Entomology of China, §c. 7 
punctatis. Podex semicircularis, margine elevato. Corpus 
infra nigrum et nitidum, pedibus atro-piceis. 
Foemina differt capite inermi, thorace prominentia lata insig- 
nito, lateribus subtuberculatis, angulis anticis subacutis. 
Tt is with a doubt that I give the latter as the other sex of 
Sinicus. The sculpture of the elytra and thorax of both male and 
female accord tolerably well. 
XyLorTruPipz, Hope. 
Direticus, Hope. 
Corpus oblongo-ovatum, convexum. Caput parvum, vertice cornu 
erecto breviarmatum. Mandibule subtriangulares, depresse, 
inermes. Maaille intus tridentate, dente basali lato tri- 
denticulato, apice lato rotundato subbifido. Palpi maxillares 
formze ordinariz. Mentum subparallelum, apice rotundato 
et parum angustiori. Palpi labiales valde securiformes. dn- 
tenn 10-articulate, articulis 6 et 7 praecedentibus latioribus, 
ultimis tribus clavam formantibus. Pedes breves robusti, 
posticis 4 metatarsis dilatatis, calcariis pedum 2 posticorum 
latis. Prothorax inermis. 
Sp. 5. Dipelicus Cantori, Hope. (Plate I. fig. 1.) 
Piceus, capite antice trigono, postice cornu elevato triangulari. 
Long. lin. 19, lat. lin. 83. 
Thorax convexus, varioloso-punctatus, marginibus undique 
elevatis. Elytra atro-picea, lineato-punctata, sutura lata in- 
signita. Corpus infra rubro-piceum, femoribus rufis capillis 
obsitis. Pectus hirsutum. Segmentis abdominis punctatis 
et rufo-ciliatis. 
[Plate I. fig. 1, the insect of the natural size; 1b, mandible; Lc, maxilla ; 
1d, mentum and labial palpi; 1 e, antenne.] 
The above insect is named in honour of Dr. Cantor, who has 
enriched the Entomological Society’s Cabinet with a series of 
duplicates from Chusan. 
Sp. 6. Mimela Downsii, Hope. 
Affinis Mimele glabre, Hope, at minor. 
Long. lin. 6, lat. lin. 3. 
Totum corpus supra viride et glabrum, antennis atro-virescenti- 
bus, infra aurato-viride. Mesosternum abrupte truncatum. 
Pectus et segmenta abdominis capillis flavescentibus obsita, 
pedibus aureo-virescentibus tarsisque nigris. 
This is the smallest species known. 
