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width, without median line, with the posterior angles rather 

 short, and with these and the anterior margin of a dark red 

 colour. Scutellum black, nitid, sparingly punctate and of oval 

 form. Elytra as broad as the thorax, nearly parallel-sided, 

 rounded at the apex, striato-punctate and of a pale red colour. 

 Legs red. 



490, — ACRONIOPUS PDBESCENS. n. sp. 

 Length 2 lines. 

 Subelongate, black, subnitid, punctate, and rather densely 

 clothed with a whitish pubescence. Thorax not longer than the 

 width, without median line, and with the posterior angles acute. 

 Elytra subelongate, subacuminate towards the apex, and roughly 

 punctate but not distinctly striate. Antennae and legs reddish. 



491. — -AscESis Mastersii. n. sp. 

 Length 5 lines. 



Brown, subopaque, punctate and thinly clothed with whitish 

 pile. Head subconvex, and with the frontal border nearly com- 

 plete as in Monocrepidius. Thorax not longer than the width, 

 without median line, and with the posterior angles acute, 

 moderately long, carinate and slightly directed outwards. Elytra 

 three times longer than the width, parallel-sided, rounded at the 

 apex, and striato-punctate. Under side of body nitid, silky 

 pubescent and minutely punctate. Legs and antennas reddish 

 brown. 



I am probably wrong in placing this insect in the genus 

 Ascesis. The antennae are shorter, thicker, and more strongly 

 dentated than in the typical species. The legs are much more 

 thick and short, and the head is more like that of a Monocrepidius, 

 than of any of the group in which Ascesis is placed. 



492. — DiCTENIOPHORUS VITTICOLLIS. n. Sp. 



Length ^ 4 lines. 

 Black, subnitid, minutely and densely punctate, and densely 

 clothed with a yery short fulvous pubescence. Thorax longer 

 than the width, red on the sides, and hoary pubescent at the 



