Mr. C. 0. Waterliouse on nero Coleoptera. 499 



Lycidffi, 1879, p. 4, pi. i. fig. 6), and belonging to tliat group 

 in which the head is concealed by the front margin of the 

 thorax. It differs from C. ruber in having the thorax less 

 densely pubescent, so that it is slightly shining, and the 

 median channel is much deeper. The scutelluni is black, 

 with very little red pubescence. The elytra have only two 

 costae on eacli, and these are not very well marked ; the 

 extreme apex is blackish ; in one specimen the black is only 

 on the suture. The antennse reach to about the middle of the 

 elytra, are moderately stout, but not quite so broad as in C. 

 ruber. In the male the fifth joint of the antennte is about 

 twice as long as broad ; in the female it is rather shorter. 

 Hab. Ceylon [Percy Braine, Esq.). 



CalandridaB. 



Poteriopliorus Boivringii, n. sp. 



Indumento cnistaceo ochraceo undique tectus ; thoracis elytrorinn- 



que lateribus fusco sufFusis. 5 . 

 Long, (rostr. excl.) 2(3 millim. (12g lin.); lat. elytr. 11 millim. 



Closely allied to P. niveus^ but broader and of a rich yel- 

 low colour. Rostrum stouter and much wider in front of the 

 eyes. Thorax relatively broader, with no distinct punctua- 

 tion ; sides gently arcuate and not parallel posteriorly. Elytra 

 much broader at the base, but narrowed posteriorly ; the sides 

 clouded with brown, with yellow dots here and there. Py- 

 gidium more convex, with a few obscure punctures near ttie 

 base. The punctures bordering the upper margin of the 

 metathoracic parapleura are large and deep. Prosternum with 

 scarcely any trace of hair ; prosternal process very prominent, 

 strong, conical, the apex slightly bent forwards. Apical 

 segment of the abdomen with a rather large shallow depres- 

 sion at the apex, the sides of the depression bordered by 

 closely-placed, small, scale-bearing punctures. 



Hab. Java [J. G. Boivring, Esq.). 



I have compared this species with P. niveus, as that species 

 is well known ; but it is really more nearly allied to P. im- 

 2)eratrix, White, having the same general form and also a 

 prosternal process. In P. Bowringii^ however, the process 

 is thick and erect, whilst in P. imperatrix it more resembles 

 a ridge, terminating at some distance from the coxte in a 

 small tubercle. 



Poteriopliorus fasco-variuSj n. sp. 

 Indumento crustaceo sordide albo tectus, plus minusve ochraceo 



