370 Descriptions of some new Coteojdcrmts Insects 



loni^itudinal carina near the front and on each side of the 

 disk a small smooth spot. Elytra pale yellow, with the 

 base and a spot near the apex pitchy ; margins impiinctate, 

 the upper surface not very thickly and obscurely punctured. 

 Wings hyaline with the costa only pitchy. The anterior 

 legs are pitchy with tlie knees paler ; the extreme apex of 

 the posterior tibiie and of the basal joint of the tarsi and 

 all the claws are reddish testaceous. 

 Hab. Columbia. Brit. Mus. 



Myodites apicalis, sp. nov. 



$ . Niger, subnitidus. Antennis, abdomine pedibusque 

 flavis, femoribus posticis basi piceis ; elytris llavo-testaccis. 

 Thorace crebre subtiliter distincte punctulato. Long. 2f lin. 



Kesendjles M. suhdiptcrns, but has the forehead more 

 prominent, the thorax more distinctly punctured ; the 

 wings relatively shorter, transparent except at the apex 

 where they are pitchy. Head in front very thickly and 

 moderately strongly punctured, slightly concave, with a 

 deep impression between the eyes ; al)Ove convex with a 

 small obtuse tubercle on tlie vertex. Thorax very thickly 

 finely but distinctly punctured, especially behind, with live 

 small smooth spots on the upper surface. Elytra pale 

 yellow, truncate at the apex, not very thickly but distinctly 

 punctured above, the sides almost impunctate. Abdomen 

 thickly and somewhat strongly punctured with the basal 

 segments above almost smooth ; apical segment black at 

 the tip. Antennas and legs entirely yellow, except the 

 base of the hind femora which are dark, and the claw joint 

 to all the tarsi which is dusky. 



Hab. Bombay. Brit. Mus. 



Rhipidius thoracicus, sp. nov. 



Obscure i)iceus, crebre punctatus. Thorace, abdominis 

 basi, femoribus flavis. Antennis fuscis, basi obscure 

 testacies. Long. 2^- lin. 



Kcsembles R. pcctinicornis but is larger, and besides in 

 coloration differs in having the posterior angles of the 

 thorax more prominent, the surface less densely punctured, 



