270 [May, 



The front and middle tarsi are 5-joiiited, all the four basal joints are small, the hind 

 tarsi are apparently only 4-jointed, but there may be a very short and concealed 5th 

 basal joint. 



Beontes pleubalis, n. sp. 



Castaneus, depressus, nitidus ; protliorace fere impunctato, nltido, 

 lateribus irregular iter frofunde(iue scrratis, vel Jissis ; elytris minus 

 elonjatis, humeris rotundafis, lateribus valde elevato-explanatis, epipleuris 

 latis ; metasterno hrevi. Long. corp. 8 mm. ; lat.fers 3 mm. 



Antennae elongate and slender, basal joint about as long as joints 2 — 5 together, 

 2nd joint about half as long as 3rd, from 4 — 11 each distinctly shorter than its 

 predecessor, the 11th very nearly as long as the 3rd; their whole length from 

 7 to 8 mm. Head shining and almost impunctate, the antennal elevations large and 

 strongly marked. Thorax nearly as long as broad, its surface shining and impunc- 

 tate, but bearing several large shallow depressions, the sides divided by deep, irregular 

 indentations. Eljtra with the shoulders quite rounded, bearing six rows of coarse 

 punctures, and with the sides elevated, the elevated part limited from the sutm-al 

 portion by some large impressions, and its sculpture consisting of a few fine granules. 

 Tarsi elongate, their basal joint much moi*e elongate than in B. planatus. 



Tairua ; two individuals sent by Captain Broun, with the 

 number 322 attached, and the information that they were found 

 under bark. 



Obs. — This interesting insect might be made the type of a new 

 genus, for the broad epipleurae seem to distinguish it abruptly from 

 the other species described ; but I think it better to call it at present 

 a JBrontes. The two individuals sent me by Captain Broun were (as 

 other species of Brontes often are) entirely covered with a thick coat 

 of mattei', probably the result of the drying of the decaying sappy 

 matter seen under bark, and thus their sculpture was entirely 

 concealed. 



TeOGODERMA SERRiaEEUM, n. sp. 



Fusco-rufum, densius irregulariter griseo fuscoque vestifum; 

 antennis ap)icem versus latissimis, hasi testaced, apice fusco, articuJis 

 5 — 11 int us product is. Long. 5 onm. 



Antennae very short, the 3rd joint slender and rather long, the 4th much shorter 

 and a little angulated internally, the 5tli slightly produced, and, like the following 

 joints, very short ; these apical joints are dark in colour, and each is strongly produced 

 inwardly, the 11th joint being also very short and broad, but not quite so wide as 

 the 10th. The upper surface is not of a luiiform colour, but of different shades of 

 infuscate red, and it is densely clothed with depressed grey and fuscous hairs which 

 obscure the sculpture, and which are not arranged so as to form any definite pattern. 

 The legs are reddish. 



