8 Mr. H. Scott on Govy\op\iidse from the 



elytro 2) nifo-flavis, corpore subtus rufo-piceo, pedibus rufo- 

 testaceis, antennarum clavis infuscatis ; supra tote fortiter dense 

 punctatum, thoracis basi plus minusve regulariter seriatim punc- 

 tata ; metasterno et segmento 1° abdominis subtiliter dense 

 punctatis. 

 Long. Corp. 1-05-1-25 mm. 



Oblong-oval, with elytra nearly parallel-sided, not very 

 nmcli bioader than the thorax at their widest point ; upper 

 surface very shining, with the punctures bearing such exces- 

 sively sliort minute hairs (only visible under a compound 

 microscope) that it may almost be called glabrous. Colour : 

 thorax pilchy black, with the anterior explanate margin 

 translucent and testaceous, the testaceous colour extending 

 back a little on to the disc in two places, one on either side 

 of the middle line in front ; scutellum black ; elytra pitchy 

 black, with two reddish-yellow marks on each, the fiont pair 

 of marks extending from the base to ^ the length or more, 

 fairly widely separated from the outer margins and at the 

 suture ; the hind pair only very narrowly separated at the 

 suture, sometimes quite confluent across it, fairly widely 

 separated from the apex of the elytron, each mark extending 

 obliquely forwards from the suture nearly to the outer margin. 

 In a few examples the spots of the front pair also are nearly 

 confluent across the suture; and in some (possibly immature) 

 the whole elytra are much paler, almost uniform pitchy 

 reddish or even testaceous. Underside reddish pitchy, ajiex 

 of the abdomen rufescent. Legs reddish testaceous. Clubs 

 of antennae dark. Thorax and elytra closely and strongly 

 punctured, the punctures separated by from once to twice 

 their own diameter, the thorax with a basal seiies of moie 

 closely placed punctures (very distinct in the figured speci- 

 men, but less regular in others) ; elytra with lateral margins 

 reflexed and visible from directly above throughout the 

 greater part of their length ; sutural stria present, obsolete in 

 about the anterior ^. Wings dissected out and' found to be 

 ample. Metasternum and abdomen finely and closely punc- 

 tured and finely pubescent; the punctuation more sparse on 

 the postero-median part of the metasternum. 



Prosternum (PI. I. fig. 3) extremely short, forming iti 

 front of each coxa a bridge so narrow that it can scarcely 

 be seen in looking directly down on to tlie under surface; 

 there is consequently no room for a median elevated keel 

 in front of the coxse (contrast Saciiim gross t'jiiunum, fig. 6). 

 A bulsam-pieparation of the mouth-parts shows that the 



