96 HisropRiA. 



2. Hispopria foveicoUis, n. sp. B.M. 



H. elongato-oblonga, nigra, nitida ; thoracis disco foveis septimis 



magnis ; eljiiris fiilvis. 

 Long. 7^ lin. 



H. shining black, the elytra fulvous. Head punctate, longitudinally 

 grooved between the antenna). Thorax transverse, rather broader 

 in front ; sides dilated, subparallel, sHghtly rounded, the outer 

 margin narrowly reflexed, irregularly serrate ; disc subconvex, 

 deeply but not very closely punctured, on its surface are seven 

 deep fovea;, the first four placed transverselj- across the middle, 

 the three others near the base ; on the disc in front is a slightly 

 raised longitudinal line, smooth and impunctate. Scutellum im- 

 punctate. Elytra broader than the thorax, nearly parallel, 

 scarcely broader behind, theii' lateral margin shghtlj dilated and 

 indistinctly emarginate towards the apex, the posterior extremity 

 of each elytron slightly produced, subacutely rounded, emarginate 

 before the sutui'e, sutiu-al angle acutely toothed ; above flattened, 

 convex on the sides, each elytron with eleven rows of deep regular 

 punctures, the first abbreviated, third, fifth and seventh inter- 

 stices fi'om the suture costate, the last two united towards their 

 apex. Beneath black, finely i:)uncturcd, the last four abdominal 

 segments transversely depressed at their base ; anterior thighs 

 much thickened, their upper edge convex, their lower armed be- 

 yond the middle with a short stout tooth ; anterior tibia; strongly 

 curved, the groove on their lower surface with its anterior edge 

 bituberculate and produced at the apex into a flat obtuse process ; 

 tooth on intermediate pair of femora nearly obsolete. 



Hah. Philippine Islands. 



Unique, in the British Museum. 



3. Hispopria bipunctata, n. sp. B.M. 



H. oblongo-elongata, pallide fulva ; elytro utroque puncto magno 

 antennisque nigris. 



Long. 61 lin. 



H. oblong-elongate, pale fulvous ; antennaj, and a large oval spot 

 placed obliquely below the middle of each clj'tron. black. Head 

 grooved longitudinally do^vn the front ; basal joint of antenna; 

 stained with piceous. Thorax transverse, its apex rounded, 

 slightly produced ; sides dilated, rounded in front, angled befoi'e 

 their middle, hence to their base slightly rounded, the edge of the 

 rounded ])ortion ii-regularly dentate, anterior and posterior angles 

 acute, the former minute ; above subcylindrical at the apex, rest 

 of the surface subconvex and covered with numerous deep pvmc- 

 tures, the anterior margin and a sHghtlj' grooved longitudinal line 

 in the middle impunctate. Scutellum smooth. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax, oblong-ovate, their sides somewhat rounded and 

 rather broader behind the middle, the posterior extremity of each 



