1886.] REV. H. S. GORHAM ON NEW COLEOPTERA. 161 



3. Epopterus lineoguttatus. (Plate XVII. fig. 7.) 



Ovatus, rufo-piceus,nitidus ; elytris pallide flavis,sutura marginihus- 



que later alibus piceis, puncto humerali, lineolisque septem in 



singulis, 3, 3, 1, saturate piceis ; antennis nigris, articulis tribus 



basalibus rufis. Long. 6 millim. S • 



Mas. Tibiis anticis interne sat fortiter incvrvatis, ad apicem com- 



pressis. 

 Hab. Amazon {H. W. Bates). 



Head, thorax, underside, and margins of the elytra rather light 

 pitchy red ; punctuation of the thorax and elytra as in E. ephippiger, 

 distinct. The curious marking of the elytra consists of a humeral 

 small dot, two elongate dashes near the suture, two shorter ones in 

 the middle of the disk, two still smaller near the margin ahove the 

 middle, and one small one near the apex. These dashes are not 

 placed regularly, but the three near the base form a sort of fascia, 

 as do the three below the middle. The scutellum is pitchy black. 

 One small example. 



Saula, Gerst. 



1. Saula nigripes, Gerst. Mon. p. 224, t. 3. f. 2. 



Several specimens met with by Mr. Lewis, two of which were 

 found in copula, present no appreciable distinction between the 

 sexes. 



Stenotarsus. 



1. Stenotarsus vallatus, Gerst. Mon. p. 342. 



Four specimens which I identify with this species were obtained 

 by Mr. Lewis in Ceylon at Dickoya. The antennae are clear red ; 

 the series of punctures are more regular and not so coarse as in 

 S. russatus. 



2. Stenotarsus russatus, Gorh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 446. 



One specimen met with by Mr. Lewis fully confirms my opinion 

 as to the distinctness of this species, and I would only remark, in 

 addition to the characters already given, that the raised thoracic 

 margin has its surface distinctly flat in both species, indeed the edges 

 of this margin are themselves raised, so that concave is the correct 

 term. The dark, stout, and gradually thickened antennae will easily 

 prevent this being confounded with S. vallatus. 



3. Stenotarsus sicarius. 



Ater, valde convexus, pubescens ; elytris basi thorace latioribus, 

 distincte punctato-striatis ; thoracis margiiie luterali deplanato, 

 haud bene elevato, antrorsum subito Intiore. Long. 3 millim. 

 Hab. Ceylon (Lewis), 



At once distinguished from any other Stenotarsus known to me 

 by its entirely black colour. It is allied to 8. vallatus and S. rus- 

 satus ; but the form is different, the elytra suddenly widening from 



