130 Mr. V. V. V-Ascoc 0)1 SOUK luiv or rilth-knonin 



lli(> (liini loii^t'st, sli^lilly ciirNcd, (li(> r(>sl siibcc^mil. I'lyos snmll, tU'cply 

 cli\ 'ult'd. lOpistomo ami liibniiii Inrj^o and transvoivso, the latUu' broadly 

 rniiir^iimto. Palpi loii};', acmninaiod. Prothorax oloiif^aU'-ovalc, 

 broader Ihaii ilio lioad, very irroj^-ular, IooIIkhI al the .sides. I'ilytra 

 narrow, convex, iaperin}^ powteriorly. \Vin«^(Hl. Le^s stout; femora 

 (da,vnto ; tarsi sliort. rrosternum dihilvd posteriorly; mcsosternum 

 slif^litly bilobed. 



Tlio iinusiiiilly l;ii-{;(' proUiorax of tins insect and its narrow, 

 faperinj;' tOytra. at oneo HUg'};-est some Ihiradiou. lorni, bnt its real 

 position appears to be wilb I*o(/oiiocJi(frt(s and its allies. Tbo 

 sjKH'inien (Vom wliieli llie description lias been drawn up is in the 

 ilopean collection at Oxford. 



An.v<( (i)iii>llcol/is. (1*1. VI. lii;'. 2.) 

 .1. fnscata, subtilissitue pulx'sctMis ; (>lytris pidlidioribns, plnps nia<>:nis 



dtiM])iis, unit basidi, alttTiujut^ apieali, albt'sccntibus. 

 Jldb. Mada|;aseiir. 



Dnll brown, fniely pubescent; prothoraA' very irre«^ula,r, transversely 

 corruf^nled, Ihe et^ntre ni*mod with two slronj;- recurved teeth and a, 

 shorter tooth at the side; scntelliun very transverse, whitish; elytra 

 narrow, apiculate, spined at tlu> shoulder, pali^ brown, a large wdiitish 

 irrt>};ular patch at the base and another at (lu> apex ; antiMUue rather 

 longer than the body, f(>rrnL>inous-brown, slij^htly ciliated beneath ; 

 palpi testaceous; leg's dark browji, ratlun- glossy, the base of the femora 

 paler, a whitish patch on (he postcu'ior ; body beneath with a greyish- 

 white pubescence. Length M,\ lini>s, 



(IveiA 1 Laniiidie |. 

 Newman, Tlu^ Kutom. p. l^DO. 



Cacid (dit/irihoidfs. (Tl. \'. tig. T).) 

 (\ atra, pubtvseens ; capite prothoracecpie strigis, clytris(pie (parte antica) 



albo-eint>reis ; antt>nnis tarsiscpie albo-annulatis. 

 i/<t/>. Amboyna. 



Di'cp black, covered with a very short dense pubescence ; head 

 b(>low the eyes, ajid two nearly conlluent stripes between tliem, ashy- 

 white, lip margined with white; prothorax long(>r than wiile, subcy- 

 lindrical, a little bulging at tht> sides, with a broad central stripe and 

 the sides ashy-white; scutellum subquadrate, the apex white; elytra 

 nnu-h wider than tlu> thorax at tlu> basi^, rather short, very slightly 

 receding towards the apex, which is rounded, with considerably more 

 than its basal half white, except at tlie shouhhn's and around the scu- 

 tellum ashy-whit(>, a few white spots also at the apex; l(>gs rather short 

 and robust, slightly tinged with ashy, the two basal joints of all the tarsi 

 white; antenna^ nearly twice as long as the body, the base of tlu> thiril, 

 fourth and lifth joints white, tlu> fourth with a slight tuft of hairs at 

 its ap(\\ ; b(nly beneath ashy. Length 8 lines. 



