304 Mr. C. 0. Watci-house's Notice of a small 



GEODEPHAGA. 



Casnonia limhata, sp. n. 



Nigra, nitida ; elytrls picels, macula subapicali limboque 

 pallide fla\'is, dimidio basali fortiter seriatim punctate ; 

 antennis fuscis, basi obscure testaceis ; pedibus flavis, 

 genubus infuscatis. 



Long. 3^ lin. 



Closely allied to C. pennsylvaiiica, but relatively shorter. 

 Head distinctly shorter and broader, but otherwise of the 

 same form. Thorax a little shorter and a little more 

 swollen in the middle. Elytra a little more parallel, 

 obscure pitchy, with a very narrow margin and a subapical 

 triangular spot on each yellowish ; the punctures forming 

 the lines at the basal half are much stronger than in 

 peraisylvanica, the punctures nearly touching each other 

 near the base. 



BOSTEICHID^. 

 Apate muricata, F. 

 Mr. BowTey found this species on the cashew tree. 



HETEROMERA. 



Taurocerus cornutus, Fabr. 



Among Mr. Bowrey's insects was a very fine male 

 example of this species, which differs in the form of the 

 cephalic horns from that figured by Olivier. These horns 

 curve outwards, and near the apex are somewhat dilated 

 and deeply excavated above, the extreme apex being acute. 



Helojis mutahilis, sp. n. 



Niger, nitidus, oblongus ; supra cyaneus, elytris vel 

 seneo-viridibus vel purpureis ; ca])ite crebre evidenter 

 punctato ; thorace minus nitido, parum transverse, de- 

 pressiusculo, crebre subtiliter punctulato, lateribus medio 

 parum arouatis ; elytris thorace vix latioribus, fortiter 

 striatis, striis fortiter punctatis, interstitiis sat convexis. 



Long. 4l\ — 5^ lin. 



Allied to //. cceruletis, and somewhat of the form of 

 that species, but relatively shorter and more parallel sided. 



