422 Mr. Waterhouse's descriptions of 



latittidine paiilo longioribus, gibbosis, lateribxis apiceque rotuu- 

 datis, singulis lincis tribus raarginibusque piTuctatis punctis 

 squamif eris ; pedibus flavo-piceis. Long. 7 liu., lat. 3| lin. 



Although of quite a different form, this species by its colora- 

 tion calls Ancistrosoma Klvgii at once to mind. Head strongly 

 and rather thickly piinctured. Thorax about one-third broader 

 than, long, very convex, glabrous, strongly angular in the middle 

 of the sides, the anterior angles slightly prominent, acute; the 

 region of the anterior angles, the lateral mai'gins, as well as an 

 irregular oblique line at the sides' are rather thickly and 

 strongly punctured, the punctures each having an elongate 

 narrow yellow scale. Elytra at the base not broader than the 

 base of the thorax, very convex, glabrous, the margins and three 

 rather broad stripes on each elytron closely and distinctly punc- 

 tured, each puncture bearing a narrow elongate yellow scale, the 

 second and third lines abbrcA'iated behind. Legs pitchy-yellow, 

 rather short for tliis grou}) ; tarsi rather short and stout, claws 

 simple. 



DYNASTID^E. 



Lycomedes Burmeisteri, n. sp. PI. IX, f. 1 . 



Niger, dense sabuloso-tomentosus, fusco-variea:atus. Long. 

 1.3-17 lin. 



$ var. max. Plead Avith a long flat ciirA'cd shining horn, 

 narroAv at the extreme base, rather broad aiid parallel (when seen 

 from the front) to near the apex, the apex divided into two 

 rather long slender diverging points. Thorax one-third liroader 

 tlian long, obliquely narroAved in front and behind, the disc very 

 much raised and surmounted by an erect broad horn, Avhich rises 

 j^erpendicularly from the anterior margin ; the horn is broad 

 (seen from the front), slightly narroAved at the aj^ex, concave and 

 tomentose in front, the ajocx is obtuse and slightly bends forAvard, 

 and has a small notch in the middle, the horn behind is deeply 

 channelled, the channel reaching nearly to the base of the thorax. 

 Elytra rather broader than the thorax, as broad as long, imi^res- 

 sed at the sides below the shoulders, the subapical callosity small 

 and not ^^rominent, there is a Avell marked line of punctures near 

 the suture, the surface is mottled Avith sandy-grey and yelloAvish 

 broAvn. The imderside of the prothorax, the margins of the 

 abdominal segments and the tarsi are not covered Avith tomentum. 

 Long. 17 lin. 



$ var. minor. This has the cephalic horn only 2-^ lines long, 

 bifid at the apex. The thoracic horn is as in the larger variety, 

 but is only one line above the level of the disc. 



