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Notices of lu'iv or little known Cktoniid.e ; liy Oliv 

 Janson. No. 5. 



Discopeltis aherrans, n. sp. 



D. elougata, capite nigro, nitido ; tliorace nigro, opaco, 

 lateril:)us late sordide rufo marginato : elytris obsolete striato- 

 punctatis, sordide rufis, macula, basali trigona nigra notatis ; 

 pygidio medio rufo; subtus nigra, nitida. Long. 13^. lat. 

 6^ mm. 



Head with coarse confluent punctures at the base and sides, 

 the clypeus finely punctured, a feeble central longitudinal ridge 

 on the forehead, and an oblique one on each side united at the 

 base smooth ; clypeus dejjressed at the sides, the apex rounded 

 and emarginate in the centre ; black, slightly shining ; antennas 

 black, the apex reddish. 



Thorax convex, the sides slightly prominent in the middle, the 

 base produced into an obtuse point over the scutellum, rather 

 finely and obsoletely punctured ; dull black, the sides .broadly 

 margined with dull red. 



Sctitelhmi partly concealed, the apex strongly j^i'oduced and 

 very acute ; dull black. 



Elytra half as long again as broad, depressed, parallel-sided, 

 the suture posteriorly and two carinas, united at the apical 

 callosity, feebly elevated and smooth, the interstices and sides 

 with indistinct punctate stria?, the aj^ex with scattered shallo^v 

 punctures ; dull rusty red, with an elongate triangular dull 

 black jjatch at the base, extending along the suture beyond the 

 middle; epimera shining black and coarsely punctured above. 



Pygidium dull black on each side, the centre broadly dull red. 



Beneath coarsely punctured and strigose, shining black, the 

 prothorax and posterior coxae margined with red ; mesosternal 

 process short and broad, the apex straight and not dilated ; 

 abdomen with a transverse row of pimctures on each segment, 

 the apical segment closely punctured and red in the centre, the 

 sides with sparse golden pubescence ; legs shining black, coarsely 



