occurring in the Coleopterous family Lycid(B, §^c. 109 



tudinaliter canaliculato ; eljtris nono-costatis, costis alter- 

 natis minus elevatis, interstitiis uniseriatim punctatis. 

 Long. 3 lin. 



Thorax with the margins incrassate, but not much re- 

 flexed ; there is a shallow impression on each side within 

 the margin, extending also along the base, but not quite 

 reaching the middle ; in the middle there is a clear narrow 

 channel, which does not quite extend to the front margin. 

 Each elytron has nine costas, the alternate ones finer and 

 less elevated, the interstices have a single line of distinct 

 punctures. 



Hah. — Penang (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). Brit. Mus. 



Genus 20. deplanatus, sp. n. 



Ater, depressus, brevissime pubescens ; antennis crassis, 

 flavis ; thorace fere semicirculari, supra antice ruguloso, 

 medio areola lanceolata instructo ; elytris parallelis, flavis, 

 apice nigro, nono-costatis, interstitiis regulariter uniseri- 

 atim punctatis ; pedibus sat brevibus, fuscis, tibiarum basi 

 et apice unguiculisque flavis. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Rather a broad, short species. Antennae yellow (except 

 the fuscous basal joint), not very long, very broad, den- 

 tate. Thorax nearly semicircular, bisinuate at the base ; 

 the mesial lanceolate areola is narrow, and from the middle 

 of each side of it there is an indication of a raised line 

 which does not quite reach the side of the thorax. The 

 elytra are nearly parallel, yellow, with apical third black ; 

 each elytron has nine nearly equal costa3 (the alternate 

 ones a trifle more distinct), and the interstices have a 

 single row of distinct punctures. Legs pitchy, the ex- 

 treme apex of the femora, the base and apex of the tibias, 

 and the claw joint of the tarsi yellowish. 



Hab. — New Guinea, Dory (Wallace). Brit. Mus. 



Genus 2\. ohsoletus, sp. n, 



Fuscus ; thorace medio areola lanceolata, angulis pos- 

 ticis acutis; elytris dimidio basali pallide fusco, apice 

 fere nigro, quadricostatis, interstitiis biseriatim evidenter 

 punctatis, seriebus a costa tenui divisis. 



Long. 4^ lin. 



Thorax with anterior margin and the sides finely 

 punctured, the sides reflexed, disk with a well-defined 



