new species of Coleopterafrom various localities. 3 



pitchy-red. Elytra scarcely broader than tlie thorax, 

 parallel, as broad as long, conjomtly arcuate at the apex, 

 the margins and apex pitchy-red ; each elytron with an 

 oblique post-mesial oblong red spot, which joins the margin 

 but does not quite reach the suture. 



Hah. — Java (J. C. Bowring, Esq.). Brit. Mus. 



Paussotropus, gen. nov. 



Labial palpi mth the basal joint small and triangular, 

 the second obconic, the apical joint subquadrate, a little 

 narrowed at the base ; maxillas with the inner lobe strong, 

 claw-like ; maxillary palpi with the basal joint very small, 

 the 2nd and 3rd larger, subquadrate; the apical joint not 

 quite as long as the two preceding taken together, nar- 

 rowed towards the apex, which is blunt. Mandibles 

 broad, flat, bent and acuminate at the apex. Antennte 

 eleven-jointed, very short, inserted in a deep excavation 

 between the eye and the base of the mandible; the basal 

 joint elongate, 2nd short, 3rd obconic, 4tli to 11th trans- 

 A'crse. Thorax transverse. Elytra elongate, parallel, 

 truncate at the apex. Legs short, compressed ; tarsi short, 

 thick, basal joint short, 2nd to 4th transverse, 5th as long as 

 the two preceding taken together. Abdomen with five dis- 

 tinct segments. Prosternum arched, not produced behind. 



This cimous insect is closely allied to Adelotopus, but I 

 have deemed it advisable to propose a ncAv genus for its 

 reception on account of the prosternum not being pro- 

 duced behind, and the tarsi being extremely short. The 

 structure of the legs and tarsi closely resembles that of 

 Hylotorus {Paussidce), which has certainly five-jointed 

 tarsi, and not four-jointed, as given by Gyllenhal. 



Paussotropus parallelus, sp. u. 



Elongatus, parallelus, convexus, piceo-testaceus, nitidus ; 

 capite crebre subrugoso-punctato ; thorace ti-ansverso, con- 

 vexo, crebre subruguloso-punctato, marginibus reflexis 

 nitidis fere l^evibus, angulis rotundatis; elytris thorace 

 baud latioribus at 2\ longioribus, fere parallelis, fortiter, 

 crebre, irregulariter punctatis, apice truncatis; tarsis 

 brevibus, piceis. 



Long. 3^ lin.; lat. 1 lin. 



Head broad, deflexed, very thickly and rather roughly 

 punctured; eyes round; cheeks with a strong pentagonal 

 lobe over the base of each mandible ; the space between this 



r. 2 



