472 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-hnown 



Cholipus brevicornis. 

 C. niger^ nitidusj elytris piirpurascentibus, leviter striato-punctatis, punc- 

 tis subtilissimis interstitiis sitis. 

 Hab. Java. * 



Glossy black ; head and prothorax finely punctured, tlie latter with 

 a median impressed line ; scutellum triangular ; elytra dark purplish, 

 finely striato-punctate, the interstices with extremely minute punctures ; 

 body beneath and legs glossy black ; antennae with the last six joints 

 but one dilated on one side. Length 6 lines. 



Cholipus jQunctvpennis. 



C. niger, subnitidus ; el3d;ris seriatim punctato-impressis, punctis medi- 

 ocribus, interstitiis impunctatis. 



Hab. Queensland. 



Black, slightly seining ; head and prothorax minutely punctured ; 

 the latter with the median impressed line confined to the posterior part, 

 and ending in a shallow fovea near the base ; scutellum triangular ; 

 elytra seriate-punctate, the punctures impressed, moderately large, the 

 intervals impunctate ; body beneath, legs, and antennae glossy black. 

 Length 6 lines. 



HeinicycJus * p unctula tus. 



II. breviter elliptico-ovatus, purpureo- vel chalybeato metallicus \ elytris 

 subtiliter punctatis. 



Hab. South Australia. 



Shortly ovate-elliptical, steel-blue, varying to purple ; head sparsely 

 punctured, a broad longitudinal impression between the eyes ; antennae 

 chalybeate blue, the basal joint copper; prothorax nearly impunctate, 

 except at the rim ; scutellum triangular ; elytra finely punctured, the 

 punctures numerous but not crowded; body beneath and legs dark 

 greenish black, shining. Length 6| lines. 



Yery decisively distinguished from H. grandis and metallicus of 

 Westwood by its oblong although still somewhat hemispherical form 

 and punctured elytra. 



PlatypJianes'f cyaneus. 



H. ovatus, cyaneus, nitidus ; capite prothoraceque nigris ; antennis pedi- 

 busque subferrugineis. 



Hab. North Australia. 



Ovate, very convex, deep indigo-blue, shining ; head and prothorax 

 black, minutely punctured ; clypeus not distinct from the head, slightly 

 emarginate; antennae scarcely longer than the breadth of the head, 

 ferruginous, the 7th-10th joints transverse, the last as long as broad ; 

 prothorax much narrower than the elytra, broadly lobed at the base ; 

 elytra gradually broader to about the middle, then rounding to the apex, 



^ Westwood, Arc. Ent. i. p. 44. t Westwood, Trans. Ent. See. v. p. 206. 



