BY W. MACLEAY, ESQ., F.L.S. '^77 



rather roughly punctate, and cut very tlatly and steeply behind, 

 with a large subacute spine rising from the suture on each elytron 

 near the apex, and extending in a direction backwards and 

 outwards. Legs and antenna piceous red. 



557. — BOSTRYCHDS CYLINDRICUS. n. sp. 



Length 4 lines. 

 Elongate, piceous black, nitid and punctate. Head densely 

 and minutely punctaLe. Thorax slightly longer than the width, 

 roagh and dentated in front,— the anterior tooth hooked — and 

 smooth behind. Elytra coarsely punctate towards the apex, and 

 having on the retuse portion six sharp projections, three on each 

 elytron, one near the suture, another about the middle and the 

 third on the side near the apex, which is obliquely truncate and 

 separately rounded. Legs, antennae, and underside of body, 

 piceous. 



558. — BosTKYCHDS JESDITDS, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1, 2, 

 page 361. — Boisd. Voy. Astrol. IL, page 461. 



TENEBRIONID^. 



559. — Opatrum Mastersii. n. sp. 



Length 4 lines. 

 Ovate, subdepressed, brown, opaque, and covered with short 

 yellow setifoi"m scales. Head transversely impressed in front, 

 and prominently angled in front of the eyes. Thorax much 

 broader than the length, broader behind than in front, rounded 

 on the sides, broadly rounded at the base in the middle, and 

 emarginate near the angles, with the anterior angles prominent, 

 the posterior very acute and slightly pointed backwards and 

 outwards, the median line visible, and a broad subconcave lateral 

 border. Scutellum transverse, rounded behind. Elytra of the 

 width ot, or slightly wider than, the thorax, bisinuate at the base, 

 and marked with broad smooth stride, with the interstices broad, 

 subconvex, and covei'ed with about three irregular rows of yellow 

 setiform scales. 



