Capt. P. P. Kj\(/s South Hmkmk Coleoptm. 



*115. NrCTBUA VHDATlFEtiNU, (int. 



Laevis .nigra, elytris snlcis 7 breribu la* titnmnii in Mfgine ttterion 



(Tab. XL[. fig. lo.). 

 Length 8 lines; breadth of male 4\, female 5£. 



Smooth shining black: clypeus emarginate and coarsely punctured: thorax ■ 

 licately punctured in front, a little narrowed and emarpnatc, formin 

 angles, the base bisinuated, the angles produced and tribute , sides l%hl ^d 



punctured, the margin very narrow and indistinctly en nated, the dive OODYW ; | 

 invisible: elytra ovate, almost orbicular in the female; the suture sunk. « 

 the apex; sides narrowly keeled and crenatcd ; from thence extend 7 transversa broad, 

 oval grooves, forming narrow raised spaces, about half the breadth of i!. and 



slightly inclining downward; the apex narn.ued and forming an oval alopaag tail, 

 slightly scabrose : legs moderately long and stout : anterior tibia- with an extend s; 

 the others scabrose: lobe of pectus broad at the apex, with 2 punctured groove*. 



Taken at Port St. Elena by the same officer in December. It may be allied 

 to N. pUcatipenms, Lacordaire. 



1 16. Nycteua Fitzroyi, Curt. Watwhousc in Proceed. Zool. Soc, Dec. 1841, 



p. 109. 



Laevis nigra, elytris hemisphaericis caudatis, antennis pedibus<jue nitide fen u- 



gineis (Tab. XLI. fig. 11.). 

 Length 10 lines, breadth /j. 



Smooth, black: clypeus emarginate, the sides with a few deep punctures: thorax shining, 

 much broader at the base, which is bisinuated, than before ; anterior margin deeply 

 semicircular, the angles acute, trigonate, sides convex, a little sinuated behind, and 

 forming produced subovate lobes, with a strong transverse groove : elytra orbicular, 

 convex, deadish-black, and under a lens may be traced 6 scratched longitudinal lines, 

 with various smaller branches between them, the edges crumpled; very much sloped 

 off behind and narrowed at the apex, which forms a subtrigonate tail, a little rugose : 

 pectoral lobe broad, rounded and rugose- striate, as well as the sides of the thorax and 

 the basal abdominal segments : antenna? short and ferruginous : legs long, bright fer- 

 ruginous ; anterior tibias with an external spine, and serrated outside, the others with 

 the external surface scabrose. 



This noble species, which I have dedicated to Captain Fitzroy, who com- 

 vol. xix. . 3 p 



