808 mr. m. jacoby on new coleoptera. [Dec. 5, 



constricted before the middle, of a light fulvous colour, scarcely im- 

 pressed below the base, witb only four or five partly interrupted 

 punctured striae, of which the first, in shape of an impressed groove, 

 runs parallel with the suture, wbile the last is only distinctly visible 

 till about the middle of the elytra, the rest of the surface entirely 

 impunctate, and the lateral margin strongly sulcate through its 

 entire length ; body beneath dark fuscous, the abdominal segments 

 margined with lighter brown, legs black, the whole covered with 

 golden pubescence. 



Length 4 lines. 



Hab. Australia. 



Although this species seems closely allied to C. obliterata, Baly, 

 by the obliterated striae on the elytra, it differs in other particulars 

 sufficiently to justify its classification as another species. 



C. obliterata is excavated between the eyes, while in this species 

 this space is convex, and the antennae entirely black and shorter than 

 half the body ; the deep impressions near the lateral border in C 

 obliterata are here also entirely wanting. 



Two specimens are contained in my collection. 



Genus Lema. 



2. Lema purpurascens, sp. nov. 



Elongate, subparallel, subdepressed, shining fulvous, with a 

 purplish hue ; head with the front obliquely grooved on each side, 

 covered on the face with yellowish pubescence ; labrum, apex of 

 jaws, and eyes black ; antennae half the length of the body, with 

 the second joint half the length of the third, the fourth scarcely 

 longer than the preceding one, the rest elongate, cylindrical, black, 

 with the exception of the first four joints, which are fulvous ; thorax 

 with the sides deeply constricted in the middle, and a strongly 

 marked transverse depression near the base, two shallow foveae are 

 also visible on the disk near the lateral depression, surface shining, 

 smooth, with a few punctures near the anterior margin and two 

 longitudinal lines of punctured striae in the middle ; elytra much 

 wider than the thorax, transversely depressed below the shoulder, 

 and constricted longitudinally from the shoulder at the lateral 

 margin towards the middle, each elytron with 10 rows of strong 

 punctures, the first very short ; near the apex the punctuation is 

 much deeper, and the intervals assume the form of raised costae ; 

 underside and legs slightly lighter than the upperside, tarsi fuscous. 



Length 4| lines. 



Hab. Madagascar. 



Family Megalopodtn/E, Lac. 

 Genus Agathomerus, Lac. 

 3. Agathomerus dubiosus, sp. nov. 

 Oblong, fulvous ferruginous above, black beneath. This species 



