BY ARTHUR M. LEA. ol7 



Clypeaster Blackmorei, n.sp. 



Elongate. Piceous; sides of apex of prothorax obscure red; 

 suture and apex of elytra obscure dark red; abdominal segments 

 paler than metasternum; the legs reddish-testaceous; antennae 

 brownish-testaceous, basal joints and the muzzle somewhat paler. 

 Above with rather sparse and moderately long pubescence, on 

 the undersurface the pubescence is still sparser, but rather longer. 

 Above moderately densely and rather minutely, metasternum 

 distinctly, punctate. 



Prothorax very shallowly bisinuate, angles very feebly pro- 

 duced. Scutellum small, longer than wide, semicircularl}^ triangular. 

 Elytra much longer than wide, widest behind the base, where it 

 is slightly wider than prothorax, not much wider at base than 

 near apex, each distinctly separately rounded. Femora moderate, 

 distance between the posterior greater than their length. Length 

 IJ (vix), width I mm. 



Hah. — Galston, Forest Reefs. 



Clypeaster nitida, n.sp. 



Moderately elongate. Piceous-brown; sides of apex of jDro- 

 thorax obscure pale testaceous; suture and sides of elytra indis- 

 tinctly paler than disk; undersurface somewhat darker than 

 above, tibiae and tarsi paler than femora; antennae obscure 

 testaceous, apical joints feebly infuscate. Above almost glabrous, 

 the pubescence being very short, sparse and dark; undersurface 

 with moderately long and dense pubescence, longest down the 

 middle of metasternum. Above with moderately dense and not 

 very minute punctures, undersurface densely and extremely 

 minutely punctate, metasternum with large shallow punctures. 



Prothorax feebly depressed in the middle of the base, very 

 shallowly bisinuate, angles very feebly produced. Scutellum 

 broadly transverse, semicircularly rounded. Elytra considerably 

 longer than wide, widest behind the base, slightly wider than 

 prothorax, base scarcely wider than apex, apex almost conjointly 



