o94 Mr. J. S. ^ralj's descriptiuiis of a 



striate; interspaces plane, impunctate, sparingly clothed 

 \vitli suberect whitish hairs. 



Genus Plectuoscelis, Redtenb. 

 Plectroscelis inyenua. 



Ovata, convexa, cnprea, nitida, femoribus posticis ex- 

 trorsuin, pectore, abdoinine antennis(pie nigris, his basi 

 ]iedibus([ue f'lilvis; thoracc subcrebre foveolato-])Uiictato, 

 iiiterstitiis h^vibus ; eljtris fbrtiter foveolato-striatis, basi 

 ])rope suturam confuse punctatis, intcrstitiis laivibus, propc 

 niarginem exteriorem subcostatis. 



Long. 1,'; lin. 



Hah. — China; collected by Mr. Lewis. 



Lower portion of face clothed with white hairs, vertex 

 and front distinctly punctured, the latter separated from 

 the face by a distinct groove ; carina and encarpfe entirely 

 obsolete ; antennas slender, three lower joints i)ale fulvous, 

 more or less stained with piccous. Thorax nearly twice 

 as broad as long ; sides straight and parallel at the base, 

 obliquely converging towards the aj)ex ; anterior angle 

 thickened, obliquely trimcate, hinder angle subacute; 

 above strongly foveolate-punctate ; interspaces smooth and 

 shining. Elytra more strongly ])unctured than the thorax, 

 regularly foveolate-striate, the short intersjiace next the 

 suture irregularly ])unctured, the other smooth and shining; 

 those near the outer margin subcostate. 



Plectroscdis simplicifrons. 



Ovata, convexa, nigra, nitida, pedibus (femoribus posticis 

 exceptis) antennisque fulvis, his extrorsum infuscatis; 

 fronte hevi, impunctata ; thorace sat remote punctato ; 

 cly tris fortiter i)imctato-striatis, striis ad apicem subsulcatis, 

 intcrstitiis minute punctatis; femoribus posticis valde 

 incrassatis. 



Long. ^ lin. 



Hah. — China, Kin Kiang ; collected by Mr. Lewis. 



Vertex and front smooth, im]iunctate, the latter 

 separated from the lower part of the face by a distinct 

 groove ; antennre more than half the length of the body, 

 ))ale fulvous, the seven outer joints sliglitly stained with 

 fuscous. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long at the 

 base ; sides nearly straight, slightly converging, anterior 

 angles oblique, thickened ; disk convex, subremotely punc- 



