448 Mr. J. S. I^y's descriptions of 



Genus Elytropachys, Motsch. 

 Bull. Mosc. 1866, p. 419. 



This n^cnus, foruicd l)y Motschoulsky on some Ceylon 

 insects ibrmerly ])laccd by liiui in Aplitliona, is easily dis- 

 tinguished from most other genera of Jlalticincc by the 

 absence of a spine at the apex of the ])osterior tibire ; the 

 liinder thighs are also much more slender than usual, and, 

 in my opinion, it is doubtfid whether its true position is in 

 that grouo. 



Elytropachys quadripustulata. 



Ovata, valde convexa, nigi-a, nitida, tarsis (articulo 

 l)asali excepto) antennisque fulvis, vertice laifo ; elytris 

 infra basin obsolete depressis, utrisque maculis duabus 

 subrotundatis, una infra basin, altera pone medium positis, 

 rufis. 



Long. 3^ lin. 



Hab. — Singapore. 



Head short, vertex smooth, marked with a transverse 

 rufous patch ; lower edge of clypeus, labrum and antenn;\3 

 pale fulvous, the 3rd joint of the latter much longer than 

 the 2nd ; carina obsolete ; encarpa; transverse, separated 

 from each other by the apex of the clypeus. Thorax more 

 than twice as broad as long ; sides rounded, hinder angles 

 distinct, anterior produced laterally into a small acute 

 tooth ; upper surface finely and remotely pvmctured. 

 Scutellum smooth, trigonate. Elytra much broader than 

 the thorax, broadly ovate, more coarsely punctured than 

 the latter ; on the outer disk of each, behind the middle, 

 are two short longitudinal costse. Hinder thighs slightly 

 thickened. 



Elytropachys ccBriileipennis, 



Late ovata, valde convexa, nigi-a, nitida, fronte, scutello, 

 pectoreque piceis; abdomine fulvo, elytris infi'a basin obso- 

 lete transversim depressis, metallico-cagruleis. 



Long. 2| lin. 



Hah, — Cambodia. 



Head smooth, clypeus trigonate, finely punctured, its 

 lower edge, together with the labnmi, obscure fulvous ; 

 carina obsolete; encarpje transverse, separated by the apex 

 of the clypeus; four lower joints of antenna} obscure 



