220 [March, 



long, the sides very considerably rouiidod and narrowed in front, the hind angles 

 rectangular ; longitudinal sidci deep and wide at the base, their external margin well 

 defined as a sharp line, which is continued almost to the fi'ont margin, they are con- 

 nected at the base by a fine, transverse, impressed line ; disc of the thorax smooth, 

 external margins finely punctured. Elytra very little longer than wide, their sides 

 rounded and a little narrowed to the apex, each with nine strise, punctured deeply, 

 each separate puncture being easily visible, the mai-gin with a row of punctures, 

 widened and reflexed. Legs and antennae pale ferruginous. 



" Common at Nagasaki in rubbish heaps in winter : probably 

 "widely distributed in South Japan."- — Gr. L. 



Shipley Yicarage, Horsham : 

 Fehruary 9th, 1874. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OE BARIDIUS {COLEOPTERA : 

 RHYNCHOPIIOEA) FEOM SINGAPORE, WHICH DESTROYS ORCHIDS. 



BY ClIAS. O. WATERHOUSE. 



Babidius aterriml's, sp. n. 



Ater, depressiiisculus, opaciis. Rostro valido, elongato, arcuato, fortltcr crehre 

 jninctaio, lateribus sulcatis. Thorace antice oblique angustato, laterihiis roiundaiis, 

 elytrorum latitudine vix lat'iori ($) vel angustiorl {$), fortiter crehre punctato, 

 granulis inter jnuicta nitidis. Scutello parvo, rotundato, punctato. Elytris thoracis 

 basi paiilo latioribus, apicem versus gradatim angustatis, sat fortiter sulcatis ; siilcis 

 fortiter punctatis (punctis elongatis), interstltiis planis, opacis, coriaceis,tuberculis 

 perparvis nitidis aspersis. Corpore subtus pedibusque fortiter crehre punctatis. 



Long. corp. (rostro exvlusoj 2 — 2\ lin. 



The curve of the rostrum is not in continuation of that of the 

 forehead, but the rostrum springs somewhat abruptly from the fore- 

 head wdth an arch ; the punctuation is strong and coarse, and on tbe 

 sides the punctures are confluent, and form irregular longitudinal 

 furrows. The thorax is broadest rather behind the middle where the 

 sides are rounded, in front gradually narrowing to the head (at the 

 apex very slightly constricted), bebind narrower than the elytra ; 

 the posterior margin strongly bisinuate ; the surface very thickly, 

 strongly, and evenly punctured, leaving the very slight intervals like 

 minute, shining granules. The elytra are somewhat strongly sulcate, 

 the sulci with elongate separate punctures ; the interstices are flat, 

 opaque, extremely finely coriaceous, with minute shining granules, 

 rather irregularly scattered over the surface. The anterior and 

 intermediate femora are furnished with a distinct tooth on the under- 

 side. The sterna are strongly and closely ocellate-punctate ; the 

 abdomen less strongly and less thickly punctured, and somewhat 

 shining. 



Ilab. : Singapore. Coll. Brit. Mus. 



