of the Family Lamiidse. 275 



smooth, minutely and somewhat seriately punctured, the 

 punctures visible only on the basal half. Apices somewhat 

 angular, almost rounded. Anterior femora, especially in the 

 male, stouter than the posterior pairs. 



The only described species with which the present one 

 might be confused are M. permutans and M. vicinus of Pascoe, 

 yet from these it is very distinct. In each of these two 

 species the legs are varied with brown, the prothorax above 

 is more punctured, and the transverse grooves are scarcely 

 distinct, while the elytra are coarsely enough granulate at the 

 base, with small black granules. They are, taken altogether, 

 much coarser-looking species. 



Haplohammus sociuSj n. sp. 



H. specioso simillimus, sed difFert colore pallidiore, capitis froute 



impuuctata, prothorace paulo longiore, leviore. 

 Long. 19-21 mm., lat. G-7 mm. 



Hah. China. 



Very like the last species, but with a paler and somewhat 

 silvery pubescence. The front of the head impunctate ; the 

 prothorax somewhat longer than in speciosus, more even on 

 the disk, with an appearance of a faint longitudinal median 

 ridge, the transverse grooves less distinct, but still quite 

 apparent. 



Dihammus s'pini'pennis ^ n. sp. 



Griseo-fusco pubesceus ; antennis concoloribus, S longissimis, scape 

 minute et sparse nigro-maculato ; prothorace supra insequali, 

 minute granuloso, subtus plicato ; elytris ad humeros rectis, api- 

 cibus truncatis, angulis externis valde spinosis. 



Long. 32-34 mm., lat. 11-12 mm. 



Hah. New Caledonia. 



Brownish grey ; the antennal tubercles in front, the scape 

 of the antennge, the underside of the body, and the legs with 

 minute scattered black spots, due to punctures, from each of 

 which springs a short white bristle. Head with its sides and 

 vertex darker than its front. Prothorax somewhat uneven 

 on the disk, with numerous very small black granules on 

 each side and extending on to the lateral spines. Scutellum 

 pale, with a narrow black line in the middle. Elytra straight 

 at the shoulders, minutely punctured throughout, apices trun- 

 cate, with the outer angles strongly spined, the sutural angles 

 not produced. The anterior tibiae in the male slightly toothed 

 near their tarsal end. First joint of anterior tarsus in the 



