BY W. MACLEAY, ESQ., F.L.S. 163 



293. — Cychramus niger. n. sp. 

 Length 2j lines. 

 Black, sabnitid, punctate, and moderately pilose. Head 

 small, rather flat, free from pubescence, and sunk to the eyes in 

 the emargination of the thorax. Thorax transverse, emarginate 

 in front, rounded, margined, ciliated, and reddish on the sides, 

 much broader behind than in front, rounded at and behind the 

 posterior angles and nearly truncate at the base. Scutellum 

 with only the apex visible. Elytra about the width of the thorax 

 at the base, and rounded and slightly dehiscent at the apex. 

 Pygidium exposed. Legs red, with the tibi^ strongly ciliated. 



294. — Ips politds. n. sp. 

 Length 2| lines. 

 Piceous black, nitid, finely punctate, and subconvex. Head 

 broad and sunk deeply in the thorax. Thorax transverse, deeply 

 emarginate in front, margined on the sides, and broad and trun- 

 cate at the base. Scutellum rounded at the sides and apex. 

 Elytra scarcely so broad as the thorax at the base, obtusely 

 pointed at the apex, covering all but the very extremity of the 

 abdomen, and marked with a few obsolete stride. The under 

 side of the body and the legs are punctate and of a pale piceous 

 red. 



TROGOSITID^. 



295. — Leperina Mastersii. n. sp. 

 Length 5 lines. 

 Head black, coarsely punctured, and scaly, with a fascicled 

 tubercle on each side near the eye. Thorax punctate, and 

 covered with black scales excepting on the sides, and two spots 

 near the hinder portion of the disc which are white, and a few 

 cinnamon-coloured scales near the middle, with a smooth raised 

 median line, and two fascicles near the anterior margin protu- 

 ding forwards. Scutellum rounded behind and covered with 

 cinnamon-coloured scales. Elytra black, coarsely punctured, 



