128 DESCRIPTION OF NEW COLEOPTERA, 



44. — Trox subcarinatus. 



Nigro-fiTscus scaber, fronte vix bituberculato, thorace sex- 

 carinato carinis interruptis, elytris tiiberculorum seriebus 

 unclecim serie tertia antice carinata interstitiis seriatim 

 spliaerulatis. 

 Long. 7 lin., lat. 4| lin. 

 Dull black covered with greyish tubercles. The bead has two 

 small tubercles in the centre. The thorax has six longitudinal, 

 rather crooked and somewhat interrupted ridges about equidistant 

 from each other ; the sides of the thorax are cut into three notches 

 or teeth. The elytra have eleven rows of tubercles extending 

 from the base to the apex, the alternate rows smaller, while 

 the upper half of the third row forms a continuous ridge ; between 

 each row of tubercles there is a row of much smaller tubercles. 



45. — LiPARETRlDS RUFIPENKIS. 



Niger, capite thoraceque punctatis, elytris rufis nitidis punctatis 

 striis ter-geminatis, corpore subtus griseo-piloso, pygidio 

 subrufo, pedibus piceis. 

 Long. 4 lin., lat. 2j lin. 

 The head and thorax are black and closely punctured. The 

 elytra are red and punctured, with three double striae rather 

 indistinctly marked. The pygidium is large, and of a dull reddish 

 colour. The under surface is black, with a good deal of greyish 

 hair, except upon the segments of the abdomen, which have only 

 a few setigerous punctures. The legs are piceous. 



46. — LiPARETRUS ATRICEPS. 



Rufus subnitidus, capite punctato nigro, thorace punctato rufo 

 antice nigrescente medio postice canaliculate, elytris punc- 

 tatis striis ter-geminatis, pygidio punctato, corpore subtus 

 piceo griseo-hirto. 

 Long. 3f lin., lat. 2 lin. 

 The head is black and closely punctured. The thorax is 

 also punctured, with the medial line distinct ; towards the base 

 the prevailing colour is red, growing black towards the head, but 

 in some varieties the thorax is almost entirely black ; the margin 



