34 Mr. F. P. Paseoe on some new or liitle-hnown Coleoptera. 



broader behind, bulging at the sides, the disk concave near the base 

 and very coarsely punctured ; scutellum subtriangular ; elytra trigo- 

 nate, depressed, covered with large rough punctures, broadest at the 

 shoulders, where they considerably exceed the prothorax, gradually 

 contracting towards the apex, and terminating on each side in a stout 

 diverging spine, which is considerably strengthened by a short raised 

 line or rib which connects it with the rest of the elytron ; body beneath 

 saffron-yellow, nearly impunctate ; mouth, mandibles, and palpi dark 

 brown 5 the intermediate and posterior legs short, the anterior much 

 longer ; femora clavate, with a large obtuse tooth beneath, except the 

 posterior ; anterior tibiae slender, curved, dilated at the apex, with two 

 acute teeth on the inner side. Length 6 lines. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PISTES. 



Plate IL 



Fig. 1. Apellatus lateralis. 



„ 2. Diatelium Wallacei. 



„ 3. Clidicus formicarius. 



,; 4. Campolene nitida. 



„ 5. Go'etymes Jlaincornis. 



„ 6. Diacalla comata. 



„ 7. Achthosus Westwoodii. 



„ 8. Aproida Balyi. 



„ 9. Petalopliora hrevimana. 



Plate IIL 

 Fig. 1. Crine cephalotes. 



Fig. 2. Metopiestes Mrtifrons. 



„ 3. Temesia Batesii*. 



„ 4. niestus terrenus. 



„ 5. Narcisa decidua. 



„ 6. Phormesa hmaris. 



„ 7. Dastareus conjinis 



(trophi). 



„ 8. Synoemis pandani. 



„ 9. Ipsaphes mcerosus. 



„ 10. Neniatidiurn mustela. 



„ 11, Bothrideres? rhysodoides. 



„ 12. Bothrideres ? nocturmis. 



„ 13. Machlotes porcatus. 



* The description of this insect will be given in a future Part. 



