new genera and species of Coleoptera. 13 



Nodynus nitidus, sp. nov. 



Oblongus, leviter convexiis, niger, nitidissimus ; elytris 

 piirpureo-nigris ; antennis articulo apicali albido. Capite 

 crebre fortiter pimctato, clypeo subtilius baud crebre punc- 

 tulato. Thorace longitudine ^ latiori, leviter convexo 

 dorsim la3vi, antice leviter angustato, angulis anticis 

 rotimdatis, angulis posticis obtusiiisculis, basi utrinque 

 leviter siuuato, lateribus reflexis arcuatis, supra parce 

 punctulatis. Scutello semicirculari l^vi. Elytris tlio- 

 race vix angustioribus, at ^ lougioribus, laevibus, lateribus 

 fere parallelis (laevissime arcuatis), singulo elytro septem- 

 striatis, striis vix impressis, subtilissime punctulatis ad 

 apicem arcuatim truncate. Abdomine subtus obsolete 

 crebre punctulato, supra fere laevi. 



Long. 4 lin. ; lat. 2 lin. 



Hab. — E. Indies. Brit. Mus. 



CUCUJID^. 



DiAGRYPNODES, gen. nov. 



Elongate, narrow, flat. Head ovate ; mandibles very 

 stout, prominent : antennae filiform, reaching to the apex 

 of the elytra, the basal joint long, club-shaped, very slender 

 at its base ; the second joint very small, scarcely longer 

 than broad, narrowed at the base ; the 3rd the same form, 

 but \ longer; the 4th to 10th nearly equal, somewhat 

 slender; the 11th a little longer than the 10th, very 

 slender and fusiform. Eyes very small, not prominent. 

 Thorax scarcely as broad as the head and about the same 

 length, narrowed somewhat suddenly behind the middle. 

 Elytra abbreviated, narrow, about the length of the head 

 and thorax together. Abdomen long, flat, with five seg- 

 ments visible above, rounded at the apex. Femora stout, 

 the basal joint to the four anterior tarsi slightly elongate ; 

 the 2nd and 3rd subequal and a little shorter than the Ist ; 

 the 4th joint shorter, small ; 5th joint as long as the four 

 previous joints taken together ; posterior tarsi with only 

 four joints, of which the 1st is somewhat elongate, the 2nd 

 rather shorter, the 3rd very short. 



This genus should be placed next to Ino. 



Diagrypnodes Waliejieldi, sp. nov. 

 Elongatus, parallelus, depressus, nitidus, rufo-testaceus. 

 Capite depresso, ovato, postice angustato, subtiliter dis- 



