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Head and prothorax with mixed punctures, i.e., there are minute punctures 
scattered between the regular punctuation. 
Antennary orbits feebly separated from sides of epistoma : punctuation on 
back of elytra not muricate — assimilis, n.s. 
Antennary orbits strongly separated from sides of epistoma : punctuation 
on back of elytra finely muricate — ciliatus, n.s. 
Head and prothorax simply punctured — serripes, Redtenb. 
Elytra thinly and feebly rugose punctate. 
Sides of epistoma well separated from antennary orbits concinnus, n.s. 
Sides of epistoma nearly continuous with antennary orbits Saagi , n.s.* 
Base of prothorax distinctly broadly lobed in the middle grandis, n.s. 
Prothorax and elytra not at all ciliate at the sides — intermedins , n.s. 
Ascelosodis serripes, Redtenb. 
The series of examples of this species in the collection were taken by Dr. Stoliczka at 
Yanktze, Ohagra, and Pankong Valley. Specimens have been very kindly compared with the 
type by Dr. Rogenhofer of the Imperial Museum of Vienna. 
Ascelosodis assimilis. 
Very close to A. serripes, Redtenb., from which it differs in having the head distinctly 
wrinkled above the eyes ; the punctuation on the head and prothorax mixed, that is, there 
are scattered minute punctures on the spaces between the larger punctures ; the hind angles 
of the prothorax and the humeral angles of the elytra are distinct. 
Length 2f to 3| lines. 
Dras, Kargil, and Leh. 
These differences are rather slight, but they are constant in a large series of examples. 
Ascelosodis ciliatus. 
Very near to the preceding, and perhaps only an extreme variety of it : it differs by its 
larger size, more prominent epistoma, the antennary orbits being separated from it and from 
the° front by a deeply impressed line ; the elytra entirely, though much more coarsely on the 
sides and epipleur® muricate punctate, and the hairs that fringe the sides of the prothorax 
and elytra much larger and fuller. 
Length 4 lines. 
Dras, Kargil, and Leh. A single example. 
Ascelosodis concinnus. 
Dark brown, shining ; underside reddish-brown; legs, antennae, palpi, labrum, and front 
half of the epistoma, red : head finely but not closely punctured, feebly wrinkled above the 
* This species was not found by Dr. Stoliczka. A single example exists in Dr. Haag’s collection. 
