220 SASTROIDES UNICOLOR. 



in the allied species; clypeus broader and less transverse; 

 labrum piceous; antennae nearly as long as the body, the 

 third joint not much longer than the fourth, the terminal 

 joints more elongate and slender than in the preceeding 

 species ; thorax of the same shape as the latter , less strongly 

 punctured; elytra punctured in the same way , more shining, 

 not opaque , the pubescence thinner and white , their epipleu- 

 rae much narrower and nearly indistinct below the middle. 

 The structure of the antennae , shape of the thorax and 

 elytra in this species are the same as in aS. himaculata, 

 but the palpi are less robust and the elytral epipleurae 

 much narrower below the shoulder; in all other structural 

 characters it agrees with it; the species is further distin- 

 guished from the preceeding one by the unspotted and 

 shining not opaque elytra, the longer antennae and gene- 

 ral paler colour which is that of a greyish testaceous. 



Menippus Clarki^ n. sp. 



Oblong-ovate, obscure flavous below; intermediate joints 

 of the antennae, tibiae and tarsi piceous; above fuscous, 

 closely pubescent; head, thorax and elytra closely punc- 

 tured. — Length 5 lines. 



Head finely rugose-punctate ; frontal tubercles indistinct , 

 clypeus transverse; eyes large; antennae less than half the 

 length of the body , three lower and base of the terminal 

 joints testaceous , the rest piceous ; third and fourth joints 

 equal, the intermediate ones slightly widened; thorax 

 more than twice as broad as long, the sides dilated and 

 subangular at the middle, surface obsoletely obliquely de- 

 pressed at each side, closely punctured and pubescent, the 

 interstices finely rugose; scutellum broad, its apex broadly 

 rounded, surface punctured and pubescent; elytra convex, 

 punctured and covered with fine silky hairs like the tho- 

 rax, obscure dark fulvous or fuscous; tibiae and tarsi pi- 

 ceous; claws bifid; coxal cavities closed. 



Notes from the Leyclen Museum. Vol. VI. 



