BY W. HUCLEAY, ESQ., F.L.S. 949 



broadly rounded at the basal lobe, and thickly clothed except 

 in the middle with short whitish scales. Elytra of the width of 

 the thorax at the base, becoming narrower on the posterior third, 

 separately rounded at the apex, and marbled all over with 

 patches and fasciaj of short whitish scalies. Body beneath bluish 

 black. 



452. — Agrilus Mastersii. n. sp. 

 Length 6 lines. 

 Dark brown, opaque, finely punctate. Head of a roseate hue 

 in front and lightly foveated. Thorax deeply marked on the 

 median line except in front, and with a short sublateral elevated 

 line and a fovea in front of it. Elytra largely foveate at the base, 

 unicostate, and pointed and serrate at the apex. Body beneath 

 cupreous and nitid, with a short silvery pubescence. 



453.— 7AGRILUS DEAURATDS. n. Sp. 



Length 3 lines. 

 Very narrow, black, subnitid with au occasional metallic 

 gloss, and finely punctate. Head depressed on the vertex. Thorax 

 transversely punctate, deeply marked on the median line behind, 

 and rather longer than the width. Scutellum transversely 

 carinated. Elytra bispinose at the apex, and of a tarnished 

 looking golden yellow colour, with an oblique dark blue fascia 

 near the apex. Body beneath blue and thinly punctate. 



EUCNEMID^. 



Of this family there are three species in the collection, all of 

 different genera, and I believe undescribed, but as I have not been 

 able to procure Bonvouloir's Monograph of the group, in which 

 he adds many genera and species to those previously known, 

 I must pass them over for a time. 



ELATERIDJE. . " 



454. — Agrypnus Mastersii. n. sp. 

 Length 15 lines. 

 Brown, subopaque. finely punctate and clothed with a silky 

 ashen pubescence. Antennae and palpi dull red. Head lightly 



