and Sjpecies o/" Galleruclnfe. 415 



pube grisea vestitis ; capito Isevi, antennis extrorsum verticeque 

 nigfis ; thorace Isevi, irregulariter excavato, saspe piceo raaculato, 

 lateribus rectis ; elytris subcrebre, sat fortiter punctatis, tertia 

 parte apicali nigro-cyanea ; femoribus dorso, tibiis tarsisque 

 piceo-nigris. 



Yar. A. elytris totis flavis, 



Mas tarsis auticis articulo primo valde dilatato. 



Long. 4^-5 lin. 



Hah. Valley of the Upper Yangtse Kiang. Collected by 

 Lieiit.-Colonel Sorel ; also collected in China by Mr. G. 

 Lewis ; India. 



Head smooth, impunctate ; encarpje large and well de- 

 fined, trigonate, contiguous ; eyes black, rotundate, promi- 

 nent ; antennae with the basal joint gradually curved and 

 thickened from base to apex, the second joint short, the third 

 more than twice the length of the second, rather more than 

 half as long as the fourth. Thorax twice as broad as long ; 

 sides parallel, rounded at the apex, the anterior angles pro- 

 duced, very obtuse ; disk transversely and irregularly exca- 

 vated, more deeply depressed on either side and at the 

 base. Elytra broader than the thorax, distinctly but finely 

 punctured. 



Mimastra costata. 



M. elongata, angustata, flava, nitida, tarsis nigro-piceis, antennis 

 (basi exeeptis) nigris ; thorace laevi, transversim excavato ; elytris 

 nigris vel nigro-piccis purpureo-metallico tinctis, pube sub- 

 erecta grisea parcissime vestitis, minus fortiter punctatis, siugu- 

 latim costis elevatis duabus basi et apice abbreviatis instructis, 



Mas tarsis intermediis articulo basali dilatato. 



Long. 3-3 J lin. 



Hah. China. Collected by Mr. Lewis. 



Head shining, impunctate ; encarpjB transversely oblong, 

 contiguous, separated from the upper face by a deep trans- 

 verse groove ; eyes very large, much more nearly approxi- 

 mated than in M. Soreli ; antenna:^ longer than the body in the 

 ^ , rather shorter in the ? , the third joint more than twice as 

 long as the second, equal in length to the fourth. Thorax 

 twice as broad as long ; sides straight, slightly diverging from 

 the base nearly to the apex ; disk shining, impressed with a 

 deep, broad, transverse excavation. Scutellum trigonate. 

 Elytra more finely and less closely punctured than in S. 

 Soreli] each on the outer disk with two strongly raised longi- 

 tudinal costae. Basal joint of hinder tarsus equal in length 

 to the second one. 



