170 THE INSECTS OF GAYNDAH, 



MTCETOPHAGID^. 

 313. — Triphtllus fasciatds. n. sp. 

 Length. 1^ lines. 

 Black, subnitid, punctate, very hairy and of an oval form. 

 Thorax transverse and margined on the sides. Elytra red with 

 a broad black median fascia, and strongly striato-punctate. 



314. — DiPLOCOELUS OVATUS. n. sp. 



Length I of a line. 

 Reddish brown, subnitid, covered with long yellow hair, and 

 of a short oval convex form. Thorax transverse, margined at the 

 sides, and with two stri^ near the sides. Elytra strongly striato- 

 punctate. 



DEHMESTIDtE. 



315. — Dermestes murinus, Linn. Faun Suec, page 

 144.— Erichs. Nat. Ins. III., page 429. — 

 Bouche. Nat. Lis., page 189 ; 

 catta, Pang. Nattirf. 24, 10, t. 1., /. 12.— 

 Herbst. Kiif. IV., page 123. t. 40, /. 4 ; 

 nebulosus De Geer. Ins. TV., page 197; 

 rosewentris Casteln. Hist. Nat. II., page 34. 



316. — Megatoma apicalis. n. sp. 

 Length 2| lines. 

 Black, subnitid, punctate, and clothed with black hair. 

 Thorax transverse, convex, with the base triangularly produced. 

 Elytra of the width of the base of the thorax, with the apex de- 

 hiscent, separately rounded, not covering the pygidium and of a 

 piceous hue. Under side of the body punctate and covered 

 with a decumbent ashen pile. The legs and antennae are of a 

 piceous red. 



