422 Mr. Waterhouse's descriptions of 



latitudiue panlo lougioribiis, gibbosis, laterihiis apiceque rotun- 

 datis, singulis liiieis tribus raarginibusque punctatis punctis 

 squamiferis ; pedibus flavo-piceis. Long. 7 lin., lat. 3| lin. 



Althoiigli of quite a different form, this species by its colora- 

 tion calls Ancistrosoma Klngii at once to mind. Head strongly 

 and rather thickly punctured. Thorax about one-third broader 

 than long, very convex, glabrous, strongly angular in the middle 

 of the sides, the anterior angles slightly prominent, acute; the 

 region of the anterior angles, the lateral margins, as well as an 

 irregular oblique line at the sides are rather thickly and 

 strongly punctured, the punctures each having an elongate 

 narrow yellow scale. Elytra at the base not broader than the 

 base of the thorax, very convex, glabrous, the margins and three 

 rather broad stripes on each elytron closely and distinctly punc- 

 tured, each puncture bearing a narrow elongate yellow scale, the 

 second and third lines abbreviated behind. Legs pitchy-yellow, 

 rather short for this groiip ; tarsi rather short and stout, claws 

 simple. 



DYNASTID^E. 



Lycomedcs Buriaeisteri, u. ,sp. PI. IX, f. 1. 

 Niger, dense sabuloso-tomentosus, fusco-variegatiis. Long. 

 13-17 lin. 



$ var. max. Head with a long flat curved shining horn, 

 narrow at the extreme base, rather broad and parallel (when seen 

 from the front) to near the apex, the apex divided into two 

 rather long slender diverging points. Thorax one-third broader 

 than long, obliquely narrowed in front and behind, the disc very 

 much raised and surmounted by an erect broad horn, which rises 

 perpendicularly from the anterior margin ; the horn is broad 

 (seen from the front), slightly narrowed at the apex, concave and 

 tomentose in front, the apex is obtuse and slightly bends forward, 

 and has a small notch in the middle, the horn behind is deeply 

 channelled, the channel reaching nearly to the base of the thorax. 

 Elytra rather broader than the thorax, as broad as long, impres- 

 sed at the sides below the shoulders, the s;;l3apical callosity small 

 and not prominent, there is a well marked line of punctures near 

 the siTture, the surface is mottled with sandy-grey and yellowish 

 brown. The underside of the prothorax, the margins of the 

 abdominal segments and the tarsi are not covered with tomentum. 

 Long. 17 lin. 



$ var. minor. This has the cejahalic horn only 2^ lines long, 

 bifid at the apex. The thoracic horn is as in the lai'ger variety, 

 but is only one line above the level of the disc. 



