250 THE INSECTS OF GAYNDAH, 



excavated in front. Thorax longer than the width, narrower in 

 front than behind and rounded a little on the sides, with the an- 

 terior angles prominent, the posterior divergent subacufe and 

 prolonged backwards, the median line slightly marked near the 

 base where it bisects the central tubercle, and with the sides 

 finely carinated along the basal half. Scutellum large, longer than 

 the width, and broadly rounded at the apex. Elytra as broad as 

 the thorax at the base, sinuate behind the humeral angles, 

 narrowed gradually and rounded at the apex with eight 

 distinctly punctured striaa on each elyti'on. Legs clothed with a 

 very silky pubescence. 



455. — Agrtpnds latior. n. sp. 



Length 16| lines. 

 This species is longer and broader than the last, and differs 

 from it also in having the antennae and palpi brown, the basal 

 tubercle of the thorax transverse and not bisected by the median 

 line, the posterior angles shorter and more rounded though still 

 pointed backwards, and the lateral carination exteadiug beyond 

 the posterior half. The scutellum differs also in having three 

 impressions on the posterior naargin. In this as in the former 

 species the striae on the elytra are most deeply punctate towards 

 the sides. 



456 — Lacon mamillatus, Cand. Mon. 1, page 107, 

 t. 2./. 3. 



457. — Lacon Gatndahensis. n. sp. 



Length 6| lines. 

 Dark brown, subopaque, punctate — each puncture furnished 

 with a yellow decumbent setiform scale. Thorax subconvex, 

 longer than the width, rounded on the sides in front, slightly nar- 

 rowed towards the base, and widened again at the posterior angles 

 which are acute, with the base largely but not deeply emarginate, 

 the median line scarcely traceable, and the lateral carination very 

 small and extending along the basal half. Elytra narrowed and 

 rounded at the apex, and striato-punctate — the punctures large 

 and quadrangular. 



