82 Major F. J. Sidney Parry on 



obtuse tooth, situate internally near the apex; prothorax 

 with the anterior and posterior angles rounded, very 

 minutely and sparsely punctate on the disc, but coarsely 

 so at the anterior angles ; scutellum obsoletely punctate ; 

 elytra smooth on the disc, the lateral margins thickly 

 punctate; the four posterior tibias armed with a strong 

 spine. 



Frosoijocoilus perplexus, Parry. 



P. natalensis, Parry (PI. II. figs. G, 9). 



P. approximatus , Parry (PL III. figs. 2, 7) . 



The specimen from which the description at p. 26 of my 

 former Catalogue was derived belonged to Mr. Bowring's 

 collection and was noted with the habitat "Ind. or. ;^' 

 the name perplexus was assigned to it, to denote some 

 hesitation in my mind as to its affinity with other allied 

 Indian species of the genus, with none of which it appeared 

 exactly to coincide. Since then, I have in the British 

 Museum met with another male specimen (also a var. 

 minor) as well as two females ; of the latter, one specimen 

 was presented by Captain Boys from Northern India, and 

 the other two were obtained from the collection of the 

 East India Company. The habitat of India is, therefore, 

 I think, perfectly correct. 



Recently on a visit to Paris, both Count Mniszech and 

 Mens. H. Deyrolle having expressed a strong opinion as 

 to P. perplexus being only a variety of P. natalensis (to 

 which it certainly bears a very great similarity) , I have, 

 conjointly with Mr. C. Waterhouse, carefully compared 

 the various specimens of P. perplexus with those of G. 

 natalensis, and find that P. perplcxiis is of a somewhat 

 lighter colour, has comparatively narrower and less 

 quadrate elytra, its clypeus is simple, its head closely 

 granulate, and with a few large punctures at the sides 

 behind the eyes, its thorax thickly granulate all over, and 

 presenting no trace whatever of punctures, and the punc- 

 tuation of the elytra is much finer and sparser. 



Figures are now given also of the var. max. and var. 

 med. of P. approximatus. 



Prosopocoilvs mysticxis, n. sp. 



S . Castaneo-piceus, nitidus, depressus, supra et sub- 

 tus confertissime granulosus ; mandibulis capitis longi- 



