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pale 'red. Thorax rather longer than the width, rounded at the 

 apex, base, and angles, transversely depressed in the middle, 

 and of a' yellow colour with a broad black band in the middle. 

 Scutellum yellow. Elytra short, dehiscent, subacuminate, and 

 confusedly punctate, with an elongate yellow patch towards the 

 ■ base, and a broad fascia of the same colour near the apex. 

 Prothorax beneath, coxeb, and apical edge of the abdominal 

 segments yellow. Tibiae reddish brown. 



506. — Laius bellulus, Gruer. Voy. Coq., page 78, 

 — Germ. Lwm. Ent. III., page 182. 



507. —Laius Mastersii. n. sp. 

 Length 2 lines. 



Cyaneous, nitid, punctate, hairy. Thorax red, transverse, 

 deeply impressed along the base. Elytra with a broad golden 

 fascia in the middle. 



This species differs from L. belluhis chiefly in being of a deeper 

 blue, in being less strongly punctate, more hirsute, and in having 

 no apical spot on the elytra, while the fascia is broader, straighter, 

 and of a more yellow hue. 



508. — Malachius luridicollis. n. sp. 

 Length 2j lines. 

 Oblong, flat, black, subnitid, indistinctly punctate, and clothed 

 with short erect fulvous pubescence. Head nitid, with the 

 muzzle and three first joints of the antennfe pale red. Thorax 

 transverse, nearly truncate at the apex, rounded at the anterior 

 and subacute at the posterior angles, broadly rounded at the base, 

 and of a lurid red colour, with the margins elevated and with two 

 small deep round foveae at the base. Elytra as long as the ab- 

 domen, broadest towards the apex, and of a blackish brown colour 

 tinged with lurid brown at the base. Legs yellow, the fourth 

 joint of the tarsi lobed beneath. 



509. — Carphdrus cyaneipennis. n. sp. 

 Length 4 lines. 

 Narrow, pale red, nitid and hairy. Head foveolate in front, 



