500 Mr. C, 0. Waterhouse's descriptions of 



metathoracic parapleurse, and should be placed with 

 Encya, among the Rhizotrogince. 



Eutrichesis punctatus, n. s. 



Elongatus,subparallelus, convexus, crassus, castaneus, 

 pallide-pilosus et longe fulvo-hirtus ; capita thoraceque 

 fuscis, opacis, rugosis, elytris nitidis crebre fortiter punc- 

 tatis, corpore subtus majis testaceo fulvo-piloso, abdo- 

 mine medio calvo. Long. 20 lin., lat. 10|^ iin. 



Head and clypeus closely and very coarsely punctured ; 

 the clypeus very short, the triangular emargination of 

 the front margin reaching half-way to the posterior 

 carina. Thorax broad, twice as broad as long, closely 

 and very coarsely punctured, with an irregular smooth 

 median line ; the greatest width is a little before the 

 base, but it is only very slightly narrower at the base ; 

 the sides are crenulate ; the base is broadly but not much 

 lobed in the middle. The scutellum is fuscous, transverse, 

 and triangular, very coarsely punctured. Elytra at the 

 base as wide as the thorax, a little narrowed below the 

 shoulders, and then slightly enlarged posteriorly, obtusely 

 rounded at the apex, somewhat flattened on the back, but 

 with the suture raised for a little more than two-thirds 

 the length ; rather closely punctured with irregular- 

 shaped strong punctures ; each puncture bearing a stiff 

 yellowish-white decumbent hair or seta. On each side 

 of the suture the sculpture is finer and more confused. 

 The humeral callosity is smooth ; there is no subapical 

 callosity. The pygidium is semicircular, gently convex ; 

 very densely and finely rugosely punctured, opaque, 

 except the margin, where the sculpture is coarser and the 

 surface more shining. The two strong external teeth on 

 the anterior tibiae are blackish. The abdomen is shining, 

 with rather large distant punctures ; the apex and mar- 

 gins closely punctured. The shorter pubescence which 

 clothes the uj^per surface of the insect is fine on the 

 thorax, and becomes coarser as it approaches the apex 

 of the elytra. The long, erect, fulvous hair is especially 

 observable on the sides and tibise. 



Hah. Fianarantsoa (Coicaji). 



