198 
Mr. Curtis’s Descriptions of 
punctate-striate, apex emarginate, forming 2 strong blackish Spines on 
the outside; a spot on each side of the scutellum piceous, a band across 
the middle and another below it, uniting along the suture and costa, and 
forming 2 ovals of a piceous colour: legs pale ochre. 
One from St. Paul’s. It seems to be nearly related to Germar’s E. sub- 
fasciatus. 
*33. AMPEDUS? DORSALIS. Curt. 
Niger, puberulus; capite thoraceque profundé punctatis ; thoracis marginibus 
lateralibus ochreis; elytris minuté punctatis, striis profundé punctatis, 
maculaque magna ochreâ humerali secus costam attenuata. 
Length 62, breadth 2 lines. 
Terminal joint of mazillary palpi subtrigonate: antenne with the 2nd joint 
globose, 3rd short obovate, the remainder compressed, serrated. Black, 
pubescence ochreous; head and thorax thickly and strongly punctured, 
the latter ovate-quadrate, the angles long, acute, and piceous at the apex, 
a broad lateral ochreous margin, extending also beneath, and leaving an 
oval black space on the back: elytra rounded at the apex, minutely punc- 
tured, with strongly punctured striæ, a large bright ochreous spot cover- 
ing each shoulder, and attenuated along the costa beyond the middle. 
Taken by Lieut. T. Graves. 
*34. AMPEDUS CINGULUM. Curt. 
Niger; capite thoraceque dense, elytris minute punctatis ; his lineis punctorum 
magnorum non nisi ad apicem et in macula unà alteráve disci ochreis. 
Length 6 to 7 lines, breadth 2 to 21. 
Palpi and antenne like A. dorsalis, excepting the 3rd joint of the latter, which 
is subglobose. Black, pubescent; head and thorax thickly and strongly 
punctured, the latter suborbicular, the hinder lobes long, divaricating and 
acute, slightly gibbose behind, with a dorsal impression: elytra bright 
ochreous, excepting a large portion of the apex, minutely punctured, with 
very strong lines also of brown punctures, 2 piceous spots on the disc 
placed obliquely, the upper ones next the suture are sometimes wanting. 
From St. Paul's. 
