VIII. COLEOPTERA, II: MALACODERMIDAE. 



By Ernest Olivier, Conespondant of the Museum 

 d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. 



Diaphanes simulator, nov. sp. 



Oblongo-elongatus , ater ; antennis gracilihus, setosis, prothorace 

 haud longioribus ; oculis magnis, glohosis, subtus conjiinctis ; protho- 

 race breve, convexo, anticc rotimdato, margine later ali piano et antice 

 leviter erecto, longitudinaliter carinato, variolose pimctato, griseo- 

 albido, 7nacula quadrata basalt laevi flavescente et dtiabus plagis 

 anticis diaphanis ; scutello triangulari flavescente ; elytris prothorace 

 haud latioribus, dein ampliatis et apicem versus attenuatis, pubesceu' 

 tibus, rugosis, imicostatis, sordide albidis, macula parva juxta scutel- 



I. 2. 



Fig. I. — Diaphanes simulator, n. sp., x4. Fig. 2. — Themiis aborensis, n. sp.,x6. 



lari palide flavescente et tenuissime flavo marginatis ; prosterno flaw 

 pectore et abdomine nigris ; pygidio flavo, trilobato ; 5° et 6° ventris, 

 segmentis plaga magna rosea ornatis, ultimo flavo ; coxis flavis, pedi- 

 bus nigris. S ignota. 



Long. 12 — 13 millim. 



This species has a good deal of resemblance to Pyroc§elia 

 lampyroides, Ern. Oliv. : the colour of the prothorax and elytra is 

 almost the same, but it is, however, perfectly distinct and will 



