468 THE INSECTS OF KING's SOUND AND ITS VICINITY, 



78. DiAPHOROMERUS LATICOLLIS, n.Sp. 



Oblong-ovate, black, nitid, elytra sub-opaque. Head smooth, the 

 puncture on each side between the eyes and the clypeal suture dis- 

 tinct, the palpi and antennje piceous, the third joint of the latter 

 rather longer than the fourth. Thorax much broader than the head, 

 nearly square, the sides a little rounded, the angles a little obtuse, 

 and the dorsal impressions large but shallow. Elytra very slightly 

 wider than the thoi-ax, and little over twice the length; strongly 

 striate, the interstices slightly convex, the short basal stria almost 

 extends into the first stria, on the second interstice from the suture 

 which is rather narrower than the others, there are five rather small 

 punctures, the first about one-fourth of the length from the base, 

 the second, third, and fourth at about equal distances apart, the fifth 

 close to the fourth and the apex. Under surface very nitid. Legs 

 piceous ; thighs moderately enlarged and compressed. One female 

 specimen. 



Long. 5 lines, lat. 2 lines. 



78. DiAPHOROMERUS Froggatti, n.sp. 



Oblong-ovate, black, nitid, the elytra a little duller. Head as 

 iu the last species, the labrum arched and emarginate at the apex, 

 the palpi and antennpe piceous, the first joint of the latter almost 

 yellow, the second quite half the length of the third. Thorax 

 wider than the head and wider than long, the sides well rounded, 

 the base not wider than the apex, and the posterior angles very 

 obtusely rounded ; the discal impressions well marked. Elytra 

 wider than the thorax and three times the length, striate, but 

 not so strongly as in D. laticoUis, and with the interstices more 

 flat, the short basal stria not running into the first stria, five or six 

 rather small punctures on the second interstice from the suture 

 extending from near the base to the apex, and two or three others 

 on the fourth interstice at the basal half. Legs pale piceous, 

 thighs only slightly swollen, sub-elongate, the antennae rather 

 elongate, quite half the length of the body. One female 

 specimen. 



Long. 4:h lines, lat. 1| line. 



