new Coleoptera fi-oj/i JlL^dellin. 423 



9 Head without any horn, clypeus densely and strongly 

 punctured. Thorax gently convex, very thickly and strongly 

 punctured, the pimctures only filled Avith tomentum, the sides 

 are less angular at the sides than in the male. The underside 

 and legs are almost destitute of tomentum, but the sternum is 

 piibesceut. Pi. IX, f. lb. 



This species differs from L. Eeichei in being of a shorter 

 broader form, and the cephalic horn has no tooth above at the 

 base, and the thoracic horn is broader and rises more directly 

 perpendicidar to the anterior margin. Tlie canthus of the eye 

 is much narrower and in the male especially is curved forward 

 like a small horn. 



Chavliognatlni.9 e.rceUens, C. Waterh. PI. IX, f. 2. 

 C. cxccUcns, Waterh., Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 327, Dec. 187-S. 

 Niger, nitidus, thorace llavo. Long. 14-5 lin. 



CYPHID^. 



Prcppodes annulonotatus, u. s]). PI. IX, f. 3. 



Statura P. sphaceluti, nigcr, dense squamis pallide viridibus 

 tectus; thorace dorsim lincis duabus viridi-albis notato; elytro- 

 rum doi-so littera O magnA llava-alba notato. Long. 11 lin. 



Black, more or less densely clothed with minute pale green 

 scales which vary somewhat in tint. Rostrum with a mesial 

 shining carina. Thorax with a pale greenish-white line on each 

 side of the disc. Elytra very strongly striate-j^unctate ; with 

 a well marked circle of yellowish-white scales on the back ; 

 there is also a yellow stripe on the underside of the thorax and 

 along the margin of the elytra. 



ZYGOPIDyE. 



Cvpturus pulcher, n. sji. 



Nigcr, supra dense nigro-squamosus, thorace lincis tribus, 

 elytris maculis sat magnis novem LTte ochraccis, mncidAquo 

 median;! fere alba ornatis; corpore subtus plus minusvo llavo- 

 squamoso. Long. 3^ lin., lat. \r^ lin. 



Ratlicr elongate. Iii>stnmi stout, shining, sparingly and very 

 delicately punctured, rather closely and more strongly punctured 



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