sp. n.f 



* Ascelosodis ihibetaua, sp. n. 



Pitchy black, moderately nitid, underside, legs, and antennjB reddish; 

 head almost impunctate in the middle, clypeal lobe strongly prominent 

 and sharply separated from the lateral lobes, with a number of fine 

 furrows running up to above the eyes. Thorax about tAvice as wide as 

 long, sides rounded in the middle but feebly sinuate before both anterior 

 and posterior angles, rendering the former acute and prominent, the 

 latter almost rectangular, base feebly rounded with an impression each 

 side about the middle, disc strongly muricately punctate, more densely 

 so towards the sides. Elytra shortly ovate, ^videst about the middle, the 

 base feebly and broadly emarginate, basal carina entire, somewhat corru- 

 gated ; disc convex, strongly and rather densely muricately punctate, 

 especially towards the sides ; reflexed portion rather sparingly ciliate. 



Length 7|-8| mm. 



Habitat. Gyaugtse, 13,000 ft., June 1904, Thibet Expedition {H. J. 

 Walton). 



Numerous examples. 



t Ascelosodis nitida, sp. n. 



Yerj similar to the above, but more nitid, and more sparingly and 

 finely punctate, the elytral punctures being obsolescent, the thorax much 

 less strongly rounded at the sides, and, with the sides of the elytra, 

 more densely ciliate beneath. 



Length 7 mm. 



Habitat. Sikkim, 1904, Thibet Expedition {H. J. Walton). 



3 ex. 



