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punctulato, antice emarginato, aiir/idis anticls promlnulis, acutiusculis, latcri- 

 btis arcicatim rotundatis, hasi hisintiato ; scutello IcBvi ; elytris mgro-oli- 

 vaccis, thorace \ latiorihus at 3| longioribus, crehre subtiliter jmiictulat/s, 

 lincis noimiillis impressis, ad apicem oblique angustatis. 



Long. 11 I'm., lat. 6 I'm. 



This species is at once separated from L. simplex by its muck broader form ; 

 the thorax is a httle more convex, much broader, more finely punctured, and more 

 rounded at the sides, the anterior angles more acute. The elytra are much of the 

 same form, but broader ; the punctuation is finer and less close. 



Sah. : East Australia. 



Aetactes guttifee, sj). n. 



Sub-circular'is, convexus, ceratus, suhtus picesceJis ; cajnte esneo, sub- 

 t'llissime vix perspicne punctulato, inter oculos longitudinaliter impresso ; 

 thorace longitudine fere triplo latiori, stcbtilissinie punctulato, antice emar- 

 ginato, postlce rotundato, angulis anticis rotundatis ; scutello nigro,fere Icevi ; 

 elytris thorace paulo latioribus, convexis, laterihus parum arcuatis,ad apicem 

 rotundatis, seriatim ptmctatis, punct'is distantibus {et scepe per paria appiroxi- 

 matis), violaceo-cinctis ; pedibus piceis, csneo-tinctis . 



Long. 4 lin., lat. 3^ lin. 



The three basal joints of the four anterior tarsi are not quite so much dilated 

 as in the type of this genus {A. nigritarsis) , but in other i-espects the present species 

 agrees well generically with it. The distinct punctures forming the rows on the 

 elytra being surrounded with purple gives this species a very decided character. 



Hal). : Java (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). 



Aetactes lepidus, sp. n. 



Bi'eviter ovalis, convexus, supra ceneus, subtus piceus ; fronte leviter 

 convexa, fere Icevi, clypeo subtilissime sat crebre punctulato ; thorace longi- 

 tudine fere triplo latiori, antice angustato,titipice emarginato, angulis anticis 

 obtusis, posticis rotundatis, basi rotundato; scutello parce punctulato; 

 elytris thorace parum, latioribus, regulariter striato-punctatis, punctis 

 haud approx'imatis, interstitiis Imvibus, laterihus leviter arcuatis, apice rotun- 

 dato ; antennis pedibusque piceis. Long. 4, lin., lat. 3 lin. 



The thorax is thickly but very obsoletely punctured ; the margins blue. The 

 elytra have regular rows of rather distant coppery punctures ; the fine rellcxcd 

 margins are blue. The anterior tarsi are only slightly dilated. 



Hab. : Java (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). 



CRYPSIS, gen. nov. 

 Apical joint of the maxillary palpi somewhat enlarged towards 

 the apex, obliquely truncate. Antenme rather more than half the 



