100 Mr. F. P. Pascoe's Descriptions of New Genera 



I have carefully examined the descriptions of Tmesisterni, in the 

 French " Voyages," as well as the more recent ones of Montrousier 

 and Perroud, and cannot find that this insect has been anywhere 

 described. It was found in the Isle of Pines by Mr. Macgilliv- 

 ray of H. M. S. Herald, and is in the rich collection of W. W. 

 Saunders, Esq. 



SCOPADUS. 



Head large, eyes reniform, antennae longer than the body, ciliated 

 beneath, Prothorax narrower than the head, vaulted above and 

 rather longer than broad. Elytra crested at the shoulders, very 

 convex at the apex and rounded. Legs with the femora thickened, 

 the tarsi very short. 



Closely allied to Leptoplia, Dej., which, however, differs in its 

 large globular thorax, and very compressed and lengthened femora. 



Scopadus ciliatus. (PI. XXH. fig. 5.) 



S. fusco-ater, setis sparsis flavescentibus obtectis ; dimidio ba- 

 sali elytrorum, pedibus antennisque obscure luteis. Ad Flu- 

 men Amazon. 



The whole body above sparingly furnished with long yellowish 

 setulose hairs. Thorax black, with a narrow white median longi- 

 tudinal line at its base, extending to about half its length. Face 

 dull yellowish ; eyes black ; antennae varied with black and dull 

 yellow. Elytra with not quite half the apical portion black, and 

 where it ceases having each two small white spots, the remainder 

 of the elytra fulvous yellow, each shoulder having an elevated 

 crest crowned with a tuft of longish hairs, from the base of each 

 crest and on the outside an oblique groove, converging towards the 

 suture so as to form a mark like the letter V. Legs brownish 

 yellow, beneath yellowish, the abdomen shining black. 



Length 4 lines. 



Agelasta irrorata. 



A. anthracina ; elytris tenuiter griseo-hirtis, nigro-irroratis, 

 guttis albis sparsis ornatis. Malacca. 



Deep coal black, the upper surface sparingly furnished with 

 short stiff erect hairs; prothorax with a tubercle on each side; 

 elytra sprinkled over with small black naked spots, among which 

 are also twelve or fourteen small pure white ones ; antennae 

 black, with the bases of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth joints 

 grey ; legs black, the tibiae grey in the middle, the four posterior 

 femora varied with grey, the last tarsal joint, and the bases of all 



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