48 Mr. F. P. Pascoc's Descriptions of New Genera 



Monohammxis aspersiis. 

 M. atro-fuscus ; prothoracis lateribus fulvo-vittatis ; elytris 

 piceis, punctatis, fulvo-maculatisj corpore subtus castaneo. 

 Malacca. 

 Dark brown, a fulvous line in front of the eye, and another be- 

 neath, both extending to the mouth ; prothorax with a narrow 

 line on each side, and above the spine ; elytra pitchy, irregularly 

 punctured and having numerous spots varying in size scattered 

 over the surface ; antennae brown, with the third, fourth and fifth 

 joints lighter at the base ; legs, palpi and under surface chesnut 

 brown. 



Length 8 lines. 



Monohammus mfelix. 



M. brunneus subsericeus ; elytris punctatis, fasciis duabus 

 undulatis obscure plumbeis. China Borealis. 



Brown, with a slight silky pubescence, thorax rather narrow, 

 nearly smooth, elytra irregularly punctured, deeper near the 

 shoulders, which are without tubercles, and having two waved 

 plumbeous bands, the lower the most distinct, but neither meeting 

 at the suture ; imder surface silky brownish white ; legs brown ; 

 antennae brown ; the basal part of nearly all the joints lead 

 colour. 



Length 7 lines. 



Monohammus hlatloides. 



M. convexus, piceus ; antennis mediocris ; capite prothoraceque 

 punctatis, vittisque sextis fulvis longitudinaliter dispositis ; 

 elytris maculis pilosis fulvis, humeris productis. Borneo. 



Convex, pitchy black, the antennae moderate (^ with the fourth 

 and fifth joints fusiform) black, the bases of the joints from the 

 fourth to the seventh greyish white ; head and thorax irregularly 

 punctured, and having six fulvous hairy stripes, two extending 

 from between the antennae to the elytra, and terminating on each 

 side the scutellum ; another stripe commences behind the eye, 

 and a third beneath from the main line of the face, these last not 

 being visible from above ; elytra longitudinally punctured and 

 covered with small distinct irregular hairy fulvous spots, each 

 elytron having near its humeral angle a wide prominent spine ; 

 under surface with more or less fulvous squamous patches at 

 the sides, particularly of the abdominal segments ; legs pitchy, 

 varied witli grey. 



Length 14 lines. 



