50 Mr. Westwood's Synopsis of 



nis forma, ut et loco natali. Caput trigonum, piinctatum, linea tenui impressa abbrevi- 

 ata, e margine antico verticem versus ducta, vertice ipso impressionibus duabus semi- 

 circularibus in medio conjunctis ; anteniiarum clava parva, thorace baud longiori, ovata, 

 angulo basali externo in hamum producto. Prothorax cordato-tnincatus, parte antica 

 capite pauUo latiori, lateribus rotundatis, dorso in medio impresso ; margine postico pa- 

 rum latiori. Elytra fulvo-castanea, nitida, disco nigro. Abdomen, segmento penultimo 

 in medio pauUo fisso ; apicali brevissimo, transverso, utrinque tuberculo minuto in- 

 structo. Pedes subbreves, pariim compressi ; tibiis breviter bicalcaratis. 



Sp. 24. P. Saundersii, n. sp. 



Fulvo-rufescens subnitidus punctatus, capite thoraceque obscurioribus, anten- 

 narum clava oblongo-ovata basi ext^s in hamum setigerum product^. 



Long, Corp. lin. 3^. 



Habitat in India Orientali. In Mus. D. W. W. Saunders. 



AfEnis P. cognato ; differt tamen clava antennarum longiori, elytris unicoloribus, &c. Caput 

 inter oculos impressionibus duabus semicircularibus notatum. Antennarum clava ob- 

 scura, luteo-setosa, oblongo-ovata, margine carinato, angulo basali externo in hamum 

 setigerum producto. Prothorax cordato-truncatus, in medio transverse impressus, im- 

 pressione utrinque in tuberculum parvum laterale desinente ; parte antica paullo ele- 

 vata, lateribus rotundatis; margine postico pariim latiori. Elytra thorace multo latiora, 

 sensim dilatata, fulvo-rufescentia, subnitida, punctata, setosa. Pedes longitudine medi- 

 ocres; tibiis subcylindricis apice breviter bicalcaratis, tarsis distincte 5-articulatis. Palpi 

 maxillares articulo 2do magnitudine mediocri. 



Sp. 25. P. Hardwickii, Westw. [Linn. Trans, xvi. p. 649,] 

 Nepaul. 



Sp. 26. Sp. inedit. Latr. [Linn. Trans, xvi. p. 651.] . 

 Isle of France. 



Obs. P. rujicollis, Fabr. [Linn. Trans, xvi. p. 650.] is given by Dr. Erichson- 

 as one of the Malachii, and as identical with his Collops A-maculatus (M. 4- 

 maculatus, Fabr.). 



Genus 2. Platyrhopalus. Westw. 



Sp. I. (27.) P. denticomis, Donov. [Linn. Trans, xvi. p. 657.] 

 East Indies. 



Sp. 2. (28.) P. unicolor, Westw. [Linn. Trans, xvi. p. 659.] P. denticornis, 



Gyll., Schonh, 

 East Indies. 



