BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 567 



Hypocilibe l^ta, sp.nov. 



(J. C?) Oblonga. ; sat convexa ; minus nitida ; piceo-brunnea, 

 capite etsegmentis ventralibus (sub lente forti) sparsim sub- 

 tiliter, segmentis ceteris vix manifeste, pimctulatis ; pro- 

 thorace quam longiori tribus partibus latiori, postice quam 

 antice vix dimidio latiori, antice sat profunde arcuatim 

 emarginato, latitudine majori vix pone medium posita, lateri- 

 bus sat rotundatis baud sinuatis (nisi ad angulos posticos 

 ipsos), angulis posticis fortiter anticis vix acutis ; elytvis 

 prothorace vix plus 5'^ parte latioribus, postice minus abrupte 

 declivibus ; tibiis posticis iineatim, intermediis dense late, 

 intus tomentosis. [Long. 10, lat. 5 lines. 



The length of the prothorax down the middle is 2i lines, while 

 the distance between the apices of the anterior and posterior 

 angles is 2^ lines, and the middle of a line joining the apices of the 

 two front angles would be scarcely I line distant from the middle 

 of the front of the prothorax. The gular sulcus and the sub- 

 mentum scarcely differ from those of H. 7najor, except in the 

 latter being less strongly sulcate longitudinally. The prosternum 

 is not prominent in front. The front and middle coxae are 

 distinctly punctulate in front. The row of punctures close to the 

 margin of the elytra in the anterior half is not very well marked. 

 The lateral gutter of the prothorax is wide and well marked 

 (more distinctly than in H. major) and that of the elytra is very 

 narrow but of even width to the apex, — in H. major wider in 

 front but narrowing much hindward. The basal three ventral 

 segments are wrinkled longitudinally. The sides of the prothorax 

 are evenly rounded except in the hinder angles being a little 

 directed outwards, — in H. major they are distinctly sinuate before 

 the hind angles. The surface of the prosternum is a little flattened 

 down the middle, with two striae on each side, and the apex is 

 rounded. The basal joint of the front tarsi is channelled down 

 the middle and is (viewed from above) scarcely twice (viewed 

 from below, about three times) as long as the 2nd joint, and 



