1 98 Mr. CuRTis's Descriptions of 



punctate-striate, apex emarginate, forming 2 strong blackish spines on 

 the outside ; a spot on each side of the scutelium piceous, a band across 

 the middle and another below it, uniting along the suture and costa, and 

 forming 2 ovals of a piceous colour : legs pale ochre. 



One from St. Paul's. It seems to be nearly related to Germar's E. sub- 

 fasciatvs. 



*33. Ampedus ? DORSALis. Cuvt. 



Niger, puberulus ; capite thoraceque profundi punctatis ; thoracis marginibus 

 lateralibus ochreis ; elytris minute punctatis, striis profunde punctatis, 

 maculaque magna ochrea humerali secus costam attenuate. 



Length 6§, breadth 2 lines. 



Terminal joint of maxillary palpi subtrigonate : antennoe with the 2nd joint 

 globose, 3rd short obovate, the remainder compressed, serrated. Black, 

 pubescence ochreous; head and thorax thickly and strongly punctured, 

 the latter ovate-quadrate, the angles long, acute, and piceous at the apex, 

 a broad lateral ochreous margin, extending also beneath, and leaving an 

 oval black space on the back : elytra rounded at the apex, minutely punc- 

 tured, with strongly punctured striae, a large bright ochreous spot cover- 

 ing each shoulder, and attenuated along the costa beyond the middle. 

 Taken by Lieut. T, Graves. 



*34. Ampedus Cingulum. Cwt. 



Niger ; capite thoraceque densfe, elytris minute punctatis ; his lineis punctorura 



magnorum non nisi ad apicem et in macula una alterave disci ochreis. 

 Length 6 to 7 lines, breadth 2 to 2|. 



Palpi and antenna; like A. dorsalis, excepting the 3rd joint of the latter, which 

 is subglobose. Black, pubescent ; head and thorax thickly and strongly 

 punctured, the latter suborbicular, the hinder lobes long, divaricating and 

 acute, slightly gibbose behind, with a dorsal impression : elytra bright 

 ochreous, excepting a large portion of the apex, minutely punctured, with 

 very strong lines also of brown punctures, 2 piceous spots on the disc 

 placed obliquely, the upper ones next the suture are sometimes wanting. 

 From St. Paul's. 



