256 THE INSECTS OF GAYNDAH, 



aslien pubescence. Head depressed in the middle. Thorax longer 

 than the width, without median line, and with the posterior angles 

 subacute and strongly bicarinated. Scutellum reddish, subelon- 

 gate. Elytra nearly three times longer than the width, narrowed 

 and rounded at the apex, and striato punctate — the alternate in- 

 terstices being evidently broader. Body beneath dark brown, 

 subnitid and finely punctate. Legs pale brown. 



476. — MoNOCREPiDius Candezei. n. sp. 

 Length 4 lines. 



Black, subopaque, densely punctate and clothed with a pale 

 fulvous pubescence. Head subconvex. Thorax a little longer 

 than the width, reddish at the base, without median line and with 

 the posterior angles subacute and unicarinate. Elytra three 

 times longer than the width, striato-punctate, and rounded at the 

 apex. Legs pale yellow. 



477. — MONOCREPIDIUS ELONGATULUS. n. Sp. 



Length 3 lines. 

 Black, slightly nitid, punctate, and clothed with a short pale 

 fulvous pubescence. Head minutely carinated on the top. Thorax 

 much longer than the width, reddish at the base, without median 

 line, and with the posterior angles subacute and bicarinate. 

 Scutellum reddish, nearly round. Elytra three times longer 

 than the width, striato-punctate, and rounded at the apex. Body 

 beneath reddish brown, nitid, finely punctate, and clothed with a 

 thin silky pubescence. Legs pale yellow. 



478.— MONOCREPIDIUS CASTANEIPENNIS. n. Sp. 



Length 5| lines. 

 Brown, punctate, subnitid, and clothed with a long thin 

 yellowish pubescence. Thorax not longer than the width, with- 

 out median line, and with the posterior angles rather short, 

 subacute, and bicarinate. Scutellum subpentagonal. Elytra of 

 a dark chesnut colour, twice as long as the width, narrowed and 

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

 and oblong. Abdomen reddish. Legs pale red. 



