46 Mr. F. P. Pascoc on some new Anthribida. 



Litocerus litigiosus. 



L. ovatus, niger ; prothorace utrinque flavescente vittato ; elytris 

 maculis parvis flavescentibus ornatis; tarsorum articulo primo, 

 basi excepta, flavescente. 

 Hob. Dorey. 



Ovate, black; prothorax with a transversely impressed line 

 interrupted in the middle, and a broad yellowish stripe on each 

 side ; elytra punctato-striate, with a few small scattered isolated 

 yellowish spots, one larger than the rest, common to both elytra, 

 near the scutellum ; antenna about half the length of the body, 

 black, the funiculus rather stout, the two basal joints and bases 

 of the fourth to the seventh, testaceous red ; legs black, four 

 posterior tibia3 in the middle and first joint of all the tarsi, 

 except at the base, yellowish; beneath dark umber-brown. 

 Length 3 lines. 



Litocerus perplexus. 



L. ohlongo-ovatus, fuscus ; prothoracis disco cruciatim rufo- cineras- 

 cente maculata, lateribus sub-bivittatis ; elytris flavescentibus, an- 

 tice fusco-maculatis, postice suhundulatis ; tarsorum articulo primo 

 fusco. 



Hob. Dorey. 



Oblong-ovate, dark brown; prothorax with a reddish-ashy 

 central stripe, and a transversely impressed line spotted at each 

 end, together forming a cross-shaped mark, the sides also dull 

 yellow, with an irregular brown line dividing it into two unequal 

 stripes ; elytra reddish ashy intimately mingled with brown, at 

 the base assuming the form of spots, but posteriorly of waved 

 bands interrupted at the suture near the apex ; antennae more 

 than half the length of the body, the funiculus slender, testa- 

 ceous yellow, the club brown ; legs brown, tibise at the base and 

 the three terminal joints of the tarsi dull testaceous. Length 

 3J lines. 



Litocerus divergens. 



L. oblongo-ovatus, ater ; prothorace vittis tribus, elytrisque singulis 

 duabus una externa una suturali (medio divergente) grisescen- 

 tibus. 

 Hob. Macassar. 



Oblong-^ovate, tomentose, black ; head, sides of the rostrum, 

 three stripes on the prothorax, and two on each elytron, 

 one commencing at the angle of the shoulder and continued 

 round to near the apex, the other behind the scutellum close to 

 the suture, but soon diverging towards the centre, then again 

 approaching and becoming sutural to the apex, pale greyish ; 

 antennae less than half the length of the body, the funiculus 

 pale, the club dark brown ; legs dark brown, the femora ferru- 



