50 Mr. A. Murray on Goleoptera from Old Gahhar. 



acute spinoso ; elytris singulatim cum circiter triginta ma- 

 culis nigris subrotundatis transversimque dispositis. 

 Long. 4 lin., lat. 1\ lin. 



Greyish asli-coloured. Head finely and in-egularly punc- 

 tate, square, slightly convex and slightly inclined, rounded on 

 the front, narrowly grooved. Labrum very large, transverse, 

 square, covered with ash-coloured hairs, but smooth and black 

 at the base. Mandibles and eyes black. Antennte ash- 

 coloured, with the third article long, three quarters black (re- 

 mainder wanting). Thorax as long as broad, straight at the 

 extremities, with four transverse grooves ; some punctures on 

 the disk, with five to seven obsolete black patches ; lateral 

 spine behind the middle, rather broad at the base, bent at the 

 apex. Scutellum semirounded. Elytra a little broader than 

 the thorax, projecting and rounded on the inner side of the 

 shoulder, parallel, rounded at the apex, ash-coloured, and 

 bearing about thirty rounded black spots of different sizes and 

 generally disposed in transverse bands ; their punctation is 

 tolerably strong, numerous, and regular. Legs simple ;. tarsi 

 with the penultimate and last article black. Body below uni- 

 form grey. Abdomen of five segments ; the fifth and the first 

 the longest, the fom'th the shortest. Prostemum ash-coloured. 

 Mesosternum shield-shaped, widened at the base, gibbous in 

 the middle. 



Unique. This should probably belong to the same genus 

 as the preceding. 



ACRYDOCEPHALA, Chevr., Lac. 



Acrydocephala histriata^ Chevr. Rev. et Mag. d. Zool. 

 1855, p. 287. 



Pilis brevibus griseis dense vestita ; palpis, oculis et dimidia 

 parte apicali mandibularum nigris ; capite trisulcato, nigro 

 bilineato, supra anguste et profunde emarginato bicornuto ; 

 thorace vittis tribus latis nigricantibus, punctis raris ; scu- 

 tello nigro ; elytris modice et sat crebre punctatis, oblique 

 bistriatis usque ad dimidiam partem anteriorem nigris cinereo 

 irroratis et apice recte tnincatis, vitta lata media nigra et 

 nitida in abdomine, triangulari in pectore. 



Long. 7^-8 lin., lat. 2^ lin. 



Densely clothed with short grey pile ; head trisulcate, with 

 two black lines nan-owly and deeply emarginate, and with 

 two horns. Thorax with three broad blackish stripes and a 

 few punctures. Scutellum black. Elytra black and mode- 

 rately punctate, obliquely bistriate on the anterior half, spec- 



