144 THE INSECTS OP GAYNDAH, 



232. — DOLICAON NIGBIPENNIS. 11. sp. 



Length 3 lines. 

 Head black, nitid, and very sparsely punctured. Thorax red, 

 nitid, same width as head, longer than the breadth, parallel- 

 sided, rounded at the angles, and very sparsely punctured. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, black, and punctate. Abdomen 

 very finely punctured, and broadest in the middle, with the first 

 four segments red, and the remainder black. Legs, palpi, 

 antennae, and mandibles red. 



233. — Lathrobium polttulum. n. sp. 

 Length 5 lines. 

 Black, hairy, and nitid. Head slightly narrowed and rounded 

 behind, punctured sparsely in front and more closely on the sides. 

 Thorax of the same width as the head, a little longer than the 

 breadth, slightly rounded on the sides, rounded at the angles, and 

 sparsely punctured on the upper surface. Elytra broader than 

 the thorax and punctured in rows. Abdomen finely punctured 

 with the apical margin of each segment smoother and of a lighter 

 colour. Legs, antennee, and palpi, red. 



234. — Lathrobium picedm. n. sp. 

 Length 65 lines. 

 Entirely of a piceous brown, subnitid, hairy. Head and 

 thorax of the same form as in L. poUhdum, but with the punctures 

 smaller and more numerous. Elytra not broader than the thorax, 

 and closely punctured. Abdomen rugosely punctured with a 

 reddish tinge on the apical margin of the first, third, and fourth 

 segments. The antennce and palpi are nearly red, the latter are 

 considerably thicker than in the previously described species. 



235. — LiTHOCHAKIS TRISTIS. n. Sp. 



Length If lines. 

 Black, opaque, and punctate. Head square, truncate behind 

 and placed on a narrow neck. Thorax reddish brown, longer 



