366 Mr. Waterhouse on the 



vex, purple, (witli violet reflections), a little broader than tlie 

 thorax, more ample behind, narrowed at the apex, the shoulders 

 rounded. 



In this species (and in C. cJialcoptera, Klug) the mesosternum 

 has the excavation in the form of a V not a short U as the 

 American species appear to have ; the first and second abdominal 

 segments are relatively longer and flatter and the intercoxal 

 projection is broader. 



CURCUIJONID^. 



(cyphin.e). 



Stigmati-achdus alternans, n. sp. 



Piceo-niger, dense pallide fulvo-squamosus ; f route medio 

 foveolata, rostro carina longitudinali nitida, oculis j^rominentibus ; 

 thorace hneis tribus nitidis, mediana canaliculata ; elytris basi 

 thorace vix duplo latioril:)us triplo longioribus, convexis, fossato- 

 striatis, fascia ante medium interstitiisque alternatis ante apicem 

 denudatis nitidis, guttis oblongis pallidioribus in interstitiis alter- 

 natis post medium possitis. Long. 5 lin. 



This species belongs to the group with prominent eyes, and 

 compared with its allies has them small. The rostrum has a well 

 marked shining carina, continued on the forehead by a deep 

 shining fovea. Thorax one-fourth broader than long, obliquely 

 narroAved in front of the middle, Avith three longitudinal shining 

 black lines, the middle one longitudinally channelled. Elytra 

 convex, with the shoulders angular but not much prominent, 

 someAvhat parallel sided, a trifle broader at the posterior two- 

 thirds, very deeply punctate striate, the punctures very large, 

 the first and third interstices are a little elevated ; there is an 

 irregular transverse fascia a little before the middle denuded of 

 scales (the second and fourth interstices arc also denuded at the 

 base), immediately below this fascia there is a transverse fascia 

 of nearly Avhite oblong spots on the alternate interstices, the 

 first, third, fifth and seventh interstices are also Avithout scales 

 beloAV the above mentioned Avhitish spots. 



Stigiiiiitnichcliis humeralis, n. sp. 



Dense brunneo-griseo squamosus, opacus ; elytris basi thorace 

 duplo latioribus postice paulo amphatis, macula basali fasciaque 

 undulata post medium fusco-brunneis obscure flavo cinctis, 

 humeris prominentibus acutis. Long. 5^ lin., lat. 2^ lin. 



