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



81. DiAPHOROMERUS NIGRANS, 11. sp. 



Oblong-ovate, black, very nitid, the antenna?, palpi, and legs, 

 red. Head smooth, the clypeal suture and punctate impression 

 on each side of it lightly marked, the clypeus short and emargin- 

 ate, the palpi acute. Thorax wider than the head and nearly 

 square, the sides a little rounded, the median line distinct from 

 near the base, the basal impressions and transverse basal depression 

 minutely punctate. Elytra about the width of the thorax at the 

 base, about twice the length, widening a little from the shoulder 

 to near the apex which is broadly rounded and scarcely sinuate, 

 deeply striate, the interstices smooth and nearly flat, the short 

 basal stria long and not running into the first, one or tAvo very 

 inconspicuous punctures towards the apex of the second interstice. 

 The anterior tarsi of the anterior legs of the male a little dilated. 



Long. 3 lines, lat. IJ line. 



82. DiAPHOROMERUS SERIOIPENNIS, n..sp. 



Very like the last, but smaller, the clypeal suture more pro- 

 foundly marked, the thorax more transverse, the basal impressions 

 shorter, and the transverse depression between them deeper and 

 smoother. Elytra of the same oval form, but of a deep silky 

 brown colour, with one puncture near the apex of the second 

 interstice. Antennse, palpi and legs pale red, the four anterior 

 tarsi slightly enlarged. 



Long. 2^ lines, lat. 1 line. 



83. Stenolophus suturalis, n.sp. 



Oblong, black, nitid, thorax red. Head triangular, deeply 

 impressed on each side between the eyes, the palpi red and rather 

 acutely pointed, the antennaj brownish excepting the first two 

 joints, which are yellow. Thorax almost square, wider than the 

 head, the sides slightly rounded, the posterior angles very obtu.se, 

 and the basal impressions large, shallow and minutely punctate. 



