56 = Mr. F. P. Paseoe on some new or little-known Coleoptera. 
broader behind, bulging at the sides, the disk concave near the base 
and very coarsely punctured ; scutellum subtriangular; elytra trigo- 
nate, depressed, covered with large rough punctures, broadest at the 
shoulders, where they considerably exceed the prothorax, gradually 
contracting towards the apex, and terminating on each side in a stout 
diverging spine, which is considerably strengthened by a short raised 
line or rib which connects it with the rest of the elytron; body beneath 
saffron-yellow, nearly impunctate ; mouth, mandibles, and palpi dark 
brown; the intermediate and posterior legs short, the anterior much 
longer; femora clavate, with a large obtuse tooth beneath, except the 
posterior; anterior tibize slender, curved, dilated at the apex, with two 
acute teeth on the inner side. Length 6 lines. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
Prats II. Fig. 2. Metopiestes hirtifrons. 
Fig. 1. Apellatus lateralis. » 3. Temesia Batesr*. 
» 2. Diatelium Wallacer. » 4. Illestus terrenus. 
5» o Chidicus formicarius. » 9 Nareisa decidua. 
5, 4. Campolene nitida. » 6. Phormesa lunaris. 
4» 9. Goétymes flavicorns. » 7. Dastareus Ce 
», 6. Diacalla comata. (trophi). 
» 7. Achthosus Westwoodir. » 8. Synaemis pandan. 
» & Aproida Balyi. » 9. Ipsaphes merosus. 
» 9 Petalophora brevimana. » 10. Nematidium mustela. 
» Ll. Bothrideres? rhysodoides. 
Prate Il. 5 12. Bothrideres? nocturnus. 
Fig. 1. Crine cephalotes. », 13. Machlotes porcatus. 
* The description of this insect will be given in a future Part. 
