BY W. MAOLEAY, ESQ, F.L.S. 271 



527. — Thanasimus eximius, White. Gat. Mus. Cleridce, 

 1849, pag-e 63. — Westw., Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1862, page 54. 



528. — Thanasimus sculptus. n. sp. 

 Length 3^ lines. 

 Head and thorax brassy black, subnitid, finely punctate, and 

 clothed with white hair. Elytra much broader than the thorax, 

 closely marked except at the apex with rows of quadrangular 

 transverse excavated punctures, and of a beautiful coppery red 

 colour, with a broad bluish purple fascia in the middle. Body 

 beneath dark blue. Legs purplish. 



529. — Clerus sepdlchraijs, Westw. Proc. Zool. 

 Soc, IS52, page 52, t. 25, f. 9. 



530. — Clerus novemguttatus, Westw. Proc. Zool. 

 Soc, 1852, page 49. 



531. — Clerus Mastersii. n. sp. 



Length 3 lines. 

 Dark blue, nitid, punctate and hairy. Thorax with a broad 

 rugose depression in the middle of the median line. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax, profoundly punctate except towards the 

 apex, and of a bronzy red colour, with a brighter spot near the 

 apex, and with a fascia above the middle, the suture from that to 

 the base, and the base itself for half its width, yellow. Antennse 

 palpi and tarsi pale brown. 



532. — Clerus apicalis. n, sp. 

 Length 2| lines. 

 Black, subnitid, coarsely punctate and hairy. Thorax im- 

 pressed in the middle. Elytra very profoundly punctate almost 

 to the apex, with a narrow white fascia behind the middle, and a 

 large luteous spot at the apex. Body beneath and legs blue. 

 Antennae and palpi reddish. 



