4G4 ON COLEOrTERA Of THE FAMILY ENDOMTCHID,?;. [May 4, 



The eyes in both species are coarse and wide, but the head is 

 ahnost siiuii in the thorax. The elytra have four distinct rows of 

 large punctures, and one irregular row bordering the confused 

 Lrge punctures which cover the sides, L ut vauish towards the apex ; 

 the striae are geminate, the external pair pass over the central 

 yellow spot. The legs are pitchy or pale fuscous. 



I have great pleasure in calling attention to a second species of 

 this genus, which 1 found among some undetermined CoccineUidae 

 obtained by tlie late "W. W. Saunders from Mr. Wallace's col- 

 lections, which has thus lain nearly forty years undetected. 



A single examjile. 



Beccakia cardoni, n. sp. (Plate XXXII. fig. 8.) 



Late orhicidari-ovata, nir/ro-2»cea, capite ^^rotlioraccque suhl'iliter, 

 elytris distiiictius fortius jjimctatis ; Ins annulo irrefjidari, 

 extus denticidato, callum humerahm subcingente, et fascia tenui 

 utrinqiie denticulata,ante ajpicem, saturate Jlavis, ornatis. Lon(/.7, 

 lat. 6 millim. 

 Bab. India, Barway {h. Cardon). 



The thorax in this species is at its base about twice as wide as 

 the length ; the base is sinuate, and both it and the sides are finely 

 margined but not at all raised or thickened ; the basal iovesd are 

 very obsolete ; the sides narrow very much to the front angles, 

 the head being very small and received almost entirely into the 

 thorax. The antennae are as long as the M'idth of the thorax, or 

 nearly so, their club is lax, the intermediate joints a little longer 

 than wide, the third joint twice as long as those succeeding it. 

 The punctuation of the elytra is strong and distinct, that of the 

 thorax distinct but closer ; there is no sign of striation. The 

 pattern of the elyti'a is like that of Engonius hmularis, but the 

 posterior fascia does not quite reach either the suture or the 

 margin ; both it and the humeral annulus are narrow and orna- 

 mented with long denticular projections, which form on the upper 

 side of th.e fascia three, and on the lower side two sinuses. 



I have only seen one example of this insect, and it was in too 

 bad a condition to allow of the underside, trophi, &c. being 

 examined, so that the genus is doubtful ; but although larger and 

 differently marked from the other two species I assign to Beccaria, 

 it is more in accordance with them in form than with any other 

 Eastern genus known to me. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXII. 



Fig. 1. Ci/mhachus forniosus, p. 400. 



2. Trycherus aiiffolenais, p. 458. 



3. Amphisternus verrucosus, p. 456. 



4. Encymon cinctipes, p. 469. 



5. FanoriKxa indiana, p. 462. 



6. Beccaria wallacei, p. 463. 



7. Indalmus hizo?iieus, p. 462. 



8. Beccaria cardoni, p. 464. 



9. Bolbomorphiis theryi, p. 461. 



10. Eucteanus cruciger, p. 460. 



11. (ZoAer^yi, p. 461. 



