1 \. Il'.l . 



oolate areolet, from the Lateral angle of which prooeeda an ob- 

 lique carina, which is soarcelj aoticeable. Elytra with nine regular 

 oearly equal cost®; the interstices with a Binglc lino of punctures. 

 I s rather short Thorax, elytra, and legs having a woolly ap- 



pe '.!•.!■ 



The form of the thorax and the presence of a mesial areolet sepa- 

 rate this from the foregoing genera, 



Ditua deplanata. 

 (Hate VIII. fig. 8.) 



I s (gei 20) deplanatua, Waterh., Trim*. JJ/it. Sue, 1878, pp. 100 

 'and L09. 



Atra. depressa, brevissime pubesoens; antennis orassis, dentatis, 

 fiavis ; thorace supra antice ruguloso, medio areola lanceolata in- 

 structo; elytria parallelis, flavis, apice nigro, novemcostatis, inter- 

 stitiis regulariter uniseriatim punotatis ; pedibussat brevibus, fuscis, 

 tihiarum basi et apice unguiculisque flavis. d . Long. 4 lin. 



Bab. New Guinea, Dorey t Wallace). 



The basal joint of the antennae is dusky. The thorax besides the 

 mesial areolet has an indication of a raised line on each side from 

 the middle of the areolet not quite reaching the sides of the thorax. 



BULENIDES. 



Rostrum none. Antennae broad, dentate. Thorax with the mar- 

 gin- incrassate, with a distinct discoidal areolet, united to the an- 

 terior margin by a carina. Elytra with four distinct costae ; the 

 interstices with two lines of punctures divided by a fine costa. 



Differs from the preceding genus in having the margins of the 

 thorax more or less rcflexed and incrassate, and in the costee of the 

 elytra being unequal. 



This genus was originally proposed for Lycus obsoletus, but three 

 others are now associated with it. 



Bulenides obsoletus. 



(Plate IX. fig. 1.) 



Lycus (gen. 21) obsoletus, Waterh., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, pp. 100 

 "and LI 



Fuscus : thorace medio areola lanceolata, angulis posticis acutis ; 

 elytris dimidio basali palbde fusco, apice fere nigro, quadricostatis, 

 interstitiis biseriatim evidenter punctatis, seriebus costa tenui di- 

 visis. S ■ Long. 3|-4| lin. 



Hub. Java (J. C. Bowring, Esq.), Sumatra {Buxton). 



The extent of the darker apical portion of the elytra varies, but 

 it occupies at least half of the elytra. 



