384 Mr. II. W. Bates on the 



front is less oblique and rather shorter. The elytra are de- 

 pressed along the suture, and have no distinct declivity near 

 the apex. 



Acanthocinus griseus, Fab. 

 Acanthocinus griseus, Fab. Syst. El. ii. p. 277 (et auctor.). 

 Hiogo ; several examples of both sexes, differing in size 

 from 4^ to 1\ lines. 



Leiopus guttatus, n. sp. 



L. subelongatus, parallelopipedus, fere ut Acanthocinus griseus, nullo- 

 modo setosus ; fuseus ; elytris griseis f'usco-guttatis, fasciis vagis 

 duabus fuscis, una ante, altera post medium ; antennis ( $ ) corpore 

 plusquam duplo longioribus,haud ciliatis, fere nudis, testaceo-rufis, 

 articulis omnibus apice nigro-piceis ; thorace subquadrato, antiee 

 gradatim, prope basin citius angustato, post medium tumidulo, 

 ibique spina brevi recta, paulo obhqua armato ; dorso grosse, 

 discrete punctato ; elytris totis fortiter punctatis, apice breviter 

 obtuse truncatis ; pedibus ut in A. griseo gracilibus, nigris, 

 femoribus et tibiis dimidio basali testaceo-carneis ; tarsis posticis 

 articulo basali cseteris conjunctis multo longiore. 



$ ovipositore vix ultra apicem elytrorum producto ; segmento ultimo 

 ventrali haud elougato, truncate. Long. 3| lin. $ . 



Two examples, Hiogo. 



Exocentrus fasciolatus, n. sp. 



E. balteato proxime affinis. Atro -fuseus ; elytris pube grisea 

 vestitis, fascia dentata post medium denudata, lineatim punctatis, 

 interstitiis setis nigris lineatim ordinatis. Long. 2| lin. 



Many examples. 



Similar in form to E. halteatus (Serv.). Blackish brown. 

 Head clothed with grey pile. Antennae setose, as in E. bal- 

 teatus, but the hairs shorter ; black, sometimes rufo-piceous ; 

 bases of joints grey. Thorax of similar form to that of E. 

 halteatus • the base and three short streaks proceeding thence 

 towards the disk griseous pubescent. Elytra punctured in 

 lines, with a row of very distinct and separate rigid black 

 setae down some of the interstices ; the laid ashy pile is in 

 many places interrupted, forming oblong spots ; there is an 

 oblique patch at the sides, and beyond the middle an irregular 

 zigzag fascia of the blackish ground-colour. 



Exocentrus Itneatus, n. sp. 

 E- bnlteato forma similis. Piceo-fuscus ; elytris sutura et lineis 

 quiuque, post medium late interruptis, griseis. Long. 2f lin. 



Many examples. 





