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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
44. — AM AHA BAMIDUNYiE. 
Bates Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 716. 
A. triviali ( Duffs .) affinis. Ovata, subtug viridi-aenea, supra aenea, aniennis articulis 2 
basalibus rufis, pedibus nigro-vel aeneo-piceis : thorace quamin A. triviali et A. spreto breviori, 
basi impunctalo, foveolis interiori oblong a, exteriori parvu obliqua subobsoleta : elytris striis 
subtilibus, apice hand prof undins impressis, distincte punctulatis, interstitiis plants. 
Long. 3^ — 4 lin. 
Partakes of tlie characters of three species — trivialis, spreta, and famelica, having the 
shorter thorax of the last, the basal coloration of antennae of the second, and the size and 
colouring of the first. But it is distinguished from all by the peculiarly fine striation of the 
elytra, in which the punctures are generally more conspicuous and broader than the strise 
themselves. Another character is the less polished surface ; owing to the minute striation, 
especially of the elytra, even in the male. In matured individuals the undersurface of the breast 
and epipleurse of the elytra is polished brassy green, the abdomen and femora brassy black. 
The scutellar striole lies between the first and second stria;, arising from near the hase of the 
latter. 
Bab.— Pamir; between Sirikol and Panga. A large number of examples. 
45. — Amara ambigena. 
Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 716. 
Breviter ovata, nigro-aenea polita, ventris apice rufo ; palpis, antennis basi, pedibus, 
elytrorumque epipleuris, rufis, elytris interdum castaneis : thorace brevi, antice gradatim 
rotundato-angustato , apud basin elytris paulo angustiori, margine basali flexuoso, angulis 
posticis subacutis ; foveolis basalibus utrinque duabus lalis, sparsim grosse punctatis ; elytris 
brevibus , punctata to -striatis, interstitiis plants : menti dente elongato triangulari sed apice 
anguste fisso. $ Tibice posticce intus panciter pilosce. 
Long. 3^ lin. 
Approaches the genus Leiocnemis, the hind tibiae of the S having only a few soft hairs 
on their inner edge and the thorax being narrower than the elytra and parallel-sided for a 
short distance from the base : the facies is also that of Leiocnemis tar tar ice. The frontal 
fovese are narrow, deep, and flexuous. The sides of the thorax are explanated gradually after 
the middle. The elytral strise arc fine and equally impressed from base to tip, the scutellar 
striole being united to the first stria. The sterna are smooth. 
Bab. — Between Tanktze and Chagra, Pangong Valley. 
46. —Leiocnemis himabaica. 
Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 716. 
JElongato-ovata, rufo-picea vet castanea supra aeneo-tincta ; partibus oris, antennis, pedi - 
busque Jlavotestaceis ; thorace brevi, transverso, lateribus fere cequaliter arcuatis, antice 
paulo magis quam postice angustato, angulis posticis obtusis, lateribus paululum explanatis. 
