1SG6.] MR. F. P. PASCOE ON THE COLEOPTERA OF PENANG. 267 



This genus, which has something of an Obrioid habit, has the 

 anterior coxae perfectly contiguous. The narrowly constricted pro- 

 thorax posteriorly is also characteristic. It is perhaps nearest some 

 of the African forms of Phytaecia, not yet clearly understood, e. g. 

 Obereopsis, Chev. Col. (? Nitocris, Thorns.). 



Nedytisis obrioides. (PI. XXVIII. fig. 1.) 



N. rufo-testacea ; elytris dimidio apicali fuscescentibus ; abdo- 

 mine segmentis tribus apicalibus argenteis. 



Reddish testaceous, the apical half of the elytra brownish ; head 

 aud prothorax minutely pubescent, impunctate, a finely raised line 

 on the vertex, but becoming impressed between the eyes, and 60 con- 

 tinued to the mouth ; eyes and mandibles black ; prothorax narrow- 

 est posteriorly ; scutellum small, rounded ; elytra subseriate-punctate 

 at the base, more irregularly posteriorly, the apex of each dehiscent 

 and terminating in a sharp angle ; body beneath reddish testaceous, 

 thinly pubescent, the posterior coxae, posterior margin of the meta- 

 thorax, and last three abdominal segments covered with a coarse 

 bright silvery pubescence ; legs and two basal joints of the antennae 

 reddish testaceous, rest of the antennas blackish. Length 5 lines. 



[To be continued.] 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES XXVI., XXVII., XXVIII. 

 Plate XXVI. 



Fig. 1. Cuphisia callosa, p. 230. 



2. Sodus Ursulas, p. 237. 



3. Cacia herbacea, p. 233. 

 4. melanopsis, p. 232. 



5. Cyardium cribrosum, p. 240. 



6. Atossa atomaria, p. 254. 



Fig. 7. Agelasta lambii, p. 235. 



8. substrigosa, p. 236. 



9. balteata, p. 236. 



10. Ixais episomoides, p. 239. 



11. Obages panaris, p. 243. 



12. C'enodocus gramdosus, p. 238. 



Plate XXVII. 



Fig. 1. Serixia prasinata, p. 257. 



2. Xyaste nigripes, p. 257. 



3. Omocyrius fulvisparsus, p. 246. 



4. Daxaia ustulata, p. 230. 



Fig. 5. Metopides occipitalis, p. 249. 



6. Thylactus angularis, p. 242. 



7. Theslus oncideroides, p. 248. 



Plate XXVIII. 



Fig. 1. 

 2 



3! 

 4. 



5. 

 6. 



Nedytisis obrioides, p. 267. 

 Glenea oeme, p. 261. 



vesta, p. 260. 



neanthes, p. 259. 



porphyrio, p. 259. 



anthyllis, p. 262. 



Fig. 7. Glenea manto, p. 262. 



8. alysson, p. 261. 



9. Tanylecta lambii, p. 263. 



10. Ectinogramma col/are, p. 266. 



11. Zosne cincticornis, p. 264. 



