130 DESCRIPTION OF NEW COLEOPTERA. 



This insect is of an uniform chcsnut colour, and is covered 

 with short decumbent cinereous hairs, most thickly placed on 

 the head and thorax. It is also punctured all over. The 

 elytra are short, being only half the length of the body. 



50. — LiPAKETRUS BASALTS. 



Niger punctatus omnino cinereo-pilosus, elytris testaceis velati- 



nis ad basin nigris, pygidio pedibusque piceis. 

 Long, oj lin., lat. 1| lin. 

 This species is covered all over with rather long erect flexible 

 hairs of a light ash colour. The head and thorax are black, and 

 punctured. The elytra are less distinctly punctured, and have a 

 velvety appearance, their colour is testaceous with a black basal 

 ma,rgin. The pygidium is of a dull red. The legs are piceous. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE IX. 



Maxilla a. 



Mentum and labium h. 

 Labrum c. 

 Mandible d. 



Fig. 1. Acrogenys hirsuta. 



Fig. 2. Trigonothops pallidieoUis. 



Fig. 3. Stomatoccelus Ueivoides. 



Fig. 4. Pachauchenius Icpvkeps. 



