and Species of Lovgicorn Coleoptera. 97 



vermilion red ; prothorax minutely and transversely striated ; 

 elytra rather coarsely punctured, thickened at the suture, and 

 moderately sinuated at the apex. 

 Length 6| lines. 



Pyrestes miniatus. 



P. ruber, pubescens ; prothorace transversim minutissime-striato 

 elytrisque tenuiter punctato ; oculis abdomineque nigris, hoc 

 segmentis ultimis duobus rubris. India Borealis. 



Head, thorax and elytra red ; antennce, eyes, legs, posterior 

 portion of the thorax beneath and abdomen black (except the 

 two last segments, which are pale red) ; prothorax with very fine 

 transverse striae, and with the elytra pubescent and covered with 

 numerous minute punctures. In the collection of VV. W. Saun- 

 ders, Esq. 



Length 5| lines. 



Pyrestes hcs7)inticiis. 



P. rubro-coccineus, punctatus, subtus niger ; abdomine politd 

 brunneo-coccinea. China Borealis. 



About the size of Pyrestes eximius ; vermilion red, hairy, and 

 rather thickly punctured ; antennae brownish red, deepening into 

 black at the end ; tibiae and tarsi dark red ; eyes and beneath 

 black ; the abdomen dark red, polished ; prothorax with scarcely 

 any traces of striae ; elytra deeply sinuated. In the British 

 Museum. 



Clytellus Westwood'ii. 



C. ater, glaber, nitidissimus ; elytris elongatis sub-parallelis, 

 bigibbosis, apicibus albo-hiriis. Borneo. 



Deep pitchy black, smooth and shining ; head parallel with the 

 thorax, which is narrow and deeply constricted behind ; elytra 

 rather lengthened, nearly parallel at the sides, and depressed 

 about the middle so as to form a double gibbosity, at the apex of 

 each a small triangular white spot formed by short silky hairs; 

 legs pitchy brown ; a very few scattered hairs appear on the face, 

 the hollow of the elytra, and on the tibice. 



Length .S| lines. 



As we are indebted to Mr. Westwood for our knowledge of 

 this curious genus, 1 have taken the opportunity of attaching his 

 name to a second very distinct species, differing from the typical 

 Clytellus methocoides in its larger size, more linear outline, and 



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