and Species of Vnonidsc. 4'13 



jEposoma lacertosum. 



M. brunneo-rufum ; elytris fuscis, opacis, costis valde elevatis, rufo- 

 I'ulvis, subnitidis, sutura apice breviter mucronata. 



Hab. Sylhet. 



Deep red or brownish red j head and prothorax covered with 

 numerous minute granules, the latter with the sides gradually 

 broader from the apex to the base, the posterior angle sub- 

 acuminate, slightly recurved ; scutellum scutiform ; elytra dark 

 brown, opake, very minutely granulate, the ribs strongly raised, 

 reddish yellow, glabrous, and subnitid, the sutural angle shortly 

 mucronate ; body beneath with a thin, rough, greyish pile ; legs 

 reddish brown, the knees black and glabrous. Length 14 lines. 



A very distinct species, on account of its colour and the 

 strongly raised glabrous lines of its elytra. 



Elaptus. 



Antennae corpore longiores, subcompressse, articuHs tertio et 

 quarto aequalibus, sequentibus gradatim longioribus, ultimo acu- 

 minate. Oculi magiii. Prothorax transversus, carina laterali 

 pone medium paulo angulata. Elytra depressa, breviuscula, apice 

 rotund ata. Femora brevia ; tibiae baud dentatse ; tarsi subangus- 

 tati, sequales, articulis tribus basalibus quam ultimus vix longioribus. 

 Abdomen segmentis longitudine aequalibus. 



Apparently allied to Sarmydus, which I have not at present 

 an opportunity of examining. From Notophysis^ it differs in 

 the antennae and eyes. 



Elaptus simulator. 

 E. fuscescens, nitidus ; clytris fulvesccntibus. 



Hab. Cape York (Northern Australia). 



Glossy, brownish, the elytra inclining to fulvous; head 

 roughly punctured, the eyes occupying the greater part of it ; 

 prothorax a little broader than the head, finely and rather closely 

 punctured, lateral ridge slender, depressed, slightly emarginate 

 behind the angle; scutellum rounded behind; elytra finely and 

 closely punctured, each puncture with a short greyish hair, 

 three scarcely raised lines on each ; body beneath and legs with 

 a greyish pile. Length 10 lines, 



P.S. Since this was written, M. Lacordaire informs me that 

 this Prionid belongs to his ''groupe Closterides.'^ 



* A species of Nofophysis in my collection has the following diflferenccs 

 from Serville's description of his JV. lucanoides : — mandibles not denticulate 

 internally ; head and prothorax not " very smooth," and elytra not spined 

 at the sutural angle ; the tarsi, also, do not agree. The male is nearly 

 black, with the antenna; scarcely two-thirds the length of the body ; the 

 female is larger, light chestnut-brown, the antenuse not half the length of 

 the bodv. 



