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



rounded on the sides with a narrow reddish margin, and much 

 rounded at the posterior angles. The four anterior joints of the 

 four anterior tarsi of the male are transversely dilated ; in all else 

 like H. puncticollis. 



Long. 3J lines, lat. 1 line. 



91. Acu PALPUS ORNATUS, n.sp. 



Elongate-oval, black, very nitid. Head broad, blunt, very 

 lightly impressed in front of the eyes, the clypeus broadly emar- 

 ginate. Thorax scarcely wider than the head, about as wide as 

 the length, a little emarginate at the apex, much rounded on the 

 sides, narrowed to the base, which is narrower than the apex, and 

 very round at the posterior angles, the disk very smooth and a 

 little convex, with a transverse line near the base. Elytra wider 

 than the thorax and twice the length, the humeral angles squarely 

 rounded, the sides very slightly rounded, very linely striate, the 

 interstices flat, the first stria from the scutellum short, reaching 

 one-eighth of the length of the elytra, an orange oblong spot near 

 each humeral angle, diagonally placed, and another, also oblong, 

 placed in the middle of each elytron near the apex. Legs pale 

 piceou'<. 



Long. 2 lines, lat. \ line. 



92. ACUPALPUS QUADRIMACULATUS, ll.sp. 



Sub-elongate-oval, black, nitid. Head less large than in the 

 preceding species, and the punctiform impression on each side in 

 front of the eyes deeper. Tlie thorax is wider than the head and 

 a little wider than long, the sides moderately rounded and very 

 narrowly margined with yellow, the posterior angles rounded, the 

 base as wide as the apex, the median line distinctly im|)ressed and 

 the basal impressions wide, very shallow and veiy minutely punctate. 

 Elytra scarcely wider than the thoi-ax and more than twice the 

 length, seriate, the interstices rather convex, a short stria at the 

 base of the second interstice, a small elongate spot near each 



