Mr. r. P. Pascoe on new Species o/" Laraiidae. 205 



An isolated species in coloration, but in form coming nearest 

 to A. arnica and A. pohjnesus ; but with a more decidedly- 

 transverse prothorax than either. 



Coptops centurio. 



C. nigra, fulvo-cervino piibescens, macnlisque albis interjcctis ; ely- 

 tris maciilis nigris fasciis duabus formantibiis. 



Hah. India. 



Black, closely covered with a fulvous fawn-coloui-ed pubes- 

 cence, spotted with white, and on the elytra having two im- 

 perfect black bands formed of numerous approximate and 

 contiguous spots ; head very sparsely punctured ; prothorax 

 verj irregular above, the basal tubercle, as well as the two 

 anterior, rather strongly marked ; scutellum very broad at the 

 base, incurved at the sides, truncate at the apex ; elytra 

 sparingly punctured, each puncture in the centre of a white 

 spot, the first band midway between the base and middle, the 

 second a little behind the middle ; body beneath greyish ful- 

 vous, the middle of each abdominal segment with a subtrian- 

 gular black denuded patch ; legs and antenna? with fulvous 

 fawn and dark brown pile. Length 10 lines. 



A very distinct species, apparently most allied to C. ]}e- 

 teclnaUs. 



Crossotus styjyticus, 



O. confuse griseo tomentosus ; prothorace sparse pinictato ; clytris 

 basi fusco nebnlosis, utrinqiie pone medium macula transversa 

 fuscescente ; tibiis anticis parum arcuatis. 



Hab. Damaraland. 



Dark brown, covered with a grey, more or less confusedly 

 spotted with darker grey, irregular tomentum ; head with a 

 naiTOw black impressed median line, an oblique line also on 

 the vertex on each side ; prothorax short, broader at the base 

 than at the apex, a stout spine on each side behind the middle, 

 with a few distinct punctures above, an undefined brown stripe 

 above the spine ; scutellum truncate at the apex ; elytra with 

 a few punctures at the base, and three or four small tufts of 

 black hairs on each, including one on the shoulder, obscurely 

 clouded with brown, behind the middle a brownish transverse 

 spot near the outer margin ; body beneath, legs, and scape of 

 the antennae grey speckled with brown, the rest of the joints 

 greyish, gradually darker towards their apices, all those at 

 the base with a rather dense black fringe. Length 9 lines. 



This species, besides its colour, has a more transverse pro- 

 thorax than C. plumieornis or C. natalensis, which appear to 



Ann. d- Maij. N. Hist. Ser. 4. Vul. iv. 15 



