582 Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptions of a 



coxis anticis prosterno a^quialtis; femoribus antlcis qua- 

 tuor modice, posticis valde incrassatis; tibiis anticis qua- 

 tiior dorso non canaliculatis, apice muticis; tibiis posticis 

 brcvibus, validis, recurvatis, dorso canaliculatis, apice 

 spina valida armatis ; unguiculis appendiculatis. Pro- 

 steriium planum, late oblongum; acetabulis anticis inte- 

 gris. 



Sphccrophysa clavicornis. 



Rotundata, convexa, subtus nitida, supi'a subopaca, 

 testaceo-fulva, antennarum clava nigra; clytris fuscis, 

 limbo laterali late testaceo-fulvo. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. — Madagascar. 



Vertex ratlier coarsely punctured, front separated from 

 the face by a deep groove Avhich runs upwards on either 

 side along the upper border of the eye; encarptc well 

 defined, oblique, separated fi-om each other by the apex of 

 the wedge-shaped carina, the latter flat, not elevated ; 

 antennae rather longer than the head and thorax, six 

 outer joints dilated and compressed, forming an unila- 

 teral club, five outer joints black. Thorax transversely 

 convex, three times as broad as long; sides rounded 

 and converging from base to apex, anterior angle pro- 

 duced in front, thickened, obtuse; basal margin bisinuate 

 on either side, medial lobe produced, its apex rounded; 

 surface coarsely and rather closely punctured on the sides, 

 the punctures rather more scattered on the disk. Scutel- 

 lum trigonate. Elytra rather deeply punctate-striate; the 

 interspaces covered with coarse punctures, which render 

 the strias themselves indistinct. 



Genus Sph^eroderma, Stephens. 

 Spharoderma picea. 



Rotundata, convexa, pallide picea, nitida, antennis ex- 

 trorsum nigris ; thorace distincte, subremote, elytris sub- 

 striatim punctatis. 



Long. 1 lin. 



Hab. — Shanghai; Mr. Lewis. 



Vertex smooth, impunctate ; encarpje contiguous, trans- 

 verse; carina broad, very slightly elevated; eyes coarsely 

 granulose, black; antennte ratlier more than two-thirds 

 the length of the body, five lower joints obscure fulvous. 



