454 Mr. CuRTis's Descripticns of 



tenuem efformantes (fig. /). Clypeus rotundatus reflexus. Caput mediocre. Thorax 



transversus, basi sinuatus, margine anteriore excavatus, angulis prominentibus : scutel- 



lum elongato-trigonum. Elytra thorace fere quater longiora, elliptica, pygidium baud 



complete operientia. Alae amplae. Pedes longi, graciles ; femora tibifeque anteriores 



brevissimae, hae latae, extus tridentatae, 4 posteriores spinosse ; tarsi longi, graciles, setosi, 



baud subtiis pubescentes, articulo basali longitudine 2di ; unguibus gracilibus, simpli- 



cibus. 



87- AcciA LuciDA, Curt. 



Nitid^ testacea, minute punctulata, capite ferrugineo, elytris subcupreis stria- 

 tis (Tab. XLI. fig. 6.). 



Length 4^ lines, breadth 2. 



Bright ochreous, smooth and very glossy : head and clypeus concave, with a small elevation 

 in the centre ; finely punctured, with a rosy tinge : thorax more faintly punctured aad 

 convex : scutel not punctured on the disc : elytra paler, testaceous, with a faint green- 

 ish tint, more rosy at the base, with 9 punctured striae on each vanishing at the apex ; 

 the interstices convex and sparingly punctured ; a few scattered hairs beneath ; pectus 

 punctured : tibiae inclining to ferruginous, especially the tips. 



A single specimen from Port St. Elena. It has the habit of Omaloplia, and 

 is distinguished from the preceding genus by its exposed labrum, differently 

 formed palpi and antennae, the length of the basal joint of the tarsi, which are 

 pot velvety beneath, and by its simple claws. 



*88. COLPORHINA BIFOVEOLATA, Curt. 



Ferruginea seneo tincta, punctulata, squamis albidis in thorace elytrisque ma- 



culas efFormantibus vestita. 

 Length 3 lines, breadth l|. 



Shining ferruginous with a brassy tint, sparingly clothed with lanceolated, depressed white 

 scales, giving a mottled colour to the thorax and elytra : antennae and palpi testaceous: 

 head and clypeus strongly punctured, the latter lunate, with a distinct curved suture 

 at the base, leaving the liead of a transverse lenticular form : thorax very convex and 

 regularly punctured, rather transverse, semiovate, broadest at the base ; scutel mode- 

 rate, semioval, punctured : elytra broader than the thorax, only twice as long, and 

 exposing the pygidium, rather rugose with punctures ; at the middle is a subcordate 

 fovea, with an impression beyond it, extending round the apex, and forming an apical 

 elevation : underside with variolated punctures and minute depressed white hairs : 

 legs punctured and similarly clothed, stout, hinder elongated ; tibias, anterior with the 



