BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, JUN., ESQ. 129 



is always edged vvitli black. The elytra are of a rather pale red, 

 narrowly margined with brown, and are punctured ; three series 

 of double stride are distinctly traceable upon them. The pygidium 

 is large, red, and covered with punctures. The under surface is 

 of a dark red or pitchy hue, well covered with greyish hair. 

 The legs are red. 



47. LiPARETRUS DISCOIDALIS. 



Niger griseo-pilosus, elytris glabris obscure punctatis subsericeis 

 flavis postice nigris, pygidio punctato, pedibus anterioribus 

 rufis. 

 Long. 2j lin.. lat. Ij lin. 



This species is clothed all over, excepting the elytra, with long 

 white or greyish hair. The head and thorax are black amd 

 punctured. The elytra are yellow bordered with black, and 

 have the apical portion also black. They pi-esent an almost vel- 

 vety appearance, and also indistinctly marked punctures, while 

 a few punctured striae may also be traced with a powerful lens. 

 The pygidium is reddish and sparingly punctured. The four 

 anterior legs are also reddish. 



48. — LiPARETRUS RUBICUNPUS. 



^Rufus cinereo-pilosus punctatus, capite nigro, elytris glabris 



striatis striis ter-geminatis. 

 Long. 3 lin., lat. ] | lin. 

 The head in this species is black and punctured ; the thorax 

 is also punctured, but red, both parts being covered with rather 

 long hairs of a dai^ker hue than those on the rest of the body. 

 The elytra are punctured, free from hair, and each of them 

 indistinctly marked with three series of double striae. All the 

 rest of the body is covered with ash coloured hair, and with 

 punctures. 



49. — LiPARETRUS CONCOLOR. ^ 



Rufo-castaneus punctatus undique cinereo-pubescens, capite 



obscuriore, elytris dimidiatis 

 Long. 2 J lin., lat 1 lin. 



