BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 623 



My specimen is somewhat damaged, having lost two joints from 

 each antennae; the joints that are left correspond with those of S. 

 Icelus, <^., except that the basal joint is equal in length to the two 

 following, the 2nd not noticeably shorter than the 3rd. 



Syzetoninus 4-foveatus, n.sp. 



f5". Oblong-oval, scarcely shining. Head and scutellum black; 

 prothorax, elytra, lower surface and apical joints of antennte 

 brownish-black; legs and palpi piceous-brown, coxae and tarsi 

 paler; antennte with basal joints not much paler than the others. 

 Above very minutely and not densely pubescent, more densely 

 beneath. Head and prothorax very densely and minutely punc- 

 tate, elytra not so densely but more strongly, the punctures 

 strongest towards the base; meso- and metasternum densely and 

 minutely punctate, densest at the sides, but strongest in the 

 middle; abdominal segments (basal most noticeably) minutely 

 punctate. 



Head as long as the width at the base; eyes prominent, across 

 them the width is gx-eater than that of the prothorax: antennae 

 rather thick, reaching basal third of elytra, the joints from the 

 third gradually widening; lst-3rd joints cylindrical, 1st as long 

 as 2nd-3rd, 2nd not much longer than 3rd, 3rd shortest, 4th-10th 

 shortly obconic, 11th one and a half times as long as 10th. 

 Prothorax feebly transverse, rounded in front, truncate at base, 

 widest in front of the middle; at the base with a row of four 

 shallow irregular foveas; without an impression across the middle. 

 Elytra scarcely wider than head, two and a half times as long as 

 prothorax, about twice as long as wide, shoulders rounded, sides 

 subparallel to near the apex, a shallow depression behind the base. 

 Legs slender, all the tibiae straight, posterior femora very slightly 

 thicker than intermediate, basal joint of posterior tarsi twice as 

 long as the following united, the basal joint of intermediate about 

 as long as the remainder. Length If -If, width |-| mm. 



Ilab. — Galston and Gosford. 



From the male of -S*. inconspicuus, which it closely resembles 

 (and of which I have both sexes), the above species may be 



