and Sjyecies of Coleoptera. 41-i 



is, liowcver, less convex, and the lliorux is broiulcr in front. 

 Black, with dark j^-reyish pubescence. Kostnun chjthed witii 

 Avliitisii ])ubescence al)Ove ; neck with tliree narrow wiiite 

 longitndinal lines, with a black spot behind the eyes. Thorax 

 very broad and depressed, with three small tubercles on the 

 disk, and with a strong triangular tooth on each side towards 

 the front marf^in, as in T. frcnattes; blackish, with tine whitish 

 lines, those near the posterior margin forming an |V|. J^lytra 

 bhickish, with some large tubercles placed as in T.frcnnfits, 

 but more distinct ; the wliole surface covered witli small whitish 

 marks, not forming any bands as in T.frenatus. Legs black, a 

 band on the femora, two rings on the tibia?, the basal joint of 

 the tarsi, and a ring on the claw-joint whitish. Abdomen in 

 the male with a black velvety spot in the middle of the second, 

 third, fourth, and fifth segments. 

 Uab. Madagascar. B.M. 



LONGICORNIA. 



Priouidae. 



Closteras majors sp. nov. 



5 . C. piccus, capite thoraceque nigris ; capite thoraccque crebre 

 fortiter punctatis ; scutello parcc punctato ; elytris obsolete 4- 

 costatis, sat parce tenuiter punctatis ; antennis corpora dimidio 

 brevionbus, articuhs S^-IO"" brevipoctinatis. Long. 21 lin. 



Forehead deeply canaliculate ; eyes separated above by a 

 very narrow space. Antennfe with the third joint elongate, 

 cylindrical ; the fom-th joint with a small obtuse tooth at the 

 apex ; the fifth to tenth joints becoming slightly shorter and 

 broader, the intenial apical angle of each joint produced into 

 a tooth, more so as the joints approach the apex. Thorax 

 convex^ twice as broad as long, thickly and strongly punctured, 

 sides with a short acute tooth in the middle — in these and 

 other particulars agreeing with the thorax of C.ffaheUiconu's. 

 Elytra a little broader than the thorax, and five times as long, 

 with four nearly obsolete abbreviated costfe ; the surface some- 

 what sparingly and not strongly punctured. 



Hah. Madagascar. B.M. 



This species is at once separated from the C.JlabelUcornis 

 by the sparse punctation of the elytra and by its mueli 

 larger size. 



