BY W. MACLEAY, ESQ., F.L.S, 153 



a little larger than the preceding ones, the tenth elongate, and the 

 eleventh of a very elongate oval form. Head black and flat on 

 the forehead with two deep round fove^e. Thorax convex, and. 

 rounded at the sides, with a deep fovea on each side near the 

 base connected together by a transverse impression. Elytra 

 bistriated, one on each elytron. Legs long. 



PAUSSID^. 



263. — Arthropteeus Westwoodii. n. sp. 

 Length 5| lines. 

 Piceous brown, subnitid, and finely punctured. AntennjB 

 short, with the first joint transverse, obtusely angled, and truncate, 

 the second to the ninth inclusive more than four times broader 

 than the length, and the tenth more than twice the length of 

 the preceding. Head slightly concave between the eyes, truncate 

 behind, and attached to the thorax by a thick neck, with the 

 posterior angles prominent, obtuse, and clothed with stiff hairs. 

 Thorax scarcely longer than the breadth, rounded at the anterior 

 angles, slightly narrowed behind, truncate at the base, margined 

 and ciliated on the sides and broadly impressed on the median 

 line, more especially towards the base. Elytra rounded at 

 the apex with a small sinuation at the external angle. Legs and 

 under side of body thinly punctured. Anterior tibiae with the 

 external apical angle subacute and the apex deeply emarginate. 

 Intermediate and posterior tibiee with the external apical angle 

 very broadly rounded and ciliated, and with the apex emarginate. 



264. — Arthropteeus Mastersii. n. sp. 

 Length 6| lines. 

 Piceous-black, subnitid, and finely punctured. Antennee with 

 the first joint square, obtusely angled, and truncate, the second 

 to the ninth inclusive three times broader than the length, and 

 the last more than twice the length of the others. Head slightly 

 concave between the eyes, truncate behind, and attached to the 

 thorax by a thick neck, with the posterior angles obtuse. Thorax 



