304 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse on some new Coleoptera 



globose. The spots on the thorax and elytra arc of moderate size, 

 and most of them round. 



Apocyrtus ruficollis. 

 iVp. picevis ; thorace pedibusque vufesccntibus ; corpore subtus, genibus, 

 tarsisquo nigrcscentibus ; thorace cum elytris quoad latitudinem fer^ eo- 

 aequali. Thorax punctatus, disco impunctato, ad latera subtubevculata. 

 Elytra subseriatini punctulata. Long. corp. 6^ lin. ; lat. 2-\- lin. 



This species nearly resembles the^^. profanus (Eschsch.) in form, 

 but is proportionately rather shorter and broader ; it is much less 

 coarsely sculptured than that species, and more than twice the size. 



Apocyrtus quadruUfer, 

 Ap. niger ; thorace punctato ; elytris parce punctatis ; capitis nota suboculari, 

 et rostri nota basali, necnon thoracis margine Hneisque duabus longitudi- 

 iialibus, pallide caeruleo-viridibus ; sic et elytrorum lineas, areas quatuor- 

 decim, plerasque quadratas, circumdantibus ; areis duabus suturalibus. 

 Long. Corp. 6 hn. ; lat. 3 Hn. 



This species nearly resembles in size and form the Pachyrhynchus 

 moniliferus, but the thorax is proportionately larger, and the elytra 

 rather narrower. The rostrum is thickly but finely punctured, and 

 has a transverse groove behind, and a large oblong shallow impres- 

 sion in front. The thorax is distinctly punctured, is margined by a 

 greenish blue line, and has two longitudinal lines above, towards the 

 sides. The elytra are divided by longitudinal and transverse lines 

 into numerous areas which are mostly of a quadrate form, or nearly 

 so : at the base of the elytra five of these areas (which are rather 

 longer than broad) form a transverse series — the largest of these is 

 the central one : in the middle of the elytra there is another trans- 

 verse series of four areas ; here, therefore, there is a line on the su- 

 ture ; behind these again are five more areas ; the central one is long, 

 and extends to the apex of the elytra, and those adjoining on either 

 side are nearly of a triangular form. The elytra are distinctly punc- 

 tured, but the punctures are scattered, and, excepting near the su- 

 ture, do not form longitudinal striae. The thorax is rather spa- 

 ringly punctured ; the head is smooth behind ; but between the eyes 

 are some indistinct confluent punctures ; in front of the eyes is a 

 transverse impression, and on the basal half of the rostrum is a lon- 

 gitudinal depression, which is dilated in front. The upper surface is 

 rather finely punctured. 



Apocyrtus subquadrulifer. 

 A p. niger, thorace supra punctulato ; elytris distincte punctatis; capitis 

 nota suboculari et rostri nota basali, necnon thoracis margine hneisque 

 duabus metallice viridibus, sic et elytrorum lineis areas undecim pleras- 

 que oblongas circumdantibus ; areis tribus suturalibus. Long. corp. 6 

 lin.; lat. 2i lin. 



This species is about equal in size to the Pachyrhynchus monilife- 

 rus; the elytra are rather more elongated, and the thorax a trifle less 

 swollen in the middle ; it is rather less than the Apocyrtus quadruUfer ; 

 the rostrum is narrower and more contracted at the base ; the thorax 

 and elytra are also proportionately narrower. Like the insect last 

 mentioned, the present species has the elytra divided into rectan- 



