Lumolpide from Mauritius and Réunion. 119 
rather acutely raised into sharp edges, surface somewhat strongly 
punctured, labrum and palpi fulvous ; antenne long and slender 
the lower six and the base of the following joints fulvous, the second 
joint nearly as long as the third but much thicker, the others very 
elongate, slightly thickened. Thorax about one-half broader than 
long, the sides nearly straight, scarcely narrowed in front, the disc 
blackish with a slight eneous gloss, more or less marked with 
fulvous near the margins, with a few fine punctures, irregularly 
distributed. Scutellum broad, blackish, impunctate. Elytra slightly 
wider than the thorax, with a distinct transverse depression below 
the base, strongly punctate anteriorly, the punctures gradually 
diminishing towards the apex, the interstices smooth and impunc- 
tate, the ground-colour fulvous, an oblique spot from the middle of 
the base towards the scutellum, a smaller spot at the lateral margin 
below the shoulders, and a large subtriangular patch, occupying 
nearly the entire posterior portion and sending off a branch 
anteriorly to the lateral margins, blackish. Underside and legs 
fulvous, the femora stained with black at the apex, unarmed ; 
prosternum broad and impunctate. 
Hab. Mauritius, Carepipe. 
This insect, on account of the deeply emarginate tibiz, 
‘ bifid claws and strongly convex anterior margin of the 
prothoracic episternum, approaches the group of Typo- 
phorinze but does not entirely conform to any genus which 
is placed in it, as its femora are all unarmed. In this it 
agrees with Liniscus, Lef., and Jvongius, but in the first- 
named genus the prosternum is constricted at the middle, 
and Ivongius contains species of small size and different 
shape. Nevertheless the structural characters of the 
present species are those of the last-named genus, while 
the shape is that of Zypophorus or Syagrus; the present 
insect varies considerably in the amount of fulvous or 
black colour, one or the other predominating. 
Nossiecus lateralis, sp. n. 
Oblong, fulvous, the apical joints of the antennz black ; head and 
thorax impunctate ; elytra strongly punctate-striate, the apex nearly 
impunctate, fulvous, the sides broadly piceous or fuscous; femora 
unarmed, claws appendiculate. 
Length, 35—4 millim. 
Head impunctate, clypeus separated from the face by a distinct 
transverse groove, broad, the anterior margin semicircularly emar- 
