1462 COLEOPTEEA 



Belongs to the first division of the group. There are no ocular 

 lobes ; the posterior corbels are cavernous, with outer and inner 

 eiliai ; the mandibular sear is not very distinct. 



2534. L. asper, us. Uneven, opaque, fusco-niger, antennae 

 and tarsi reddish, elu-b opaque; densely covered with pale, some- 

 times yellowish, hair-like scales. 



liostrum shorter than the thorax, rather flat, broadly depressed 

 near the eyes, with a fine, indistinct, central ridge in front, the 

 middle longitudinally obtusely elevated, with a depression at each 

 side, there is an elongate interocular fovea ; its clothing more 

 scale-like than that of the elytra. Scape covered with scale-like 

 hairs and erect fuscous setae. Funiculus sparsely pubescent, second 

 joint slightly longer than the first, 3-7 longer than broad, narrowed 

 near the base ; club densely pubescent. Thorax usually rather 

 longer than it is broad, widest near the front, only moderately 

 narrowed behind, apparently impunctate, uneven, with a few 

 minute black tubercles ; there are generally two large impressions 

 behind the middle, which is more or less irregularly, but only 

 slightly, elevated. Elytra, at each side, behind the shoulder, and 

 on top of the posterior declivity, with an obtuse prominence, the 

 middle appears to be incurved but bears a small nodosity, apices 

 nearly vertical ; the sides are inflexed and coarsely punctured ; the 

 base is incurved at the middle, on each side of this there is a more 

 or less evident elevation ; there is an oblique, interrupted, generally 

 distinct, raised space behind the middle from the side to the suture ; 

 between the lateral prominences, on the top of the declivity, there 

 are two small nodosities ; the disc is uneven, with coarse irregular 

 punctures, near the suture some minute black tubercles may be seen ; 

 the raised parts bear coarse squamiform set^e. 



Underside with yellowish, slender scales or setae, mostly de- 

 pressed, some longer than the others. Head nude, densely finely 

 strigose, in front with a very large broad depression having a short 

 groove in the middle. Metasteriium short, unevenly raised, with a 

 median fovea behind. 



Length (rost. inch), 4; breadth, l^-lf lines. 



Maketu. A dozen specimens were found amongst decaying 

 leaves during seven visits to the locality. 



Notiopatse (Gen., p. 1186, Part V.). 



2535. N. Sternalis, «-S- Subopaque, piceous, legs obscure 

 fusco-rufous, antenute and tarsi reddish. 



Bostrum shorter than the thorax, indistinctly carinate, with 

 minute scales and erect fuscous setae ; the scrobes quite open above. 

 Scajye red at the base, opaque elsewhere, with erect setae ; second 

 joint of the funiculus rather shorter than the first. Thorax widest 

 near the front, a little uneven ; its clothing slender, hair-like, and 

 yellowish, not regularly distributed but forming little patches. 

 Elytra closely applied to the thorax, broader than it is, cordate ; 

 with series of moderately coarse punctures, which form striae behind; 



