﻿Mr. 
  C. 
  J. 
  Gahan 
  on 
  new 
  Lamiide 
  Coleoptera. 
  389 
  

  

  puncture, 
  with 
  a 
  larger 
  spot 
  on 
  each 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  

   with 
  a 
  broad 
  subapical 
  black 
  fascia 
  narrowly 
  interrupted 
  at 
  

   the 
  suture 
  ; 
  the 
  apices 
  margined 
  with 
  white, 
  broadly 
  trun- 
  

   cate, 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  angles 
  spined. 
  Thorax 
  gvey 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  underneath; 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  with 
  a 
  whitish 
  

   pubescence 
  spotted 
  with 
  black. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  femora 
  varied 
  

   with 
  grey. 
  Antenna? 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  sixth 
  joint 
  towards 
  its 
  

   base 
  and 
  the 
  eleventh 
  at 
  its 
  middle 
  whitish 
  pubescent. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Fore 
  tarsus 
  broadly 
  dilated, 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  joint 
  

   nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  two 
  succeeding 
  joints 
  taken 
  together; 
  

   first 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  almost 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   three 
  succeeding 
  joints. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  First 
  joint 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  tarsi 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   two 
  succeeding 
  joints. 
  

  

  Colobothea 
  Brullei 
  (Dej. 
  MS.), 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  J 
  . 
  Nigra 
  ; 
  capite 
  fronte 
  albo 
  trilineato, 
  supra 
  unilineato, 
  lateralitor 
  

   Litrinque 
  bilineato 
  ; 
  prothorace 
  linois 
  octo 
  albescentibus 
  ; 
  olytris 
  

   cinereo-pubescentibus, 
  nigro-maculatis, 
  fascia 
  lata 
  subapicali 
  

   nigra, 
  apicibus 
  late 
  truncatis, 
  angulis 
  externis 
  spiuosis 
  ; 
  pcdibus 
  

   nigris, 
  griseo-annulatis, 
  tarsia 
  anticis 
  valde 
  dilatatis 
  et 
  late 
  fim- 
  

   briatis 
  : 
  antennis 
  nigris, 
  articulo 
  sexto' 
  ad 
  apicem 
  noduloso. 
  

  

  Long. 
  24 
  mm. 
  

  

  Flab. 
  Santa 
  Cruz, 
  Nauta. 
  

  

  Black 
  ; 
  head 
  with 
  three 
  white 
  lines 
  in 
  front, 
  the 
  median 
  

   line 
  continued 
  to 
  the 
  thorax. 
  Prothorax 
  with 
  eight 
  whitish 
  

   lines, 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  above 
  the 
  coxa, 
  the 
  remaining 
  six 
  

   visible 
  from 
  above, 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  most 
  external 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  

   continued 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  head. 
  Scutellum 
  black. 
  

   Elytra 
  with 
  the 
  shoulders 
  prominent 
  in 
  an 
  upward 
  direction, 
  

   not 
  much 
  broader 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  with 
  an 
  ashy- 
  

   white 
  pubescence 
  which 
  is 
  interrupted 
  by 
  numerous 
  small, 
  

   round, 
  black 
  spots, 
  each 
  having 
  a 
  setigerous 
  puncture 
  at 
  its 
  

   centre, 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  larger 
  fasciate 
  spots 
  on 
  each, 
  and 
  a 
  

   broad, 
  subapical, 
  black 
  fascia, 
  scarcely 
  interrupted 
  at 
  the 
  

   suture 
  ; 
  the 
  apices 
  narrowly 
  margined 
  with 
  white, 
  broadly 
  

   truncate, 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  angles 
  spined. 
  Body 
  underneath 
  

   black, 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  spotted 
  with 
  white. 
  Anterior 
  legs 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  intermediate 
  or 
  posterior, 
  with 
  their 
  tarsi 
  

   dilated 
  and 
  broadly 
  fiinged 
  with 
  black 
  hairs, 
  and 
  their 
  first 
  

   joint 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  three 
  succeeding 
  joints 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  joint 
  of 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  tarsi 
  about 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  the 
  two 
  succeeding 
  

   joints. 
  

  

  Antenna? 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  notch 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  sixth 
  

   joint. 
  (A 
  nodule 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  kind 
  exists 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  N. 
  Hist. 
  Ser. 
  6. 
  Vol 
  iii. 
  27 
  

  

  