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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
eyes : prothorax strongly transverse, front angles prominent, sides gradually expanding from 
apex to behind the middle, thence strongly rounded to the base ; hind angles very open and, 
being depressed, appearing to he broadly rounded (or obsolete) when viewed from above ; 
sparsely punctured on the disc, more closely so at the sides ; side margins rellexed : scutel- 
lum distinct : elytra somewhat oval, squarely truncated at base, humeral angle very open ; not 
densely, and but little rugosely, punctured, the epipleurte muricately punctured, sides fringed 
with hairs, longest at the shoulders. 
Length 3 to 3-f lines. 
Pamir, between Sirikol and Panga. 
Ascelosodis grandis. 
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Broadly ovate, convex, black somewhat nitid, underside of body black, legs piceous, tarsi 
and antennae paler : head strongly wrinkled above the eyes : prothorax densely punctured, 
confluently so at the sides, base considerably wider than apex, front angles not prominent ; 
sides gradually curvedly expanded to near the base, whence they curve inwards to the hind 
angles, which are very obtuse; base rather strongly sinuate at each side, broadly lobed in 
the middle : elytra convex, humeral angles distinct ; rather closely and regularly and slightly 
rugosely punctured, the epi pleura; strongly muricately punctured: margins ciliated. 
Length 5| lines. 
Dras, Kargil, and Leh. 
Ascelosodis intermeditjs. 
Ovate, black, a little shining, legs pitchy brown, antennae and palpi rufescent : labrum 
distinctly notched in the middle of fore margin and shortly ciliate : head rugosely punctured, 
most strongly so above the eyes : prothorax rounded at the sides, more contracted in front 
than behind; apex not deeply emarginate, front angles not produced ; base feebly sinuate, hind 
angles distinct but obtuse ; finely not densely and somewhat uniformly punctured, the punc- 
tures largest and slightly rugose at the sides: elytra broadest behind the middle/ uniformly 
but not closely or deeply punctured, and faintly rugulose : epipleune muricately punc- 
tured ; sides not ciliate ; base feebly emarginate at the middle, thence sloping to the humeral 
angle at each side ; humeral angle distinct but open. 
Length nearly 4 lines. 
Dras, Kargil, and Leh. 
By its habit, style of punctuation, and non-ciliated sides of prothorax and elytra, this 
species approaches the genus Syachis. 
AnATOLICA MONTI VAGA. 
Habit of genus Colposcelis. Head and prothorax finely, not closely, but uniformly, punc- 
tured : epistoma rather prominent, a little hollowed out at the sides, broadly truncated in 
front ; mandibles without superior tooth : prothorax as long as broad, contracted behind, 
widest anteriorly, apex feebly emarginate, front angles depressed and rounded ; hind angles 
very open, not prominent; basal margin gradually sloping downwards at each side from/he 
angle to the centre, the point opposite the scutellum is consequently on a lower level than the 
