304 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse on some new Coleoptera 



globose. The spots on the thorax and elytra are of moderate size, 

 and most of them round. 



Apocijrtus rvficoUis. 

 Ap. piceus ; tliorace pedibusque rufescentibus ; corpore subtus, gcnibus, 

 tavsisque niin'esccntibiis ; thorace cutn elytris quoad latitudineni fcv^ co- 

 sequah. Tiioiax punctatus, disco impunctato, ad latera subtuberculata. 

 Elytra subseriatini pmictulata. Long. corp. 6-i- lin. ; lat. 2], liii. 



This species nearly resembles the^^. pro/anus (Eschsch.) in form, 

 but is proportionately rather shorter and broader ; it is much less 

 coarsely sculptured than that species, and more than twice the size. 



Apocyrtus quadrulifer. 



Ap. niger ; thorace punctate ; elytris parce punctatis ; capitis nota suboculari, 

 et rostri nota basali, necnon thoracis margine Hneisque duabus longitudi- 

 ualibuSj pallide CEerulco-viridibus ; sic et clytrorum lineas, areas quatuor- 

 decini, plerasqiie qnadratas, circunidantibus ; areis duabus sutui'alibus. 

 Long. Corp. 6 Hn. ; lat. o Hn. 



This species nearly resembles in size and form the Pachyrliynchus 

 moniliferus, but the thorax is proportionately larger, and the elytra 

 rather narrower. The rostrum is thickly but finely punctured, and 

 has a transverse groove behind, and a large ol)long shallow impres- 

 sion in fi'ont. The thorax is distinctly punctured, is margined by a 

 greenish blue line, and has two longitudinal lines above, towards the 

 sides. The elytra are divided by longitudinal and transverse lines 

 into numerous areas which are mostly of a quadrate form, or nearly 

 so : at the base of the elytra five of these areas (which are rather 

 longer than broad) form a transverse series — the largest of these is 

 the central one : in the middle of the elytra there is another trans- 

 verse series of four areas ; here, therefore, there is a line on the su- 

 ture ; behind these aarain are five more areas ; the central one is lone:, 

 and extends to the apex of the elytra, and those adjoining on either 

 side are nearly of a triangular form. The elytra are distinctly punc- 

 tured, but the punctures are scattered, and, excepting near the su- 

 ture, do not form longitudinal striae. The thorax is rather spa- 

 ringly punctured ; the head is smooth behind ; but between the eyes 

 are some indistinct confluent punctures ; in front of the eyes is a 

 transverse impression, and on the basal half of the rostrum is a lon- 

 gitudinal depression, which is dilated in front. The upper surface is 

 rather finely punctured. 



Apocyrtus subquadrulifer. 

 A p. niger, thorace supra punctulato ; elytris distincte punctatis; capitis 

 nola suboculari et rostri nota basali, necnon thoracis margine lineisque 

 duabus nietallice viridibns, sic et clytrorum lineis areas undecim pleras- 

 que oblongas circunidantibus ; areis tvibus suturalibus. Long. corp. 6 

 lin. ; lat. 2^ lin. 



This species is about equal in size to the Pachyrliynchus monilife- 

 rus; the elytra arc rather more elongated, and the thorax a trifle less 

 swollen in the middle : it is rather less than the Apocyrtus quadruUfer ; 

 the rostrum is narrower and more contracted at the base ; the thorax 

 and elytra are also proportionately narrower. lAke the insect last 

 mentioned, the present species has the elytra divided into rectan- 



