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trace of the bright sandy-yellow of B. japonica, the basal area is more suffused with 

 blackish, the central whitish belt more conspicuous, the submarginal white undulated 

 stripe sharply defined, and the outer border dark smoky-brown ; the body below is 

 smoky-grey, instead of ochreous : expanse of wings, 3 inches, 8 lines. 

 Japan (Coll. O. Janson). 



It is unfortunate that the exact locality of this species cannot be 

 ascertained. 



*8. Brahmcea Whitei, Butler. Darjiling. 

 *9. „ concJiifera, Butl. Silhet and Darjiling. 



10. „ rufescens, Butl. ]N\ E. Bengal. 



*11. „ Wallichii, Gray. Nepal. 



I have put an asterisk to those species represented in the 

 National Collection. 



British Museum : August, 1880. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA FEOM 

 CENTRAL AMERICA. 



BY D. SHARP, M.B. 



The two descriptions now sent for publication were drawn up by 

 me several years ago, at a time when Mr. Belt submitted to me for 

 examination certain portions of his important collection of Central 

 American Coleoptera. Since that time the lamented decease of the 

 talented scientist has occurred : and as his collections are now being 

 studied for description of new species by specialists, it seems desirable 

 to utilize by publication these descriptions which were made long 

 since. The two species belong to well-known genera, viz., Smilicerus 

 of the Elateridce, and Tesserocerus of the Platypides. 



Smilicerus Belti, n. sp. 



Elongatus, angnstulus, sub-parallelus, tomentosus, niger, elytrorum 

 basi,prothoracis later ibus,prosternique medio, fulvis ; antennarum apice 

 -flavescente ; elytris ad apicem evidenter spinosis. 



Long. 8 mm., lat. If mm. 



Antennae broad and flat, moderately long, densely pubescent, black, with the 

 11th joint yellowish, and the 10th dirty yellowish : 2nd and 3rd joints quite short 

 and small, but the 3rd not so small as the 2nd. Head black, deeply punctured, with 

 two patches of fine, scanty, yellowish pubescence on the middle : forehead limited 

 in front by a curved raised line. Thorax very elongate, sub-parallel, the hind angles 

 but little divergent, moderately produced, but their extremity truncate : the middle 

 is broadly black, each side is brownish, and on this brown part is a band of yellowish 

 or golden pubescence. Elytra elongate, striated, the stria? are more distinct towards 

 the extremity, and are punctured, but the punctuation is only distinct on the basal 

 portion, their apex is truncate, the truncature being terminated on each side by a 



