DiiiAjniATrs. 29 



Plateros chinensis. 



(riate VI. %. 7.) 



Nigro-fuscus, parcc pubescens ; subparallelus ; thorace nitido, 

 lateribus rufo-flavis ; elytris sat fortitcr punctato-striatis, interstitiis 

 angustissimis, fere ooqualibus, postice obliteratis. d" ? $ • 



Long. 3 liu. 



Hah. Hong Kong {J. C. Boivring, Esq.). 



Very close to P. fuscipennis, but relatively a little broader, and 

 the antennae are shorter and rather stonter. The thorax is broad, a 

 little narrowed in front, fuscous ; the disk is moderately impressed 

 on each side at the base. The elytra are rather roughly and very 

 closely punctate-stria te, the intervals very narrow, interrupted by 

 the punctuation towards the apex. The anterior coxa) are pale. 



The female has the anteunse a trifle shorter and stouter than the 

 male. 



DIHAMMATUS. 



Antennae slender, scarcely dentate, the second and third joints 

 nearly equal. Thorax simple, with a short longitudinal mesial 

 channel behind. Elytra with ten punctured striae ; the interstices 

 very narrow, nearly equal, costiform. 



Differs from the preceding genus in having the third joint of the 

 antennae small. 



Dihammatus cribripennis. 

 (Plate VII. fig. 6.) 



Pallide fuscus ; capite, thorace elytrorumque humeris sordide 

 flavis ; elytris crebre punctato-striatis. S • Long. 2 lin. 



Hah. Java {J. C. Boivrinrj^ Esq.). 



Parallel, depressed. Antennae rather long and slender, the third 

 joint scarcely longer than the second. Thorax rather deeply 

 impressed on each side of the disk, with a longitudinal mesial 

 channel exteuding from, the base to a little before the middle ; the 

 anterior margin obscurely punctured. Elytra closely and distinctly 

 punctate-striate ; the interstices very narrow, subcostiform, nearly 

 equal, the alternate ones a little more distinct at the base. Coxae 

 and base of the femora obscure yeUpw. 



Dihammatus pallens. 



(Plate VII. fig. 7.) 



Parallelus, deprcssus, sordide flavus, pubescens ; antennis, elytris 

 abdomineque fuscesceutibus ; elytris crebre subtilius punctato- 

 striatis, interstitiis angustissimis. Long. 2 lin. 



Hah. Sarawak {WaUace). 



