64 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some «?»• or little-known Coleoptera. 



base of the first joint of the intermediate tarsi whitish ; antennae with 

 the bases of all the joints, except the first two, white ; breast and throat 

 white, rest of the body beneath smoky-black. Length 8 lines. 



Triplatoma [Erotylidffl]. 

 (Westw.) Lacordaire, Monog. des Erotyliens, p. 44. 



Triplatoma Sheppardi. 



T. elongato-ovata, subtilissime punctata, nigro-aenea ; elytris singulis 

 macidis duabus luteis ; pedibus ferrugineis, genubus tarsisque infuscatis. 



Hab. Moluccas (Batchian). 



Elongate-ovate, rather narrow, dark brassy-black, and very minutely 

 punctured above ; elytra very convex, truncate at the apex, each with 

 a round yellow spot near the shoulder, and another towards, but at 

 some distance from, the apex (sometimes two similar spots on the pro- 

 thorax anteriorly); legs glossy ferruginous, femora at the apex and 

 tarsi dark brown or nearly black ; body beneath smooth, brownish, 

 with a slight brassy tinge. Length 11 lines. 



I have dedicated this fine and, I believe, hitherto undescribed 

 species to Edward Sheppard, Esq., F.L.S. &e., of Notting Hill, the 

 possessor of an extensive collection of Erotylidae. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate II. 

 Fig. 1. Nessiara planata. Moluccas. 

 Fig. 2. Choresine advena. Moluccas. 

 Fig. 3. Ecelonerus albopictus. Moreton Bay. 

 Fig. 4. CEdemutes tumidus. Ceylon. 

 Fig. 5. Elacatis delusa. Borneo. 

 Fig. 6. Sostea Westwoodii. Borneo. 

 Fig. 7. Macratria mustela. Natal. 

 Fig. 8. Cormodes Dancimi. Lord Howe's Island. 

 Fig. 9. Allelidea brevipcnnis. Melbourne. 



Plate HE. 

 Fig. 1. Iodeina Clarkii. Organ Mountains. 

 Fig. 2. Dinorhopala spinosa. Burmah. 

 Fig. 3. Emydodes coUaris. Para. 

 Fig. 4. Biophida unicolor. Natal. 

 Fig. 5. Zonitis cyanipennis. Melbourne. 

 Fig. 6. Ischalia indigacea. Borneo. 

 Fig. 7. Byrsax comosus. Singapore. 

 Fig. 8. Doliema platisoides. Moluccas. 



