88 PROMECOTHECA. 



2. Promecotheca Cumingii, n. sp, B.M. 



P. elongata, subcylindiica, Isete fulva ; antennis (articiilo basali 

 excepto) oreque nigris ; thoracc cylindrico, utrinque ante medium 

 transversim impresso ; elj'tns fortiter et regiilariter striate -punc- 

 tatis ; femoribus subtus dente acuto armatis, posticis elongatis. 



Long. 4 lin. 



P. elongate, snbcylindrical, dark fiilvous, more obscure beneath ; 

 antenna) (the basal joint excepted) and month black ; eyes and 

 upper surface of posterior thighs piceous. Head smooth, impressed 

 in the middle above with a small oblong fovea. Thorax less 

 cylindrical than in the last species, deeply strangulated at its base, 

 especially at the sides ; above smooth and shining, s])aringly 

 punctured, transversely impressed on either side just before the 

 middle. Scutellimi oblong-quadrate, impunctate, its extreme 

 apex black. Elytra broader than the thorax, elongate, subcyhn- 

 di-ical, parallel ; apex rounded ; surface closely covered with large, 

 deeply excavated punctiuTs, arranged in regiilar striae, the second 

 interstice from the suture, and several on the outer margin (espe- 

 cially towards their apex), slightly elevated ; thighs anned beyond 

 the middle beneath with an acute tooth ; posterior pair nearly 

 equal in length to the abdomen, their upper sui-face stained with 

 jjiceous. 



Hah. Philippine Islands. 



British Museum, and collections of G. Waterhouse, Esq., and 

 J. S. Baly. 



3. Promecotheca varipes, n. sp. B.M. 



P. elongata, subcylindiica, fulva ; antennis, scuteUo, tibiis anticis 

 basi et apice tarsisque, pedibus quatuor posticis totis, pectore abdo- 

 mineque, nigris ; thorace cylindrico, medio constricto, transversim 

 impresso, utrinque valde tuberculato; elytris fortiter striato-punc- 

 tatis. 



Long. 5 Hn. 



P. elongate, subcylindrical, fulvous ; antennte, seutellum, base and 

 apex of the anterior tibia?, the anterior tarsi, four posterior 

 legs, breast, and abdomen, shining black. Head impimctate, 

 smooth and shining, above convex, impressed in the middle with 

 a small fovea. Thorax cylindrical, scarcely longer than broad, 

 deeply slrangidated at the base ; sides constricted in the middle, 

 and produced immediately behind on either side into a large pro- 

 minent protuberance, the latter transversely impressed above, ob- 

 soletely fo^'eolated, and separated from the disc of the thorax by a 

 short longitudinal groove ; disc smooth and shining, impunctate, 

 impressed in the middle with a transverse grooved line, which 

 extends on either side to the lateral constriction ; suiface in front 

 convex, slightly swollen. Seutellum smooth, impunctate. Elytra 

 elongate, much broader than the base of the thorax, parallel ; 



