8 Ml. H. Scott on CorylophitUe/7'owj the 



olvtro 2) rufo-flavis, corpore suhtus rufo-picco, pedibus rufo- 

 testaceis, untcnniuum clavis iiifusoalis ; supra tote forlitor dense 

 puiictatuni, thoracis basi plus miuusve rogulariter seriatim punc- 

 tata ; metasterno et segmenlo 1° abdominis subtilitcr dense 

 punctatis. 

 Long. Corp. l-05-l*25 mm. 



01)loiic;-oval, witli elytra nearly jiaralld-sideil, not very 

 niiicli bioader than the tlioiux at their ■widest point; uppi-r 

 surface very shining, wilh ihe jumetures bearing siuh exces- 

 sive! v siiort minute han.s (only visible under a com pound 

 niicioscope) that it ma}' almost be called glabrous. Colour : 

 thorax pitchy black, with the anterior explanate maroiu 

 translucent and testaceous, the testaceous colour extending 

 back a little on to the disc in two places, one on either side 

 of the middle line in front ; scutelium Idack ; elytra pitchy 

 black, with two reddish-yellow marks on each, the front pair 

 of marks extending from the base to ^ the length or more, 

 fairly widely separated from the outer margins and at the 

 suture ; the hind pair only veiy narrowly separated at the 

 suture, sometimes quite confluent across it, fairly widely 

 separated from the apex of the elytron, each mark extending 

 obliquely forwards from the suture nearly to the outer margin. 

 In a few examj)les the spots of the front pair also are nearly 

 confluent across the suture; and in some (possibly immature) 

 the whole elytra are much ))aler, almost uniform pitchy 

 reddish or even testaceous. Underside reddish pitchy, ajiex 

 of the abdomen rufescent. Legs reddisli testaceous. Clubs 

 of antenna3 dark, lliurox and elytra closely and strongly 

 iiunctured, the punctures sepaiated by from once to twice 

 their own diameter, the thorax with a basal seiies of more 

 closely placed punctures (very distinct in the figured speci- 

 men, but less regular in others) ; elytra with lateral margins 

 reflexed and visible from directly above throughout the 

 greater part of their length ; sutural stria present, obsolete in 

 about the anterior ^. Wingfi dissected out and found to be 

 ample. 3lttasternum and ahdomen finely and closely punc- 

 tured and finely pubescent; the punctuation more sparse on 

 the postero-median |)art of the metasternum. 



Prosternum (PI. I. tig. 3) extremely short, forming iii 

 front of each coxa a bridge so narrow that it can scarcely 

 be seen in looking directly down on to the under surface; 

 tliere is consequently no room for a median elevated keel 

 in front of the coxffi (contrast Sacium (jro.ssiniuvum, fig. 6). 

 A bulsam-pH-ltaration of the mouth-parts shows that the 



