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side, but not acutrly produced, tlie pair of small discoidal 

 tul)rrcl<'S placed l)cf()rc the luiddle, louj;itudinal jiroovc 

 slciuler. Scttttl/utn bronii, bordered with dcn-^c, niiuutc, 

 whitiNli puheseenee. /i/v/zv/ «lij^htly broadt r at the shoulders 

 thau the nuiidle of tiutrax, aliuost straij^ht at the sides lor 

 half their lenj:ih, afterwards curved but tu)t abruptly 

 narrowed to the aj)ex ; their punctuation is distinct, some- 

 what irregular, hut not close, nud docs not reach the extre- 

 nnty ; the basal two crests are well d«'velopcd ; nn elevation 

 on each, approaihiu*j the suture, hehiiid, cxtetids from the 

 hind thi;:h to the jjosterior slope : the suture is speeklcd ; 

 the apices arc narrowed aud individually rounded, so as to 

 be dehiscent. 



AnteinKB somewhat mottled with fcrru;^incous and grey ; 

 Beventh joint extendinj; just beyond the elytral apices ; basal 

 joint eloufiate and i)yriform; second small and transverse; 

 third and lifth nearly equal ; fourth almost douhle the Icnjrth 

 of tilth. Lf[is varie.ated, base of femora pale chcstuut-rcd ; 

 tihiic slij;htly incurved. 



The elytral punctures, though not coarse, cause a some- 

 what spotted appearance ; the pubescence near each shoulder 

 is faintly tinged with ;;nen ; the two hiiul pairs of tibiie are 

 viriilescent ; the insect itself, however, is much more slender 

 than //. viridcsctns, and has tapering elytral apices. 



Length ~'i-:2^ ; breadth ^ line. 



liruken liiver. 1 am iutlebted to Mr. J. II. Lewis for a 

 pair. 



Group Eumolpidae. 

 Eucolaspis plicatus, sp. n. 



Convex, subovatc, rather broad, shining, nude ; head, 

 thorax, and apices of elytra fusco- testaceous ; elytra fusco- 

 piceous ; the palpi, legs, and basal four joints of antennae 

 tcstacecus ; remaining joints rufo-testaccous. 



y/f Of/ distantly and nioderati ly coarsely punctured; cly| ens 

 deeply incurved ; eyes large and very prominent. Thorax 

 strongly transverse, apex truncate; base broadly rounded, 

 widest near the middle, its sides rounded; anterior angles 

 depressed but rectangular, posterior sliglitly i)rojecting; the 

 disk closely and finely punctured, more coarsi ly towards the 

 sides ; a short space across the base nearly smooth, but with 

 acloseseiies of minute punctures along the basal inarnin. 

 Scule/liim oblong, smooth. Elytra rather coarsely but not 

 closely punctured, rather more finely and closely near the 

 base; on the hinder portion of each elytron there are two 



