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Head closely and rather deeply punctate, the vertex 
"vvith a double fuscous spot. Thorax closely and coarsely 
punctured ; on each side of the disc is a very small space, 
from which the punctures are absent ; it is of a pale yellow 
colour, ^vith a very indistinct and ill-defined cloudy mark- 
ing on each side the middle ; the elytra are pale, with three 
or four very indistinct black spots on each, they are deeply 
crenate-striate ; the interstices are finely and moderately 
closely punctured, each puncture bearing a very short fine 
hair ; the suture is prolonged at the apex into a sharp tooth, 
and each has also outside this a long and sharp spine, 
placed rather farther from the suture than usual. Legs 
pale yellow. 
I have seen but a single specimen of this species taken 
at Nagasaki. 
I possess several species of this section from China and 
Australia, but nothing closely allied to this. 
41. Volvulus profundus, n. sp. Anguste ovalis, valde 
elevatus, supra jeneus, nitidus, crebre punctatus, elytris 
punctato-striatis, striis internis basi obsoletis ; antennarum 
basi, palpisque testaceis, his apice summo piceo ; subtus 
niger ; pedibus nigro-piceis, tibiis tarsisque anterioribus 
rufo-testaceis. Long. 2 lin. ; lat. 1 lin. 
Much smaller than V. inflatus, and above entirely brassy. 
Maxillary palpi yellow, the last joint about twice as long 
as the preceding one, pitchy at its extremity. Antennae 
yellow, with the club dark. Head densely and finely 
punctured, behind the labrum more densely and finely 
than at the vertex. Thorax as wide as the elytra, with 
the base rounded, the posterior angles absent ; it is densely 
and rather finely punctured. Scutellum narrow and elon- 
gate, finely punctured. Elytra moderately densely and 
finely punctured, each with ten stride deeply impressed at 
the extremity, the three or four internal ones not ^nsible 
at the base. Under surface black, the mesosternum very 
strongly carinated, the two hinder pair of femora pitchy, 
strongly punctured and glabrous beneath. Anterior tibiae 
and tarsi obscurely yellowish. 
Abundant everjnvhere. 
I possess a very closely-allied species from several locali- 
ties in the Malay Archipelago. 
42. Amphiops mater, n. sp. Perconvexus, subhe- 
misphaBricus, piceus, capite, prothoraceque creben-ime 
