BY W. MACLEAY, ESQ., F.L.S. 205 



418. — Valgus nigrinus. n. sp. 

 Length 1| lines. 

 Entirely black, and moderately covered with white scales. 

 Head punctate with the clypeus broadly rounded at the apex. 

 Thorax longer than the width, and covered with a kind of tesselated 

 marking. Scutellum thickly covered with white scales. Elytra 

 punctate, striate, and marked much in the same way as the 

 thorax. 



419. — Valgus castaneipennis. n. sp. 

 Length 1| lines. 

 Head and thorax black, densely covered with whitish scales, 

 the former with the clypeus truncate in front. Elytra chesnut 

 and covered with striaB of yellowish scales. Pygidium under 

 side of body, and legs very densely clothed with whitish scales. 



The remainder of the Coleoptera in the Gayndah collection 

 will form the subject of another paper. 



