BY W. MACLEAY, ESQ., F.L.S. 143 



229. — Crtptobium apicale. n. sp. 



Length 3| lines. 

 Head oblong, black, opaque, closely punctured, and truncate 

 behind, with the posterior angles rounded. Thorax black, opaque, 

 closely punctured, narrower than the head, much longer than the 

 breadth, and slightly rounded on the sides, with all the angles 

 rounded, and the median line smooth. Elytra broader than the 

 thorax, conjointly emarginate at the apex, closely punctured, and 

 of a black colour with the hinder portion deep red. The 

 abdomen is black, subnitid, and finely punctured, with the fifth 

 segment of a blood red. The legs are yellow. The antennse, 

 palpi, and mandibles are reddish brown. 



230. — DOLICAON QUADRATICOLLIS. n. Sp. 



Length 3 lines. 

 Head black, nitid, square, truncate at the base, and covered 

 with rather dista,nt punctures. Thorax red, nearly square, and 

 rounded at the angles, with the surface sparsely punctured, and 

 the median line smooth. Elytra a little broader than the thorax, 

 black with the apex red, and punctured in somewhat irregular 

 rows over the whole upper surface. Abdomen black and very 

 finely punctured, with the apex red and fimbriate. Legs, palpi 

 and antennae pale red. 



231. DOLICAON ELONGATULUS. D. Sp. 



Length 2 1 lines. 

 Black, subnitid. Head more elongate than in the last species 

 and more closely punctured. Thorax considerably longer than 

 the breadth, slightly narrower than the head, rather closely 

 punctured on the upper surface, rounded at the angles, and very 

 slightly broader in front than behind. Elytra broader than the 

 thorax, punctured in somewhat irregular rows with subelevated 

 interstices, and with the base black and apex red. Abdomen 

 black and finely punctured, with the apex red and fimbriate 

 The legs, antennge, and palpi, reddish yellow. 



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