new species of CleridcB. 409 



this may be distinguished by the spotless head and thorax, 

 the latter sub-tuberculate at the base, the elytra with very 

 indistinct traces only of costa3, and the abdomen with the 

 first two segments yellow, the second black on the sides. 

 The extreme apex of the tibife and the tarsi are blackish. 

 Hab, — Ceylon (Nietner); coll. Fry. 



Tenerus melanurus, n. sp. 



Flavo-testaceus, antennis, thorace macula magna in 

 margine antico, postice attenuata, elytrorumque apice 

 nigris. 



Long. 4| lin. 



Head and thorax closely and rather distinctly punc- 

 tured, the latter Avith a tubercule a little before the middle 

 of the base, a large black spot commencing on the front 

 margin, and extending to the tubercule, where it is attenu- 

 ated into a point. Elytra with an abbreviated distinct 

 costa, and the suture raised at the base, apex neatly and 

 not widely black, legs entirely pale. 



Hah. — Ceylon ; coll. Gorham. 



Ohs. — This is very near to a species in the British 

 Museum named " signaticollis ^'' but it is observable that 

 Spinola's description and figure both give two spots on the 

 anterior margin of the thorax, and that its habitat is 

 different. 



PmONOPHORUS, Blanchard. 

 Type, P. bicolor, Blanch. 



ICHNEA, Castelnau. 



Type, /. lijcoides, Cast. 



The follo^dng is an attempt at a tabular view of the 



species of Ichnea described here, with those knoAvn to me. 



The groups shade into one another, and the analysis here 



given cannot be rigidly applied. 



I. Palpi cylindric ; elytra widened gradually to the apex. 



A. Prothorax wider behind than in front, sides more or less 

 sinuate : — hjcoidcs, Cast. — dimidiatij^ennis, Spin. — 

 mexicana, Chev.—religiom, Chev. — trilineata, Chev. — 

 funesta, Gorh.—diy uncta, Gorh.—miynica, Gorh. 

 AA. Prothorax about equal before and behind, but longer than 

 wide ■.—mitella, Gorh.—suhfasciata, Gorh. 

 AAA. Prothorax quadrate or sub-quadrate, sides rounded :—Bate- 

 siana, Gorh. 



