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Lycostomus thoracicus. 



(Plate 111. Bg. 1.) 



I .it us, niger ; thoraoe lato, lateribua explanatis, flavo-rufla ; elytris 



thorace hand latioribus, medio rotundato-ampliatis, rufis, circa 



Bontellnm anguste oigris. Long. S| Tin., lat. 41in. 



Eab. Bootan, J, 9 (Dr. Pmberton)-, Sikkira, 3, $ (Dr. 

 li ■!.-, r) : Darjeeling ( Dr. Pearson). 



Rostrnm a little longer than its width at the base. Thorax very 

 broad, black in the middle and shining; the sides very much ox- 

 panded, reflexed, yellowish, or reddish yellow. Elytra narrow at 

 the base, dull red. very rugose, widened immediately below the 

 shoulders, broadest across tho middle, rounded at the sides. Sides 

 of the abdomen shining pitchy. 



J . Legs with the femora yellow at the base. 



§ . Legs black. 



LYCUS. 



F.ihr.. Mantissa I usee for inn, i. 1787, p. 163. 



Lycus pyriformis. 



(Plate IV. fig. 2.) 



Murray, Ann, §■ Mag. Nat. Hist., 1868, i. p. 328. 



Niger ; thorace elytrisque flavis, thorace medio, scutello, elytris 

 regione scutellari et apice interne sinnatim nigris, his quadricostatis 

 costa humerali parum elevata, lateribus parum reflexis. S . 



Long. 5-6 lin., lat. 4 lin. 



Eab. Old Calabar. 



Thorax black, with the slightly reflexed sides and the anterior 

 margin dull yellow. Elytra obscure yellow, the scutellar region 

 (as far as, but not including, the humeral costa) and the apex 

 black. 



Lycus ustus. 



(Plate V. fig. 7.) 



Murray, Ann. fy Mag. Nat. Hist., 1868, i. p. 329, pi. ix. f. 17. 



Niger ; thorace lateribus et elytris (regione scutellari et margi- 

 uibus exterioribus posticis exceptis) flavis. 5 • 



Long. 6 lin., lat. 3 lin. 

 Eab. Old Calabar. 



Thorax with the posterior angles very acute. Elytra dull, 

 densely and rugosely punctured ; the fourth costa thickened and 

 forming a very distinct ridge over the shoulder. 



This species is allied to L. pyriformis, but is much narrower. 



