278 THE INSECTS OF GAYNDAH, ■ 



560. — Apatelus squamosus. n. sp. 



Length 3| lines. 

 Oblong, black, opaque, punctate, squamosa. Head canalicu- 

 late on the suture of the epistome, and very slightly emarginate 

 in front. Thorax subquadrate, slightly rounded on the sides, 

 and truncate at the base, with the anterior angles moderately 

 prominent and the posterior subacute and a little recurved. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, rounded at the humeral angles, 

 and striato-punctate with the interstices subcostate. Body 

 beneath piceous black, subnitid and punctate. Tarsi piceous and 

 clothed with reddish hair. 



561. — Cbstrinus squalidus. n. sp. 



Length ^ 5, '^ 6 lines. 

 Black, opaque, roaghly punctate, and very squamose. Thorax 

 transverse with broad recurved lateral margin, much rounded 

 on the sides, and truncate at the base, with the anterior angles 

 prominent and subacute, and the posterior acute and pointed a 

 little outwards. Elytra broader than the thorax, rounded at the 

 humeral angles, convex, nearly pe rpendicular on the apical thii'd, 

 and marked with large elongate punctures disposed in irregular 

 rows, and elevated alternate interstices covered with black nitid 

 granules. Body beneath less squamose than above. Tarsi 

 piceous. 



562. — Htocis pallida, n. sp. 

 Length 1| lines. 



Oval, subconvex, pale red, subnitid, and punctate — each 

 puncture furnished with a very short decumbent yellow seta. 

 Head slightly impressed transversely between the eyes. Thorax 

 transverse, nearly truncate in front, broadly rounded at the base, 

 and slightly rounded at the sides, with the jaedian line distinct. 

 Scutellum small, rounded. Elytra of a yellow colour, rather 

 broader than the thorax at the base, becoming slightly broader 

 towards the apex, and profoundly striato-punctate. Fore tibiae 

 large and flat. 



