On ncic Species of Colcopteru Jivm Rodrijuei 



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EXPLANATION OF I' LATE IV. 



Fig. 1. Avicidupectrtt siibcondt'dvut!, K. Eth., juii., left valve, natural size. 

 Fig. 2. The same, ri^'ht viilve, natural .'<ize. Jioth drawinfrs are taken 



from a seried of specimcus from Knockhill (Quarry, fstrathkinnesa, 



Fife. 

 Fig. 3. Edmotidia unionifurmis, Phillips, left valve, natural size. Encri- 



nit»'-l)ed, St. Andrew.i, Fife. 

 Fig. 4. Lcda Traqiiairii, W. Eth., jun., left valve, natural size. Knockhill 



(^uarrv. 

 Fig. 5. Ltptodomus fragiiis, M'Coy, left valve, natural size. 

 Fig. 0. The same, viir. ?, left valve, natural size. Calderwood Cement- 

 stone, Eiist Kilbride. 

 Fig. 7. The sjune ; portion of the surface-ornamentation, magnified two 



and a half times. 

 Fig. 8. Mgalinn ? trignmdis, R. Eth., jim., right valve, natiu-al size. Lower 



Carboniferous, Cocksburnpatli, Berwickshire. 

 Fig.Q. LvptudovimY daiatus, K, Eth., jun., left valve, natural size. 



Knockhill Quarry. 

 Fig. 10. The same, left valve, natural size. Shale with marine fossils, 



Lower Ciu-bonifcrous, Water of Leith, Woodhall. 

 I^. IL !\'ucida Yoitngi, R. ]Cth., jun., left valve, natural size. Orchard 



Quarry, near Glasgow, Lpper Carboniferous Limestone group. 

 Fig. 12. The same, enlarged. 

 Fig. 13. The same ; view of the hinge-line, umbones, &c. 



XI. — New Species of Coleoptera from the Island of Rodri- 

 gueZj collected hy the Naturalists accompanying the Transit- 

 of-Venus Expedition. By CiiAS. O. Waterhouse, Senior 

 Assistant, Zoological Department, British Museum. 



Among the Coleoptera forming part of the collections made 

 in the island of Kodriguez by the naturalists accompanying 

 the Transit-of- Venus Expeditions, and transferred by the 

 Royal Society to the British Museum, the following, after 

 a careful examination, have proved to be undescribed. A 

 fuller account of all the species obtained in the island is 

 reserved for futm*e publication. 



List of new species. 



Chlrenius olivaceus. 

 Rantus socialis. 

 Dineutes picipes. 

 Aleochara parvula. 

 Homalota destituta. 

 Lithocharis occulta. 

 Microporum (g. u) uitena. 

 Probanus (g. n.) lougicoruis. 

 Epuraea ophthalmica. 

 AscoDima (g. n.) horrida. 



Endocoxelus (g. n.) variegatus. 

 yEschyntelus (g. u.) ater. 

 Murmidius segregatm. 

 Lsemophlanis palpalis. 

 Berosus mixtus. 

 Rhyssemus tarsalis. 

 Lachnosterna gradaria. 



Rodriguezi. 



Oryctes minor. 

 Malthncodes (g.n.) pictus. 



