476 THE INSECTS OF KING'S SOUND AND ITS VICINITY 



96. PCECILUS LAEVIS, Macl. 

 Mast. Cat. Col. Sp. 895. 



97. PCECILUS CHLiENIOIDES, n.Sp. 



Resembling somewhat P. resplendens, Casteln. Black, nitid, 

 thorax green, elytra semi-opaque greenish-black. Head rather 

 small, a deep short impression on each side in front of the eyes 

 immediately behind the clypeal suture and another punctiform one 

 on each side of the clypeus, the labrum shorter than the clypeus, 

 the antenna? and palpi pic ous. Thorax wider than the head, 

 nearly square, rounded on the anterior angles, sides slightly round, 

 posterior angles almost rectangular, the base wider a little than the 

 apex, the median line lightly marked, the basal impressions short 

 and deep, and a very small depression at the posterior angles. 

 Elytra wider than the thorax and about four times the length, of 

 oblong-oval form, finely striate, the striae finely punctate, the 

 interstices almost flat, the first stria from the suture short, about 

 thrice the length of the scutellum. Legs rather long and slender, 

 the hind thighs a little curved. 



Long. 7^ lines, lat. 2-| lines. 



98. PcECILUS SULCATULUS, n.sp. 



Black, nitid. Head smooth, the frontal impression deep and 

 nearer the centre than in the other species. Thorax nearly square, 

 wider than the head, the sides moderately rounded and thickly 

 margined, the anterior angles very slightly produced, the posterior 

 rectangular not acute, the base a little wider than the apex, the 

 median line deeply marked, the basal impressions large, and a 

 shallow fovea near the posterior angles. Elytra wider than the 

 thorax and more than three times the length, strongly striate 

 or grooved, the interstices smooth and convex, a few punctures 



