DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 51 



PlLLlCERA CHALYBEA Westw. 



Subcylindrical. Head small. Elytra wider behind, cyaneous, 

 highly polished. Prothorax very gibbous, contracted before the 

 hind margin. Elytra with the basal half striato-punctate, each 

 elytron behind the middle with an elevated smooth purple spot ; 

 tips smooth. Antennae with the joints from the fourth to the 

 tenth dilated, and serrated on the inside, and equal. 



Length 5 lines. 

 Hob. Tenasserim. 



TlLLICERA ? MUTILLJECOLOR, n. S. 



Head and thorax deep pitchy black, closely punctured, when fresh 

 must be covered with ochrey yellow hairs. Elytra at the base 

 ferrugineous red, coarsely pustulato-striated ; a band of ochrey 

 yellow hairs across each elytron, sinuated on the posterior mar- 

 gin ; this is followed by a large deep black lunule, after which 

 comes a band of ochrey yellow hairs, straight behind and nar- 

 rowed towards the side of elytra ; tip deep black. Metathorax 

 red. Legs black, with numerous greyish bristles. Abdomen 

 and antennae wanting. 



Length 6 lines. 

 Hab. N. India. 



CLADISCUS GRACILIS, n. s. 



Head, thorax, and sides of elytra, from the base to the middle, red- 

 Antennae, legs, terminal half of elytra, and suture smoky brown. 

 Antennae branched from the third joint ; the branches are di- 

 rected inwards, and emit a second branch, which is directed 

 downwards ; the elytra are very much elongated, and furnished 

 with several punctured striae commencing at the base, but 

 evanescent considerably before the tip. 



Length 4i Lines. 

 Hab. N. India. From Captain Boyes's Collection. 



CLADISCUS PRINSEPII, n. s. 



Head and thorax red. Elytra blackish brown. Abdomen above 

 and below black. Antennae, tips of femora, tibiae, and tarsi black ; 

 base of femora red. Antennae branched from the third joint ; 

 two branches, considerably longer than the joints, spring from 

 the end of each joint, and, in common with the joints, are deli- 

 cately ciliated with black hairs. Elytra elongated, and furnished 



