328 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the 



dufcis ; rostro modice arcuato, antennisque fiilvo-ferrugineis. 

 Long, 3 lin. 



Ilab. Nauta. 



Ovate, black, with distinct round white spots ; head and 

 apex of the prothorax covered with golden-yellow scales ; 

 rostrum longer than the prothorax, slightly curved, yellowish 

 ferruginous, the basal half with five well-marked raised 

 lines ; scrobes oblique, beginning considerably beyond the 

 middle of the rostrum ; antennte pale ferruginous ; f unicle 

 elongate, the second joint longer than the first ; club shortly 

 ovate ; prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides, convex, 

 and with five spots (three basal) above ; scutellum broadly 

 transverse ; elytra broader than the prothorax at the base, 

 gradually narrowed at the sides, finely striate, interspaces 

 minutely granulate, the side from the shoulder with two and 

 the posterior third with several elevated lines, on each elytron 

 five larger and a few smaller spots ; body beneath chestnut- 

 brown, the sterna and sides of the abdominal segments 

 covered with whitish scales ; legs pale yellowish brown, with 

 narrow approximate whitish scales ; tibia? grooved, inner 

 margin ciliated ; tarsi broad, fringed with blackish hairs. 



Type of Pardisomus. Scrobes oblique, the distal half 

 passing beneath the rostrum ; pectus short, entire ; anterior 

 coxaB approximate ; mesosternum declivous ; femora toothed ; 

 claws united at the base ; first abdominal suture distinct. 



\yGentrinus egregius. 



O. breviter ovatus, niger, prothorace in medio nigro, carinato, 

 macula magna loete Banguinea ornato ; elytris carinulatis. 

 Long. 1| lin. 



Hah. Parji. 



Shortly ovate, black, somewhat opaque, the prothorax with 

 a large bright spot of blood-red scales on each side ; rostrum 

 not longer than the prothorax ; scrobes beginning at about 

 the middle ; antenna yellowish brown ; funicle rather short, 

 first joint longest; club broadly ovate ; prothorax convex, a 

 glossy raised line from the apex to the base, closely punctured 

 on each side ; scutellum subquadrate, smooth ; elytra cordi- 

 form, striate, the interspaces punctured and raised more or less 

 sharply, especially towards the apex, where there is also 

 a sprinkling of greyish scales ; body beneath black, strongly 

 punctured ; legs black, with scattered white narrow scales ; 

 tibiae slightly curved • tarsi with the two basal joints narrow, 

 claw-joint not half so long as the rest together. 



Type of Sympages. Pectus very short, canal distinct ; 



