COLEOPTERA. 
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foveolis basalibus grosse sparsim puncta tis, interiori rotundata, exteriori vage impressa cari- 
naque obsoletissima vel nulla : elytris acute et simplieiter striatis, interstitiis plants : corpore 
subtus Icevi, nitido. 
$ . Tibicc intermedia subtus medio sinuatce, delude paulo dilatatce et denticulatce. 
Long. 3^ lin. 
Tlie rudimentary bidentate undersurface of the middle tibiae of the $ show a tendency 
towards the genus Curtonotus, but the facies of tlie species is totally unlike that group ; 
the general appearance of the insect being that of a moderately robust Calatkus. There 
is scarcely any trace of the oblique carina at the posterior angles of the thorax, and the sides 
of the latter form a tolerably regular curve from base to apex, without the slightest sinu- 
ation near the hind angles. 
1 lab. — “ Eras, Kargil, and Leh.” 
47. — LeIOCNEMIS TARTARI2E. 
Bates, Proc. Zool, Soc. 1878, p. 716. 
Obion go-ovata, modice convexa, nigra polita, supra, aenescens ; partibus oris , antennis, 
pedibusque piceo-rufis : thorace valde transverso, lateribus fortiter arcuatis, antice et postice 
fere aqualiler angustato, angulis posticis distinctis sed obtusis, basi utrinque foveis duabus 
modice impresses fortiter punctatis : elytris punctato-striatis , interstitiis plants : prosterni 
apice late rotmidato, marginato, meso-et metasternis punctatis ; menti dente lato , magno , 
bifido. 
Long. 3 1 lin. 
The whole surface of the body is polished, beneath black, sometimes piceous and red- 
dish, with the elytral epipleurse also reddish ; above tinged with greenish-brassy, the elytra 
sometimes bright brassy-green. The frontal fovese are sharply impressed and linear, as in 
many other Leiocnemis. The thorax is transverse, distinctly narrower than the elytra, very 
strongly rounded on the sides, so as to give it an almost rounded appearance ; the widest 
part is the middle, whence it narrows almost equally towards tbe apex and the base, the 
sides joining the base without any sinuation and forming an angle which is more obtuse 
than rectangular ; the basal foveae are never deep and in some examples scarcely apparent 
except from their coarse punctuation. 
Rah . — Between Yangi Hissar and Sirikol. 
48. — Leiocnemis ebivola. 
Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 717. 
JParva, oblonga, subtus rufo-castanea, supra nigro-aenea, vel aenea, elytris interdum 
castaneis aeneo-tinctis ; partibus oris, antennis, pedibusque rvfotestaceis : foveis frontalibus 
lineanbus extus acute exaratis, antice supra epistomaten continuatis : tliorace transversim 
quadrato lateribus leniier arcuatis ; postice minus quam antice angustato, mox ante basin 
paulluhim sinuato, angulis posticis fere reeds ; foveis basalibus grosse punctatis ; elytris 
punctulato-striatis ; menti dente bifido, piano. 
Long. 2| lin. 
