GONOPHOUA. Ill 



elevations, indistinctly grooved above, smootli, impunctate. the 

 two ontcr interrupted and nearly obsolete behind their middle, the 

 central one entire and covered with a broad black vitta, which ex- 

 tends from the base to the apex of the thorax ; rest of the surface 

 nigose-punctate ; basal margin transversely grooved in the middle. 

 Scutellimi smooth, black. Elytra broader than the thorax ; sides 

 parallel, narrowly margined ; apex obtusely rounded ; above sub- 

 depressed, convex on the sides, each elytron with three strongly 

 elevated costa?, the suture also raised, interspaces ^\dth three or 

 more confused rows of deeply impressed punctiu-es. Beneath 

 shining black ; extreme base of anterior thighs fulvous. 



Hah. 8ylhet. 



British Museum, and collections of Major Parry and W. W. Saun- 

 ders, Esq. 



4. Gonophora fuscipes, n. sp. 



O. elongata, subdepressa, fulvo-testacea, nitida ; antennis pedibusque 

 obscui'ioribus ; eljtris utrisque tricarinatis, interspatiis bifariam 

 punctatis, interspatio secundo a sutura basi, et interspatio exte- 

 rioii ad apicem, confuse punctatis ; antennis robustis, brevioribiis. 



Long, b^ lin. 



O. elongate, subdepressed, shining fulvo -testaceous ; antennae and 

 legs rufo-piceons. Head smooth ; eyes piceous ; jaws Tdack ; an- 

 tennae shorter and more robust than Ln any other species. Thorax 

 broader at the base than long, narrowed from the base to the apex ; 

 sides tnsiuuate : apical border straight, nan-owly margined ; above 

 convex, subcylindiieal in front, transversely impressed at the base, 

 rugose-punctate, a broad line do^\^l the middle, abbreviated towards 

 the base and obsoletely grooved above, and an oblong longitudinal 

 space on cither side, shghtly raised, impimctate. Scutellum 

 smooth, impunctate. Elytra broader than the thorax; sides par- 

 allel, narrowly margined ; apex regularly roimded, apical margin 

 obsoletely serrulate ; above subdepressed, moderately convex along 

 the sides ; each elytron with three elevated costse, interspaces 

 impressed with a double row of deep pimctures, second interspace 

 at its base and also the outer one towards its apex irregularly 

 punctate. Beneath shining fulvo-testaceous ; legs (the thighs at 

 their base excepted) rulb-piceous ; jaws black. 



Hah. ? 



A single specimen in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



The antennce in this insect are shorter and thicker than in the 

 other allied species. 



B. Antennse filiformes. 



a. Antennarmn articido secundo jmtno longiori. 



5. Gonophora insignis, n. sp. 



G. late elongata, subdepressa, pallide fulva ; antennis (articulis ba- 



